Creep life is a limiting factor in the case of boiler tubes operating above the creep temperature and, for a given material, it is generally determined by the actual operating temperature and stress. Standard approaches to the calculation of a tube creep life mainly take into account the stress caused by pressure loading and the mean temperature in the tube wall. However, the estimation of the temperature and stress may be difficult for water-tube boilers because oxide scales tend to form on the inner surfaces of the tubes, exposed to steam and indirectly affecting the resulting creep life. As the scales increase the thermal resistance of a tube wall and, consequently, the wall temperature, the creep life is reduced. Moreover, the presence of oxide scales leads to a higher hydraulic resistance of a tube, which can cause further increase in the temperature in some tubes of the bundle if the oxide-scale growth rate is not uniform. Additionally, the elements increasing the creep strength may leach out of the surface should the scales be porous, thus inducing an even more pronounced decrease in the creep life. This paper investigates the effects of oxide scales on the creep life of boiler tubes in a cross flow. Thermal and stress conditions in the tubes are thoroughly investigated, using analytical as well as numerical approaches. Keywords: oxide scale, creep, superheater, tube, CFD, FEA Doba trajanja cevi super izmenjevalnikov toplote je omejena zaradi lezenja materiala pri visokih temperaturah obratovanja. Kriti~na temperatura lezenja je odvisna od napetosti, ki nastopajo med obratovanjem izmenjevalnika toplote. Standardni pristop za izra~un dobe trajanja zaradi lezenja materiala temelji na upo{tevanju napetosti, ki jih povzro~a delovni tlak prenasi~ene pare in povpre~ne temperature na stenah cevi. Vendar je temperaturo in napetosti te`ko oceniti, ker se na notranjih stenah cevi, ki so izpostavljene pari, nalaga oksidna plast oz. {kaja, kar neposredno vpliva na njihovo dobo trajanja. [kaja na stenah cevi zmanj{a toplotno prevodnost in s tem poslab{a prenos toplote in posledi~no spremeni temperaturo sten cevi, kar zmanj{a njihovo dobo trajanja. Poleg tega {kaja pove~a hidravli~no upornost cevi, ki nadalje povi{a temperaturo v nekaterih snopih cevi,~e rast {kaje ni enkomerna. Dodatno se lahko iz sten cevi zaradi {kaje izlu`ijo legirni elementi, ki pove~ujejo odpornost materiala proti lezenju. To lahko povzro~i poroznost oksidne plasti na ceveh, kar {e dodatno zmanj{a njihovo dobo trajanja. V~lanku avtorji obravnavajo vpliv oksidne {kaje na`ivljensko dobo cevi izmenjevalnikov toplote v toku ogrevalnih plinov pre~no na pretok pare. Analizirali so termi~ne in napetostne razmere v ceveh izmenjevalnika toplote z analiti~nimi in numeri~nimi metodami. Klju~ne besede: {kaja (oksidna plast), lezenje, super izmenjevalnik toplote, cevi izmenjevalnika, ra~unalni{ka dinamika fluidov (CFD), analiza z metodo kon~nih elementov (FEA)