Thermal upsets can occur in many processes where heat and chemical reactions are present.
Some materials of construction perform well in spite of thermal upsets--even when these upsets are
two or three times normal operating temperatures. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact
of thermal upsets in the range of 2.4 - 2.7 times the normal operating temperatures on FRP materials of
construction. More specifically, the test environment was designed to simulate a chimney liner
operating at 65ºC (150ºF) with thermal upsets of 182ºC (360ºF) and 204ºC (400ºF) respectively. The
results will show the effect of the type of resin and veil on the performance of FRP when subjected to
the test environment described above.
Keywords: Chimney Liner, Desulfurization, Fiberglass-Reinforced, Flue Gas, Nickel Alloy, Thermal
Upset