Corrosion Costs to the Power Industry

A detailed example of cost data for corrosion problems affecting the various broad sectors of the electric power industry has recently been published for the United States [15 16]. The compiled and sorted costs are presented in Table 8.10 with the highest cost listed first. These dollar amounts include corrosion-related costs associated with both operations and maintenance and depreciation. They also include both direct and indirect corrosion-related costs. 

Steam generator tube corrosion including IGA and SCC Nuclear 1765 15.05 

Waterside/steamside corrosion of boiler tubes Fossil 1144 9.76 

Primary water SCC of non-steam-generator alloy 600 parts Nuclear 229 1.95 

Fireside corrosion of superheater and reheater tubes Fossil 149 1.27 

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