Composite tube for boilers

Tube, pipe, fittings and flanges

Composite tube (compound tube) suitable for applications where the conditions outside and inside the tube require material properties that cannot be met by one material only.

Composite tube for boilers

The composite tube consists of two different alloys metallurgically bonded together to achieve good thermal transfer properties. One alloy is used to withstand corrosion, while the other is often an approved pressure vessel material.

Typical applications for our composite tubes are steam boilers with corrosive conditions, such as:

  • Black liquor recovery boilers (BLRB)
  • Syngas coolers
  • Waste heat boilers
  • Waste-to-energy boilers

We composite tubes have been installed in more than 400 boiler units worldwide since the 1970s. Contact us for references.

Composite tube materials
Grade UNS ASTM/
ASME
EN no. EN name
Corrosion resistant alloys
Sanicro® 67 N06690 - 2.4642 -
Sanicro® 38 N08825 Mod. - 2.4858 -
Sanicro® 30 N08800 - 1.4558 -
Sanicro® 28 N08028 - 1.4563 X1NiCrMoCu31-27-4
3RE28 - 310 1.4845* -
3R12 S30403/
S30400
304L 1.4306 -
Load carrying alloys, pressure bearing components
4L7 - SA210-A1 (C) 1.0425 P265GH
3Mo1 - - 1.5415 16Mo3
HT5 - SA213-T12 1.7335 13CrMo4-5
HT8 - SA213-T22 1.7380 10CrMo910
T23 SA213-T23 1.8201 7CrWVMoNb9-6
T24 - SA213-T24 1.7378 7CrMoVTiB10-10
HT7 - SA213-T91 1.4903 X10CrMoVNb9-1

* According to EN 10095, valid for heat resistant grades in the form of sheet/plate, strip, semi-finished products, bar, rod and sections (not for pressure or creep purposes).

Size range for composite tube
Outside diameter Total minimum
wall thickness
Thickness
outer layer
Minimum thickness
inner layer
mm in. mm in. mm in. mm in.
38.0 1 1/2 5.00 0.197 1.30 0.051 3.70 0.146
50.8 2 5.08 0.200 1.50 0.059 3.58 0.141
63.5 2 1/2 6.53 0.257 1.65 0.065 4.88 0.192
76.2 3 6.58 0.259 1.65 0.065 4.93 0.194

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