Power Plant Laboratory Analysis Support

Intertek has the laboratory facilities and expertise to quickly determine the root cause of your Power Plant Equipment problems, and assess how these problems can be corrected.

Intertek has performed laboratory failure analyses on thousands of power plant components from hundreds of power plants. Some of the failure modes and components we’ve investigated are listed below.

Investigated Metallurgical Failure Modes include:

• Fatigue Crack Initiation and Propagation (thermal, mechanical, vibration, etc.)
• Brittle and Ductile Fracture
• High Temperature Stress Rupture and Creep
• Corrosion and Pitting
• Stress Corrosion cracking
• Hydrogen Damage
• High Temperature Corrosion
• Flow Accelerated Corrosion (FAC)
• Erosion, Wear, Fretting
• Material and Welding Defects

Analyzed Equipment Components include:

• Boiler and Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) Tubing (steam-cooled, water-cooled)
• High Energy Steam Piping, Headers and Support Systems
• Condensers, Pumps, Fans, Pulverizers, Feedwater Heaters, Drums
• Steam Turbine Components
• Gas Turbine Components
• Tanks and Storage Vessels
• Structural Steel Weldments
• Shaft and Power Transmission Component Bearings
• Towers and Poles
• Bolts and Fasteners
• Piping (water, oil, gas, etc.)
• Electronic Components 

Contact us to see how Intertek can help your organization with Power Plant Laboratory Analysis Support.