Condition Assessment of High Temperature Applications in Power Generation and Process Technology
Reliability of assets is essential for economic operation in power generation and other process technologies. In order to plan accordingly and to initiate appropriate measures, the information derived from condition based maintenance is vital. The increasing demands regarding flexibility require power plants more and more to be operated at variable conditions.
Other process industries are also facing more flexible market demands. This exposes systems and components to load scenarios under high pressure and temperatures or a combination of both that might not have been considered during design phases. In many cases the design therefore entails great conservatisms. However, the exact remaining design margin of the individual component after being in service for some time is often not known.
In the last 30 years, the AREVA Fatigue Concept (AFC) has been applied successfully as a graded approach to manage fatigue based on the operational load history. The methodology entails an automatic life time evaluation based on real loads that actually occurred. Its creep-fatigue module meets the needs of conventional power plant and process industries in particular. Such lifetime evaluation provides the operator with information allowing a customized maintenance strategy and helps avoiding unplanned down times.
The webinar will highlight and illustrate the possibilities of the integrated creep-fatigue concept that combines design review, design code based creep-fatigue analysis, advanced numerical models, in-situ materials analysis and destructive testing into a hands-on condition assessment.
About AREVA GmbH
AREVA is a key player in the nuclear energy industry sector with a strong focus on safety, reliability and maintenance. Based on our long track record in supporting outages and trouble-shooting in nuclear power plants, we are familiar with complex maintenance and repair challenges to be solved under extreme time schedule constraints and conditions.
Presented by
Marcus Winter,
Manager for Materials and Welding Consulting
Marcus Winter joined AREVA in 2003 and currently is the manager for materials and welding consulting in AREVA’s Technical Center which is a service provider for products and technologies. He is responsible for all materials and welding related tasks during the product life cycle in both nuclear and industrial applications.
Before joining AREVA's Technical Center, he worked for ACUREN Inc. in Western Canada servicing the local industry - mainly pulp and paper - with failure analysis, on-site metallography, welding and material consulting as well as service support during product development.
In 1998, he gained a mechanical engineering degree from Georg-Simon-Ohm Technical University Nuremberg where he graduated in the fields of materials technology and product development. He is an IIW licensed international welding engineer and in addition to the nuclear field he gained experience in various industrial sectors.
Philipp Miesen,
Business Development Manager Asset & Lifetime Management Services & Tools
Philipp Miesen joined AREVA in 2008 as Design Engineer for Electrical and I&C Equipment Qualification according to nuclear regulations.
From 2010 to 2013 he was Project Manager and Technical Responsible for Equipment & Self-Standing-Systems Qualification for a Nuclear Power Plant Project.
In 2013, he was appointed Business Development Manager for Asset and Lifetime Management Services and Tools.
He has a university degree in Mechanical Engineering (2007) from Universidad Técnica de Manabà – Ecuador.
