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APTECH was hired by a solar water heater manufacturer to investigate a corrosion failure problem that was allegedly due to a system design fault. The corrosion caused water leaks and insurance losses. Our work included metallurgical and corrosion engineering analysis, as well as a materials evaluation of the entire heating system. Our conclusion was that the corrosion failure was due to incompatible materials in one of the components supplied by another company and was not associated with the overall system design.

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.

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