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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Surveyor Guide Notes for Boiler Survey
Boiler Surveys (Including Thermal Oil Heaters)

General
A complete boiler survey allows us to check out if any build-up of deposits has taken place, and
deformations or wastage of plate work, piping or any of the various parts, which may compromise the sale
working order of the unit. The survey should include research as to cause of any anomalies found and
also their correction.


Any repair will have to ensure the sale working order of the boiler until the next survey.

A complete survey means a lull internal and external examination of all parts of the boiler and accessories
such as super heater, economizer, air-heater internal organs and all mountings. This examination may
lead the Surveyor to require thickness gauging of plate or tubes that appear to be wasted and eventually
to a lower assigned working pressure, if calculations prove this necessary.


Collision chocks, rolling stays and boiler stools are to be examined. The oil fuel burning system is to be
examined under working conditions and safely devices are to be checked, including any automatic burner
light-up sequence to verify purging of the furnace prior to lighting burners. A general examination is to be
made of fuel tank valves, pipes etc. and fuel pipes between pumps and burners.
Safety valves are to be adjusted to a pressure not greater than 105 % of design pressure.

Water-tube boilers


Typical survey plan


The main points to remember are:

At superheat temperatures > 400 C special steels and more advanced welding techniques
will be involved.
Check drawings of unfamiliar designs of boiler to correctly plan the survey.

Steam drum and tubes Pitting, fit of manhole door
Super heater Short-circuiting, erosion in headers. Weld fractures.
Boiler casing Overheating, leakage.
Furnace
Distortion of tubes, bulging of tubes. Condition of
baffles Refractory.
Water drums Pitting fit of manhole door.


Scotch boiler type


Typical survey plan

The main points to remember are:
Boiler should be thoroughly cleaned and prepared for survey.

Furnaces Overheating and subsequent distortion
Combustion Chambers
Overheating and distortion of crown.
Leaking tubes and stays.
Tubes Thinning at ends, repeated expansion.
Shell Internal Wastage, grooving
Shell External Wastage, in way of leaking mountings.

Cochran type boiler



The main points lo remember for these varied designs are similar to the foregoing:
Wastage, lire and water side.
Deformations due to overheating.
Leaking lubes.
Wastage externally due lo leaking mountings, manholes and handholds.
Hydraulic testing

Following major repairs or as required by the Surveyor hydraulic testing may be required.


Hydraulic test of boilers in service

P = Working pressure in bars.


Before 1.25 P if P < 40
12
th
year 1.2 P + 2 if P > 40
After 1.15 P whatever P
12
th
year value


Typical safety valve designs


Pressure tightness tests at working pressure may also be carried out after small maintenance jobs such
as part re-tubing, renewal of rivets or extensive caulking of seams or rivets, welding of small cracked
areas.

Plugging of Boiler Tubes

Water tube boilers

Screen tubes - These are the first rows of tubes and are exposed directly to the flame, they are gene rally
very closely slacked lo afford protection to the super-heater elements which lie behind.

Wale wall tubes - these are subject to the same defects as screen tubes, but more sensitive to poor
circulation, particularly roof tubes.

Any tubes found plugged or (bulged) should be renewed.


Main steam generating lube bank - a maximum of 10 % of the tubes may be accepted plugged before
renewals are required.

Note: In all cases of boiler problems it is important to ascertain the cause of damage (flame impingement,
lack of boiler water treatment etc.) and take remedial action.

Smoke tube boilers

Any tubes found plugged should be renewed.

Tubes with excessive thinning at the ends because of repeated rolling or showing signs of movement
should be renewed.

The makers instructions should be consulted where available.
































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