Method for monitoring the state of heat exchanger pipelines of a waste heat steam generator, and waste heat steam generator

Abstract

A method for monitoring the state of pipelines, which conduct water or steam, of at least one heat exchanger, in particular a heat exchanger designed as a superheater, a heat exchanger designed as an evaporator, and a heat exchanger designed as a feed water preheater. When viewed in the downstream flow direction, the at least one heat exchanger is arranged in the exhaust gas flow of a waste heat steam generator. The presence of steam within the exhaust gas flow is automatically detected using sensors which detect a measurement variable that represents the moisture content of the exhaust gas flow and/or using an optical detection system, and if steam is detected, an alarm is triggered. A waste heat steam generator is designed to carry out the method.

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