BELZONA SOLVES COAL POWER PLANT ASH PIPE PROBLEM
Industry: Power (POWR)
Application: VPF-Valves, Pipes and Fittings (VPF)
Substrate: Cast Steel
Customer Location: Coal Power Plant, Macedonia
Application Date: October 2004
Products:
Belzona® 1811 (Ceramic Carbide)
Problem: Holed pipe caused by coal ash containing a high percentage of quartz
Photograph Descriptions
- Application situation
- A traditional repair which had holed again
- The Belzona repair
Application Situation
Forked Ash Pipe
Application Method
Application was carried out in accordance with Belzona Know-How System Leaflet VPF-11.
Belzona Facts
Every few weeks some of these pipes become holed and are traditionally welded. Welding these pipes is typically very difficult and after a very short time the problem reappears at the some point. After the application of the Belzona® solution at 30-40mm along with steel plates the problem stopped. By January 2006 there had been many of these repairs completed and none had become holed again.
