Friday, January 29, 2010

Chemical Induced Corrosion


The nipple in this condenser water return line is experiencing severe corrosion. The cause of this corrosion is chemical. Rather then feed chemical through an injection quill an attempt was made to feed directly into an existing valve. Feeding chemical in this manner can be very harsh on the surrounding metallurgy. Although this was a quick and cheap install the long term reliability of the system has been compromised.