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A major hospital experienced accelerated corrosion damage in the carbon steel piping of a recirculating hot water heating system. APTECH was retained to determine if the cause of failure was due to pipe manufacturing defects. Our analysis consisted of nondestructive inspection, metallurgical examination of corroded piping, and water chemistry analysis. We suggested that the existing water treatment/corrosion control methods be modified to include on-line corrosion rate monitoring.

Satish Almaula		Plant failure and root cause analysis; process and design engineering analysis; process technology development and testing; plant engineering, operations, maintenance and safety management; plant and process control system management.

Philip Lindsay, P.E.		Corrosion failure analysis, metallurgy, piping systems, corrosion mitigation, materials selection.

Eric Sullivan, P.E.		Metallurgy, welding, failure analysis, fire and explosion investigations, equipment, piping.

Geoffrey Egan, Ph.D.		Engineering mechanics, welding engineering, stress and fatigue analysis, risk analysis, nondestructive examination, project management.