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[sameh makhlof]

My questions is: what are the procedures/code/standard should be followed for heat exchanger tubes plugging?

[Art Montemayor]

I know of no standards or guidelines for plugging heat exchanger tubes.  But I've had to plug a lot of them in the past.

 

I did what everyone else I know does:  get your maintenance department to machine a stock of steel (or the appropriate alloy) tapered plugs.  The angle of the taper is up to you and the machinist.  I left this detail up to the experienced machinist and the plugs worked well.