The Structure Design and Simulation of Ultrasonic Inspection Instrument for Inside Pressurized Pipe Elbows

2017 3rd International Conference on Environmental Science and Material Application

生态环境科学;材料科学

Miao, Cunjian^1 ; Du, Xingji^1 ; Xia, Junfang^1 ; Wang, Min^1 ; Ling, Zhangwei^1 ; Tang, Ping^1

Zhejiang Provincial Special Equipment Inspection and Research Institute, Hangzhou

310020, China^1

关键词: Inspection technique;    Long distance pipelines;    Phased array techniques;    Pipeline inspection;    Ultrasonic detection;    Ultrasonic inspections;    Ultrasonic techniques;    Uniform distribution;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/108/2/022055/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/108/2/022055

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Elbows in pressure pipes are important parts which may become serious corrosion locations. Ultrasonic detection is a main technique for pipe inner inspection, and the use of traditional ultrasound and phased array technique for in-line inspection are advanced, long-term interesting and known by researchers. Several devices were invented for inside pipeline inspection and suitable to some extent such as detecting long-distance pipelines. However, elbows especially tight elbows are still difficult to implement inner detection or travelling. To obtain good effect in detecting elbows, the inner inspection technique was investigated. Spherical and flat cylindrical probe holder structures were proposed to ensure the ability to pass through elbows, while the spherical holder has many conventional probes in its shell with a uniform distribution. The flat cylindrical probe structures are suitable for phased array ultrasonic technique to form a convex array. CIVA simulation was conducted and the focal effects were analyzed. Comparing with detecting precision and manufacture process, the phased array technique was chosen, and the elbow inspection experiments were carried out. The ultrasonic system was taken by a robot to travel through the elbow, and the experimental data were used to verify the applicability of the ultrasonic inspection technique.