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Updated: Jul 2, 2025

Experimental Multiscale Methodology for Predicting Material Fouling Resistance
Failures analysis of tube coating in Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) boiler
Teguh Widjajanto1, Djarot B Darmadi1, Yudy S Irawan1
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Brawijaya, MT Haryono 167, Malang, 65145, Indonesia.
Abstract:
Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) boiler often experience leaks in the wall tube due to corrosion and abrasion of the bed material after use that varies between 3 and 8 months. To avoid erosion corrosion, a coating was done in the form of Chrome Clad Tube Armor (CTA). In this research, a Failure Analysis (FA) was performed on the characterization of the boiler tube using several types of samples, which are Wall Tube Without Coating (WT) and CTA (in new condition and after eight months of use). Macro visual, Field emission scanning electron microscopes (FE-SEM), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), corrosion, and Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) tests showed that the CTA type has better corrosion and thermal resistance. The hardness values of the CTA and WT coating substrates after eight months of use were 197.75 and 195.2 HV. The failure mechanism on the tube was caused by high temperatures (long-term overheating) and friction between the tube and the fluid or metal. Wall tubes in furnaces fail due to erosion and corrosion due to fluid and solid particle mixtures and environmental contact.
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