NONDESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION METHOD FOR A HEAT EXCHANGER EMPLOYING ADAPTIVE NOISE THRESHOLDING

• Main Authors: BOWSER, CRAIG G, LE, QUI V
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 06.03.2018
• Subjects: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PHYSICS; TESTING

A method of eddy current testing for flaws in a tube is provided that includes passing an eddy current probe through the tube and obtaining eddy current data for a number of positions along the tube, analyzing the eddy current data to generate background noise data for a number of positions along th...