CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #78: Corrosion Protection of Nuclear Power Company Spares

July 19, 2022

Chs 78 - Cortec CorporationA nuclear power company needed corrosion protection for two hundred million dollars’ worth of spare parts, electronics, and facilities in storage. They used VpCI®-389 to protect sensitive parts of the backup diesel power generator and applied VpCI®-110 Emitters and ElectriCorr™ VpCI®-238 in the control enclosures. The entire machine was covered with VpCI®-126 Film. Spare bearings around the facility were wrapped in VpCI®-146 Paper, while screws and other small parts were treated with VpCI®-347. Small motors and transformers were wrapped with Cor-Pak® VpCI® Stretch Film. Large ones were protected using VpCI®-379 and VpCI®-126, with VpCI®-369 sprayed on parts needing lubrication. The nuclear power company had chosen Cortec® Technology for quality and ease of application and found it so excellent they began to consider further use of the technology in their plants.Read the full case history here. Keywords: nuclear power spares, backup generator, corrosion protection, Cortec, ElectriCorr, motor and transformer storage, VpCI, protection of nuclear spares, VpCI-146, bearings protectionPDFclick here