March 2014
Special Report: Corrosion Control
Case study: Service life assessment of boiler superheater tubes
Boilers are used in petrochemical facilities to generate steam that can be used to meet process and utility requirements. Many industrial boiler designs can be shop assembled and are therefore referre..
The Authors
Gys van Zyle is a principal engineer at SABIC’s Asset Technology Centre. He has 20 years of experience in the petrochemical industry, mostly related to mechanical design, numerical simulation and fitness for service. He holds an MS degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa.
Abdulaziz Al-Meshari is a principal engineer at SABIC’s Asset Technology Center. He has 18 years of experience in the petrochemical industry, mostly related to failure analysis, metallurgy and materials selection. Dr. Al-Meshari holds a PhD in materials science and metallurgy from the University of Cambridge in the UK; an MSc degree in corrosion science and engineering from the University of Manchester’s Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in the UK, and a BSc degree.
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