Before going into service, every circuit is filled and tested. Boiler systems and cooling circuits of the Chuquicamata Flash Furnace.
A hydrostatic test verifies the strength and tightness of a pressure system: it is filled with water and pressurized above its operating pressure, following the project procedure, to detect leaks or deformation before it goes into service.
LTF closed out with a hydrostatic test every system of the boiler banks, wall panels and boiler maintenance project for the Chuquicamata Division, in 2020 and 2021, and every circuit of the new cooling system for the Flash Furnace and its boiler, with its 18 inch line.
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Boilers
Hydrostatic test on every system of the banks, panels and boiler maintenance project.
Cooling circuits
Hydrostatic test of each circuit of the Flash Furnace and boiler cooling system.
Alongside inspection
On the boilers, the test was complemented by non-destructive testing: RT, MT, PT and visual inspection.
The projects behind it.
Boiler banks, wall panels and boiler maintenance
Fabrication of convection and radiant banks, wall panels and bends for the boilers of the Chuquicamata Division, with their installation, steam drum maintenance, and hydrostatic tests and non-destructive testing of every system. Workforce of 200.
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Flash Furnace and boiler cooling, 18 inch line
Removal of the old circuits and fabrication and installation of the new cooling piping system for the Flash Furnace and its boiler, with an 18 inch line and about 10,000 diameter inches, supports, painting, booster pumps and hydrostatic testing. Workforce of 250.
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Request a proposal →What is a hydrostatic test?
A test in which the system is filled with water and pressurized, following the project procedure, to verify its strength and tightness before it goes into service.
On which projects did LTF apply hydrostatic tests?
On every system of the banks, panels and boiler maintenance project for the Chuquicamata Division, and on every circuit of the Flash Furnace and boiler cooling system.
How does it differ from a pneumatic test?
A pneumatic test uses air or a gas instead of water. LTF applied it on the oxygen lines of the Chuquicamata smelter.
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