Petro-chemical Equipment Technology ›› 2021, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (1): 53-57.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-8805.2021.01.012

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Research on Banded Structure in Base Metal of Liquid Ammonia Tank Using TFM and EMAT Technique

Qian Shengjie, He Tongdong, Li Binbin, Wang Du   

  1. Ningbo Special Equipment Inspection and Research Institute, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315048
  • Received:2020-09-25 Accepted:2020-12-25 Online:2021-01-29 Published:2021-01-29

Abstract: The abnormal wall thickness of a liquid ammonia tank was detected and analyzed by means of TFM and EMAT in this paper during the periodic inspection. At first, the characteristics of the two detection techniques, the status of inspection and detection are introduced. Then, EMAT is used to quickly identify the abnormal thickness area, and the cause of abnormal wall thickness is preliminarily determined. Furthermore, TFM is used to accurately detect the specific distribution, echo size and morphology of defects. Finally, according to the detection results, the author determines that the defect is a non-metallic inclusion in the steel plate forming intermittent band structure during rolling. Through the detection and analysis of the banded structure of the base metal described in this paper, it is helpful for the engineers to diagnose the difficult defects in the actual inspection.

Key words: total focusing method/TFM, phased array, electromagnetic acoustic transducer/EMAT, zonal structure