Tubular Elements / Pendants
CurrentNews
Hiring Pipe Welders
July 2011
Chanute Manufacturing is currently hiring Pipe Welders qualified in TIG welding of light to heavy-wall tubing. Please visit our Employment page for more information.
RecentEvents
Optimus Ships Superheater
July 2011
Optimus Engineered Products designed and produced this stainless steel, cylindrical superheater that will extract heat from a 1200°F gas stream at about 8 psi.
The project also included several large Economizers. All three units shipped on time for a July 2011 delivery.
Tubular Elements and Pendants
Chanute has provided superheater, reheater and economizer elements for nearly every size and type of fossil fuel fired steam generator. From single in-kind elements to completely reengineered assemblies, Chanute has the capability and experience that utilities expect.
Fabrication Expertise That Makes a Difference Chanute’s experience in manufacturing tubular products spans nearly 50 years and are found in petrochemical fired heaters, industrial boilers, HRSGs and solid fuel fired power plants throughout the world. Our experience ranges from light wall to heavy wall tubing in carbon, low and high alloy (including T91 and T23) as well as the various grades of stainless steel, Inconel® and Hastalloy®.
Engineering UpgradesChanute’s engineering staff can upgrade your replacement elements to resolve operating and mechanical issues. It is also common for our customers to upgrade material types to improve reliability and extend the life of the elements. Chanute's engineers are qualified to evaluate tube metal temperatures, flow distribution, thermal expansion and perform the applicable code calculations
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3-bank Economizer consisting of 1,140 elements for a 1300 MW supercritical utility boiler |
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Superheater elements for 500 MW coal-fired utility boiler |
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Elements are routinely manufactured with tube shielding or weld overlay in the soot blower erosion areas, dissimilar metal transitions (EPRI DMW’s) or dissimilar tube diameter transitions and ultra tight radius bending. Chanute excels at incorporating manifolds, bottle headers and multiple assembly modules to simplify installation and minimize field labor.
