Published April 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Defect Detection of the Wall Thinning Pipe of the Nuclear Power Plant Using Infrared Thermography

  • 1. Chosun University, Gwangju (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. Chonbuk National University, Jeonju (Korea, Republic of)

Description

The infrared energy is emitted in the infrared wavelength range that corresponds to the surface temperature of an object which has temperature that is over the absolute the temperature(OK). The infrared thermography (IRT) is a non-destructive testing method that provides thermal video for the user in real-time by converting the infrared quantity that is detected by the infrared detector into temperature. The pipes of nuclear power plant(NPP) could be thinned by the corrosion and fatigue and the defect could lead to a big accident. For this reason, the effective non-destructive testing method is necessary. In this study, the relationship between the measured temperature and the defect depth or size of NPP pipes were recognized and that was applied to detect the wall thinning defects of NPP pipes

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
Journal Volume
30
Journal Issue
2
Series
8 refs, 9 figs, 2 tabs
Journal Page Range
p. 85-90
ISSN
1225-7842