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Safe Maintenance
"On Line leak elimination"
By
"Special Mechanical Device"
Presented By Carlo Leoni [IBN-ZAHR]
21 May 2007
INTRODUCTION
Air-Cooler Service
Inlet Header
Tube bundle
Electric Fan
Plant configuration
No individual Isolation valves
were available in the installation
Action
Outlet Header
Air-coolers
Schematic Diagram
[Fig. 1]
Vessel
Condensate
2
[Fig. 2]
Inlet
Tubes
Floating Header
Stationary Header
Outlet
Fan
Protection grating
Conveyor
Structure
[Fig. 3]
Steam Inlet
Stationary Header
Finned Tubes
Fins
Gasket
Tube Sheet
Leak
Floating Header
Tube Sheet
AIR Flow
Threaded Plugs
Condensate Outlet
Steam
Condensate
Leak
Connecting Screw
Packing Gland
Upper Body
3
Gland Packing
leak
Connecting Screws
Graphite Gasket
Drain Valve
Lower Body
Drain Valve
NPT
11
50
29
[Fig. 6]
10
18
4 3
M8
16
7
100
80
Fin Tube
B
Packing
Packing Gland
General Assembly
Sectional Drawing
25.4 OD
[Fig. 7]
C
B
25
Body
Leak
Tube
Section B-B
Tube
Gasket
Gasket
Leak
Drain Valve
Section C-C
Leak
Drain Valve
Device Body
[Minimum Thickness required]
T=
PD
+ C = mm
200 Ks . e
Connecting Bolts
[Tension Stability Equation]
K Ks = F / A = Kg/mm2
D = Inside Diameter in mm
F = Total Load in Kg
C = 2 [Constant]
Safety
Safety
Safety
D. Production Supervisor
Safety
Safety
Safety
Special protecting E. to be used: Face shield, special gloves, special coverall, etc.
10
Steam
Leak
11
The Devices were fabricated In House at a very low cost [See sample]
The Device does not require any sealant or welding therefore can
be
safely
utilized in any hazardous situation and in other applications
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CONCLUSIONS
Never loose the hope to solve problems, never give up
Never take the easy way: Shut down a plant without having
explored
all
possible alternative Safe solutions
Use your imagination and let your brain to think deeply: you will get
the right and Safe answer
The found solution to repair On Line these Air-coolers by the
device
was
really unexpected and the trust on it very skeptic,
But when we first tried and it succeeded we Safely saved 40 Millions SR.
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THANK YOU
Carlo Leoni
[IBN-ZAHR]
21 May 2007