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Computer Based Training ModuleFlow-Accelerated Corrosion for non-FAC PersonnelMarch 2006 Introduction to Navigation Module can be navigated in a linear fashion Click Page Down or Enter By following hyperlinks for more information The file must be viewed in “Slide Show” mode for the hyperlinks to work Click on a hyperlink to go directly to related information in the training, clicking page down or enter will take you back to where you left off Introduction to Flow-Accelerated Corrosion Flow-accelerated corrosion (FAC) is a corrosion process that degrades carbon steel material FAC normally occurs above room temperature under specific chemistry conditions normally found in power plants FAC requires that flowing water or water/steam mixtures be in contact with the steel surface FAC is normally related to turbulence especially near fittings, e.g., elbows, orifices, valves Description of FAC FAC occurs when the normally protective iron-oxides dissolve into the flowing stream This results in a global attack (i.e., widespread thinning) rather than local attack (i.e., pitting or cracking) FAC caused failures are often sudden and catastrophic Damage rates caused by FAC are dependent on the water chemistry indicating that FAC is a corrosion process – not mechanical in nature – (Information on Erosion) For more details on the FAC Process Why is FAC Important? FAC has caused damage and has resulted in Failures Workmen killed or injured Piping and equipment replacements This experience has necessitated expensive plant programs Significant Experience – Surry Unit 2 An 18 inch elbow in a condensate line ruptured catastrophically in 1986 Four fatalities and several injuries resulted Significant Experience – Mihama Unit 3 A 22 inch condensate line downstream of an orifice ruptured Catastrophically in 2004 Five fatalities and several injuries resulted More piping experience slide show Significant Experience – Point Beach 1 FAC also occurs in equipment, particularly feedwa