BELZONA REFURBISHMENT OF FLASH VESSELS USING INJECTION TECHNIQUES
Industry: General Industry (GIND)
Application: GSS-Gaskets, Seals and Shims (GSS)
Substrate: Carbon Steel and Titanium
Customer Location: Nickel-Cobalt Refinery, Western Australia
Application Date: 1999
Problem: Vessel has a titanium insert in domed base and is also refractory brick lined. A void 1-20mm beneath insert allowed it to crack at start-up.
Photograph Descriptions
- General View of two flash vessels on Train 2
- Work underway from inside
- Injection holes being drilled & tapped prior to injection from outside vessel
Application Situation
Carbon steel flash vessels operating at 250°C and 20 bar pressure.
Application Method
Application was carried out in accordance with Belzona System Leaflet GSS-9.
Belzona Facts
Alternative to these Belzona applications was replacement with new Titanium vessels at a cost of nearly $1 million. Belzona solution less than 1/10th the cost and completed to tight deadlines.
