Power, Vol.148, No.3, 61-61, 2004
Effects of sleeving closed feedwater heaters
dSleeving has long been used to repair tubular pieces of heat transfer equipment such as the inlets of closed feedwater heaters and steam surface condensers. However, when resleeving is used to extend the life or restore the performance of a severely eroded inlet end, the thermodynamic performance of the heat exchanger may change. Here's how you make the calculations.