Benefits and Challenges of Ceramic Refractories

In this episode, Jay Schickling, senior principal consultant at Chemours, sits down with co-hosts Heather Allain and Marc Cook to discuss refractory ceramics. The three chat about refractory linings details for process heaters, including: bricks, monolithic linings, ceramic fiber, thermal expansion, dryout, anchoring systems, inspection techniques, acceptance criteria for defects, and repair techniques.

 

Show notes

For more information about MTI’s Global Solutions Symposium, visit https://www.mti-global.org/mtisymposium/home

 

Additional MTI resources:

On-demand ceramics trainings: https://www.mti-global.org/participate/education

 

Corrosion Chronicles is hosted by Heather Allain and Marc Cook.

Heather Allain is the Executive Director of Materials Technology Institute (MTI). She has been with the organization for 16 years and previously held an Associate Director position facilitating MTI’s Project work. Before MTI, she worked as a Materials Engineer at DuPont for 15 years, and has a BS in Materials Engineering from Rice University.

Marc Cook has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and an MS in Material Engineering from NC State. He has worked for Dow for 26 years and at a contracting company in Cincinnati for 3 years. His current role at Dow is leading the Technical Services Team for Ceramics and Refractory at Dow and providing materials engineering support to Dow’s Freeport, Texas site.

Disclaimer: Marc Cook is an employee of Dow but is speaking purely in a personal capacity and is not talking about or recommending Dow products.

 

Corrosion Chronicles is produced by Association Briefings.