DESIGN AND DEMONSTRATION OF AN ANALYSIS INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR MAGNETIC FLUX LEAKAGE INSPECTION OF NATURAL GAS PIPELINE. FINAL LETTER REPORT
The objectives of this project were: 1) For PNNL staff to present technology to GRI and PSF staff on non-destructive evaluation, robotics, ground penetration radar, and risk based inspection guidelines for application to the operation and maintenance of natural gas pipelines; 2) for GRI and PSF staff to discuss with PNNL staff opportunities for improving the industrial competitiveness of operation and maintenance services; 3) to explore the basis for partnership with GRI and PSF staff on technology transfer topics. In this project, staff exchanges were conducted to GRI's Pipeline Simulation Facility and to VPSI. PNNL staff had access to the $10 million GRI Pipeline Simulation Facility (PSF) at West Jefferson, Ohio. The facility has a 4,700-ft long pipe loop, an NDE laboratory, and a data analysis laboratory. PNNL staff had access to the VPSI facility in Houston, TX. VPSI has developed some of the most sophisticated inspection tools currently used in the pipeline inspection industry.
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Corporate Authors:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
3180 George Washington Way
Richland, WA United States 99354Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC United States 20585 -
Authors:
- Schuster, G J
- Saffell, B A
- Publication Date: 1996-10
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 10 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Detectors; Gas pipelines; Inspection; Leakage; Maintenance; Maintenance practices; Nondestructive tests; Pipelines
- Uncontrolled Terms: Operation and maintenance
- Old TRIS Terms: Inspection effectiveness; Pipeline maintenance
- Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00738582
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: PNNL-11388
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 7 1997 12:00AM