Chapter 3 – Tubular Heat Exchanger Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair

This chapter covers the following topics: evaluating and inspecting heat exchangers, tubular exchanger inspections, initial exchanger inspection, most likely locations of corrosion, shop work, shop inspection, nondestruction examination, minor and major repairs, hydrostatic leak testing, baffles and tube sheets, heat exchanger bundle removal, bundle removal procedures, tube bundle removal, shell repair, heat treatment, double-pipe exchangers, inspection and repair of exchanger parts, exchanger alteration, and quality control inspections.