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The boiler inspection article provides you with information about inspection of
boilers and boiler testing in manufacturing shop, as well as boiler in-service
inspection in operating units. You may review water tube boiler and fire tube
boiler inspection procedures.
There are two types of steam boilers. One is the fire tube, which is made from one
combustion chamber and many tubes.
The hot gases that are produced during the combustion process pass from inside
the tubes and make a heat transfer with the water that is on the outside of the tubes.
The other type is a water tube steam boiler. It is just the opposite of the fire tube
steam boiler; the water is in the inside of the tubes and the hot gases are on the
outside of the tubes.
In the fire tube boiler, we have a limitation on the combustion chamber diameter and
length, and it cannot exceed a certain value. So for large-scale industry, generally
the water tube boilers are used.
So this is when you require that your water tube boiler meet ASME Code
requirements, or when you need your water tube boiler to be “S” stamped.
For more detail about stamped boiler and requirements, review the Pressure Vessel
Certification article. The regulation is similar to the one for the boiler.
With the above explanation, your inspection and test plan (ITP) for the water tube
boiler needs to meet the requirements of ASME Code Section I.
The water tube boiler is made from several components such as the HP Drum,
finned Tubes, Headers, Tube Bundle, Stack, Damper, Silencer, Deaerator, etc.
For more detailed information about water tube boiler shop inspection, review the
following articles:
For more detailed information about fire tube boiler shop inspection, review the
following articles:
The In-Service Inspection code for your water tube boiler is ASME Section VII.
Generally, the states that have mandated “S” stamp for manufactured boilers, have
also mandated in-service inspection by authorized inspection agencies.
The API also has a recommendation practice, API RP 573, for the inspection of fired
boilers and heaters. Most of these practices and recommendations are similar to the
ASME Code Section VII Recommended Guidelines for Care of Power Boilers.
During inspection and probable repair, other codes and recommendation practices
might be used. Some of these are API RP 577, API RP 571 and ASME Code
Section IX.
Please note that your water tube boiler is “S” stamped and you need to do repair,
you have to use a Repair Organization holding an “R” Stamp from the National
Board Inspection Code.
What are the Important Points in the Water Tube Boiler Inspection During
shutdown?
Inspection of Tubes
Inspection of Burners
Inspection of refractories around the burners
Burner belonging components inspection such as burner tile, burner impeller,
air register and damper
Thickness measurement on fuel gas and fuel oil piping systems
Inspection of air test process on the flexible hoses for fuel gas system
Inspection of Stack
Thickness measurement in different locations
Inspection of thermowells for cracking and burning
Inspection of refractories
Inspection of concrete foundation and anchor bolts
Inspection of earthing system
Inspection of guillotine frame and valves for corrosion and performance
Inspection of paint surface
Inspection of end nozzles
Inspection of Silencer
Inspection of cleaning process
Inspection of ceramic blankets and perforated plates
Inspection of weld joints
Inspection of silencer heads and components
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