Wide application prospects of titanium equipment

In the petroleum refining process in the petroleum industry, sulfides and chlorides in petroleum products are very corrosive to equipment, especially petroleum refining equipment such as the initial distillation tower, the top of the atmospheric tower and the top condenser, using titanium as The materials of the above-mentioned parts have achieved good results and basically solved the corrosion problem of the above-mentioned parts.

The first foreign oil refineries used titanium tubes as coolers. Titanium is not only used in seawater corroded parts but also suitable for process heat exchangers that do not use seawater cooling. Titanium tubes are used in the condensation cooling system at the top of the crude oil distillation tower to prevent corrosion of chlorides and sulfides. The combination of the titanium tube bundle and tube sheet has been used not only in the United States but also in the United Kingdom for many years, including heat exchangers for heating crude oil and condensers for the final product cooled by sewage. The heat exchangers were originally made of traditional copper-nickel alloy or Monel alloy. However, due to corrosion such as vulcanization, the service life of the equipment is very limited. After using the titanium heat exchanger, the effect is very good.

In the metallurgical industry

With the development of the metallurgical industry, titanium has been popularized and applied as a structural material with high strength and corrosion resistance. In the hydrometallurgical process, because the equipment is exposed to alkali, acid and various corrosive gases, soot, etc., traditional aluminum alloy, acid-resistant stainless steel and other materials cannot meet the needs of the production process, which limits the development of hydrometallurgy. The use of titanium equipment is of great significance for improving production efficiency, solving the common phenomena of running, emitting, dripping, and leaking in hydrometallurgy, and reducing environmental pollution.

Application in electrolytic nickel production

In the production of electrolytic nickel, the equipment is exposed to solutions with high acid content and active ions, and titanium has excellent corrosion resistance, so it becomes an ideal material for manufacturing electrolytic nickel equipment.

Compared with the stainless steel mother plate, the cathode mother plate in the production of electrolytic nickel has better economic effects and superior performance. For example, the deposited nickel skin is not easy to stick to the plate, easy to peel, and the peeling rate is improved; the starting electrode of the titanium mother plate is flat. Straight, good rigidity, uniform current density during electrolysis. Shanghai Smelter, Jinchuan Nonferrous Metals Co., etc. have used titanium cathode mother plates, which have achieved good economic benefits.

In addition, a large number of titanium materials are also used in the heaters, pumps, valves, etc. of electrolytic nickel production equipment.
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