SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STEAM GENERATOR TUBE ANALYSIS FOR DETECTION OF TUBE DEGRADATION

• Main Authors: Cullen, William K, Le, Qui V, Bowser, Craig
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.02.2019
• Subjects: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; TESTING; TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES ORSTRUCTURES; TESTING STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

The systems and methods of the invention pertain to analyzing steam generator tube data for the detection of wear. Further, the invention is capable of performing a comparison of current tube signal data to baseline or historic tube signal data, e.g., from previous and/or the first, in-service inspe...