The significance and uses of titanium is increasing day by day in several industrial applications. Engineers have discovered that it can reduce the lifecycle costs of industrial equipment and processes as it has exceptionally high strength to weight ratio. When the equipment costs is calculated on the basis of per unit rather than per pound, it narrows the differential cost of material, this situation is known Titanium's favorable density. In other words, about half titanium is needed for doing the same job on the basis of strength or the titanium with equal weight will go twice as far. For filling the gap, titanium do not require any kind of corrosion allowance, pressure or structural needs for the system which is the only criteria for wall thickness. The remaining higher front costs is regained due to reduced maintenance and enhanced manufacturing time.
Further, Titanium forms a very tight surface oxide layer which has excellent corrosion resistant ability. In the adverse environment, Titanium can last long as much as 5:1 as compared to other material. Thus, it has low failure rates to less downtime and reduce the need of maintenance therefore, lower the overall cost. Owing to all the properties, Titanium found its usage in numerous industries from chemical processing to power generation to desalination plants.
Power Generation-Mostly saline, brackish and contaminated water is used as cooling medium in the power generation plants. But titanium thin wall condenser tubing will last long for almost 40 years and eliminate the requirement of corrosion allowance.
Chemical Processing-Titanium is used for enhancing equipment's life in various chemical processing operations. It provide various advantages in terms of lifecycle cost over stainless steel grades, copper & nickel and initial cost over materials like tantalum, zirconium and high nickel alloys.
Petroleum- In petroleum production & exploration, titanium pipes are used as they are light in weight and flexible which makes it an ideal material for deep sea production risers. Further, titanium is not affected by sea water thus, it is a preferable material for topside management systems. Since it shows no corrosion in salt water, it is utilized on the existing platforms in North Sea and become a prior choice for various desalination plants in the entire world.
Other Industries-Titanium alloys has dozens of industrial uses such as PTA plants for polyester production, pressure vessels, hydrometallurgial autoclaves, flue gas desulphurisation for pollution control and heat exchangers. Each grade of Titanium can be tailored as per the specified operating conditions, alloy content for different corrosive agents, emphasizing strength for different pressures and ductility for different fabrication needs.
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