A review paper on downtime corrosion in boilers during lockdown due to COVID-19 in India

Due to the imposing of the lockdown in India because of Covid-19, the boiler units in industries and power plants get shutdown. It leads to chances of occurrence of downtime corrosion in boilers. Generally, the downtime corrosion is said to be negligible as compare to corrosion that occurred during the working of boilers. However, if the shut down is longer than some weeks then this corrosion cannot be negligible at that level. It results in the loss of life of the material of the boiler and its parts. Thus this paper aims to point out the types of corrosion that can occur and preventive measures needed to be taken for the different types of downtime corrosion. © 2021 Author(s).