AVOID GASKET SURPRISES

 https://www.chemicalprocessing.com/articles/2020/maintenance-avoid-gasket-surprises/

COMMON CAUSES OF FLANGE LEAKS AND THEIR SOLUTIONS

 https://www.sealxpert.com/common-causes-of-flange-leaks-and-their-solutions/

Classic Marmaduke: Marmy's First Lesson

Classic Marmaduke: Marmy's First Lesson: Steve Elonka began chronicling the exploits of Marmaduke Surfaceblow—a six-foot-four marine engineer with a steel brush mustache and a foghorn voice—in POWER in 1948, when Marmy raised the wooden mast of the SS Asia Sun with the help of two cobras and a case of Sandpaper Gin. Marmy’s simple solutions to seemingly intractable plant problems remain timeless. This Classic Marmaduke story, published more than 50 years ago, reminds us that even the most modern steam plant is only as good as its operators.

Is it Possible to Turnaround a Turnaround? - POWER Magazine

Is it Possible to Turnaround a Turnaround? - POWER Magazine: By Paul Muir, CRO, Mobideo Why are Turnarounds So Challenging “A large turnaround can include up to 150,000 individual activities. With this level of complexity, approximately half of all shutdown projects are delayed by more than 20% and 80% go over budget by more than 10%. Frequently, the work scope increases unexpectedly by up to […]

Use Dry Fog to Control Coal Dust Hazards

Use Dry Fog to Control Coal Dust Hazards: Fogging systems have been successfully used in the material-handling industry for more than 30 years to control explosive dust at transfer points. Today, fogging systems are an EPA Best Demonstrated Technology for subbituminous coal preparation plants.

Give Your Plant a Dust Control Tune-Up

Give Your Plant a Dust Control Tune-Up: Every piece of equipment that transports or processes coal creates some level of particulate matter. Having a strategy for coal dust management in your plant is essential.

Coping with Coal Dust

Coping with Coal Dust: Plants can no longer sweep coal dust under the rug and ignore the health and safety hazard it presents, because a single spark can cause a dust explosion that could put a plant out of service, perhaps permanently. Managing dust in a power plant begins with good housekeeping, followed by retrofits using properly designed equipment.

SMARTBOLTS.COM - LOOSE BOLTS - CAUSES

 http://www.smartbolts.com/insights/loose-bolts-causes-ways-prevent/

"A pressurized bolted flange joint assembly begins to leak, creating a safety hazard. A rotor with its blades separates from the nacelle and spins off a wind turbine, crashing to the ground. Under constant vibration from the engine of an ocean freighter, loose bolts on a large piece of mining equipment work their way off the bolted joints and roll around the hull, inflicting further damage to the equipment".