WELCOME TO LIXI PROFILER PRESENTATION
PRESENTATION BY
NAME: HISSHAM & SENTHIL
TEL: 6515 2680
EMAIL: [email protected]
LIXI PROFILER - PARTS
1. Computer Module 2. UniConnect Module 3. Detector Module 4. HUD 5. C-Arm
6. Source Holder
7. Battery Brick 8. Source Gd153
LIXI PROFILER INTRODUCTION
Lixi profiler uses Gd153 radioisotope source on one end of Carm and the detector will be on the other end.
When it is placed around pipe, small amount of focused radiation beam penetrates the diameter of the pipe.
The amount of radiation received by detector is converted to an equivalent steel thickness measurement by the computer module. The result will be shown on the computer screen in real time image, which will be used to identify welds, corrosion, blockage, fouling, or variety of other indications commonly found in piping systems.
LIXI PROFILER - SYSTEM
LIXI PROFILER- APPLICATIONS
Pipe wall thinning Corrosion under Insulation (CUI) Pipe Blockages such as Bitumen, Ice, or any another foreign material
Wet Insulation
Cluster of Internal and external pitting Wall thickness measurement on insulated or bare pipes w/ or w/o product Wall thickness measurement on very hot pipes while in-service Weld Identification on Insulated Stainless Piping Systems
LIXI PROFILER - ADVANTAGES
Detect Corrosion 90% of all corrosion including CUI - on the bottom of the Pipe. Lixi Profiler provides a larger area inspected without removing of Insulation or the need to Shutdown the Production Productivity is high compared to Profile Radiography or Ultrasonic Thickness Measurement
Easy to operate & Equipment can be Hand Carried from one location to another
The Immediate results in Real Time
Work on rechargeable battery and no requirement for local power supply
LIXI PROFILER - LIMITATIONS
A) Not recommended for detection of cracks and pin-holes
B) Can be used only for piping that has both side access
C) Restrict access to establish Safe Working Areas D) Less sensitive over 30mm equivalent steel penetration thickness
LIXI PROFILER EFFECT OF SCALE
Sample of pipe section with external corrosion scale detected by the Profiler
How does the Lixi Profiler Work?
0.250 Wall Thickness = Profiler Reading of ~ 0.500
Add 4 Insulation = Profiler Reading of ~ 0.620
Add Product = Profiler Reading of ~ 0.843
However, if a corroded area is scanned over with the Lixi Profiler, then the scan will reflect a loss of density equivalent to the loss of steel. For example, if a pit of 0.100 is scanned over, the Profiler will show a reduction in the graph from 0.843 to 0.743. Assuming that the insulation and product density have not changed over a short distance, the only cause for a reduction in the graph would be loss from the metal pipe.
Add Product = Profiler Reading of ~ 0.843
Nominal Thickness
Left: Profiler oriented perpendicularly over weld. Response is single, highamplitude peak. Right: Profiler oriented at an angle while scanning over weld. Result baseline thickness increases and two lower-amplitude peaks result: one when the detector crosses the top of the weld and one when the source crosses the bottom of the weld.
This slide denotes what a corroded area might look like during an initial scan. The next slide shows a technique to determine which side of the pipe has the corrosion by orienting the Profiler 90 degrees to the initial scan direction and taking a slice from the bottom to the top of the pipe.
Bottom Chord Density (Less Dense)
Center of Pipe
Top Chord Density (More Dense)
Weld Heat Affected Zone (HAZ) Corrosion
Welds
Thick-wall pipe
Reducer Thin-wall pipe
Pipe Schedule Change: Sch. 40 on left; Sch. 80 on right Weld in middle
Normal Insulated Pipe
Water in Insulation
Ice in Insulation
Slice scan on the left is through the section of pipe devoid of debris. The slice scan on the right is through a section of pipe having debris in it. Which direction was this scan taken (top to bottom or bottom to top)?
Radiographic Profiling
Upper images are digital radiographs of piping (20 30 locations per day) Middle images are histograms (density charts) representing the thickness of the pipe along the yellow lines
Session # 119 - T111 : 0.552
1.000 0.900 0.800 0.700 0.600 0.500 0.400 0.300 0.200 0.100 0.000 1 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 T111 37 41 45 49 53 57 61 65 69 73 77 81 85 89 93 97 101 105 109 113 117
The lower image is of a portable system that acquires histograms in real-time (150 250 locations per day)
Weld A
Weld A
Corrosion on backside of Tee
Welds Elbow
Horizontal Pipe
Vertical Pipe
WHAT COULD THIS BE?
TYPICAL EXTRADOSE EROSION
SAMPLE REPORT
SAMPLE AXIAL SCAN GRAPH
Axial Scan Result for 4 Pipe with 8.56mm single wall thickness (~17.12mm double wall) The total thickness reads as 21.5mm, indicates that the pipe is not empty.
OTHER METALCARE SERVICES
1. Long Range Guided Wave Ultrasonic Testing (LRUT) for Pipeline Corrosion Monitoring 2. Tank Floor Corrosion Survey using Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) Floormap 3. Tank Wall Corrosion Survey using C-Scan Remotely Operated Crawler 4. A,B & C-Scan Corrosion Mapping 5. NDT & QA/QC Inspection
6. API 510, 570 & 653 Inspections
THANK YOU
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