Heat Exchanger Replacement – Ward was called on to evaluate and repair several heat exchangers in a solvent condenser system. The plant knew there were issues with at least one…
Vessel engineers first use the design pressure to find the required thickness of all components on a vessel. Next, normally a stock plate or pipe thickness is chosen for each…
Here’s a link to the article as published by Process Cooling Magazine – Expansion Joint Considerations for Heat Exchangers Used as process Coolers | Process Cooling (process-cooling.com) Several factors should…
Column Rebuild Ward was contracted to unstack a chemical processing column, build a new sump/skirt section, then re-stack the column. Our ability to handle this project turnkey allowed our customer…
Many requirements for welds in the ASME code depend on a weld’s category and its type, but those two classifications often get mixed up. So what are they, and what…
Condenser Re-Tube – A Virginia utility came to Ward with a challenging project to refurbish two large heat exchangers during an outage. There were options for doing them in parallel…
