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Originally posted by Rouxzy
As far and heat goes titanium is used for the tubes in steam generaters in nuclear power plants. Needless to say it gets pretty hot and for long periods of time, like about 14 to 18 months at a time, so I can't see ti losing strength properties due to heat.
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Good, I found an expert, I'd be interested to learn from you what ASME/TEMA specification these "steam generators" are built to and what the operating temperature is. Thermal tranfer, pressure drop... In order to know the required yield of the tubing, you must obviously know what kind of expansion joint they use on the shell side to compensate for the differing thermal expansion rates (as the owner of a 77, you ought to know something about that). Bellows? Flanged and flued? Are the tubesheet joints rolled only? welded? both? Do they have cross baffle supports? Maybe they don't have to because of the ultra strong Titanium used in construction? Channel stiffeners? My apologies to the board, I am ignorant, you are enlightened... enlighten me.