Damage assessment of service exposed reactor and distill-ation column materials of a petrochemical industry

Abstract

This works highlights quantification of normalized creep damage incorporating uncertainty with respect to Larson-Miller parameter (LMP) at various intervals (with service exposure) of a 55 years service exposed reactor and distillation column materials of a petrochemical industry. Usually, remaining life is predicted from extrapolation of stress vs. LMP plot without incorporating the uncertainty involved in calculation of LMP values. Uncertainty invol-ved in calculating LMP value has been given prime import-ance in this work because it is a function of rupture time. Variability of normalized creep damage for reactor and column materials is well approximated with the aid of Weibull distribution. As expected, it is observed that the distributions shift towards the higher range of damage with increase in service exposure time.