The use of galvanized tubing for refinery cooling water service is not a new concept. As pointed out by Hettleman et al, (1) both prime surface and finned tube galvanized bundles have gained a wide acceptance in recent years in the pigment, chemical, and petrochemical industries. Depending upon user process requirements and design of the heat exchanger, tube bundles have been galvanized on the outside surfaces only, both inside and outside surfaces, and inside surfaces only. The size of the units which may be galvanized varies from galvanizer to galvanizer and is dependent upon materials handling facilities and the size of his molten zinc kettle. One galvanizer (2) reports having galvanized tens of thousands of units in sizes up to 60 inches in diameter, 29 feet long and weighing 30,000 pounds.

Subject
Costs, Water, Materials, Tubes, Galvanized coatings, Refineries, Tubing, Heat exchangers, Repair, Steel, Carbon steel, Cooling water, Zinc
© 1977 Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP). All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of AMPP. Positions and opinions advanced in this work are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of AMPP. Responsibility for the content of the work lies solely with the author(s).
1977
Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP)
You do not currently have access to this content.