Published July 2006 | Version v1
Miscellaneous

Development of eddy current technique for components in reactor pressure vessel

  • 1. Hitachi, Ltd., Power and Industrial Systems R and D Laboratory, Hitachi, Ibaraki (Japan)
  • 2. Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Works, Hitachi, Ibaraki (Japan)

Description

A flexible multi-coil eddy current testing (ECT) probe and a method for measuring the length of flaws have been developed for inspecting complex structures in the reactor pressure vessel of nuclear plants. The probe can be applied to curved surfaces that are larger than a curvature radius of 20 mm. And we propose the method for measuring the flaw length by introducing a decibel drop method of the ECT output signal. From the test results of various EDM notches using the probe and the measuring method, we found that the accuracy of the length sizing was within +/- 3 mm. (author)

Part of:
Proceedings of the 3rd annual meeting of Japan Society of Maintenology

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Japanese)
Nippon hozen gakkai dai-3-kai gakujutsu koenkai yoshishu

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 3rd annual meeting of Japan Society of Maintenology
Imprint Pagination
405 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 350-351

Conference

Title
3. annual meeting of Japan Society of Maintenology
Dates
6-7 Jul 2006
Place
Sendai, Miyagi (Japan)

INIS

Country of Publication
Japan
Country of Input or Organization
Japan
INIS RN
42010985
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ACCURACY; DEFECTS; DISTRIBUTION; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LENGTH; MACHINING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PROBES; REACTOR COMPONENTS; SIZE
Descriptors DEC
CURRENTS; DIMENSIONS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS

Optional Information

Notes
2 refs., 4 figs. Imprint:Nippon hozen gakkai dai-3-kai gakujutsu koenkai yoshishu