📌 Municipal Water Valve Body - Stress corrosion cracking in cooling-tower mist

Industry: Municipal Water · Severity: Critical · Mechanism: Stress corrosion cracking · Risk: 92/100

🧾 Summary

A valve body used in a municipal water application shows stress corrosion cracking risk after exposure to cooling-tower mist. The design review focuses on material pairing, geometry, coating coverage, inspection access, and realistic validation testing.

⚠️ Design Risk

Likely weak points include local electrolyte retention, incompatible material pairing, coating discontinuities, trapped debris, and missing acceptance criteria for corrosion validation.

🛠️ Recommended Controls

Recommended controls: inspection hold point, passivation requirement, and supplier process control. Add drawing notes, supplier evidence requirements, and a validation plan that reflects the expected service environment.

🎓 Learning Notes

Learners should identify the corrosion mechanism, estimate severity, and decide whether prevention should come from material change, coating change, geometry change, sealing, isolation, or inspection planning.