Life management of reformer convection section tubing
The convection section of a syngas reformer is vulnerable to creep, corrosion, erosion, fretting and fouling which can cause deformation, local metal loss and failures that risk plant shutdown. Inspection access is limited, but solutions are available. Olivia Chung, Tim Haugen, and Charles Thomas of Quest Integrity discuss life management of the reformer convection section to reduce unplanned outages.