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A downcomer steam pipe in a large electric generating plant was exposed to an oil-fed fire. APTECH evaluated the pipe using wet fluorescent magnetic particle, ultrasonic shear wave, field metallographic, and hardness testing techniques. These tests indicated that the downcomer pipe and connecting welds were satisfactory for continued service.

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.

Kimble Clark, Ph.D.		Failure analysis, heat transfer & thermodynamics, process plant equipment failures & explosions, fuel science, combustion, industrial fires and explosions.

Richard Schreiber, P.E.		Machinery and mechanical device failure analysis, mechanical testing, combustion and heat transfer, industrial fires and explosions, gas appliances.

Kevin Hara		Utility boiler component failure analysis, burner and combustion analysis, nondestructive examination.