Method of predicting wear on tubes of steam generator

    公开(公告)号:US10125975B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-13

    申请号:US15807801

    申请日:2017-11-09

    发明人: William K. Cullen

    摘要: A method predicts an amount of wear that is expected to occur on the tubes of a steam generator as a result of vibration against another structure within the steam generator. The method includes determining a volumetric amount of material that has been worn from a location on a tube over a duration of time and employing that volume as a function of time to determine the volume of material of the tube wall that is predicted to be worn from the tube or another tube at a future time. The volumetric-based analysis enables more accurately prediction of the wear depth at a future time. This enables the plugging of only those tubes that are determined from a volumetric analysis to be in risk of breach at the future time, thus slowing the rate at which tubes of a steam generator will be plugged.

    METHOD OF PREDICTING WEAR ON TUBES OF STEAM GENERATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20180142884A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-24

    申请号:US15807801

    申请日:2017-11-09

    发明人: WILLIAM K. CULLEN

    摘要: A method predicts an amount of wear that is expected to occur on the tubes of a steam generator as a result of vibration against another structure within the steam generator. The method includes determining a volumetric amount of material that has been worn from a location on a tube over a duration of time and employing that volume as a function of time to determine the volume of material of the tube wall that is predicted to be worn from the tube or another tube at a future time. The volumetric-based analysis enables more accurately prediction of the wear depth at a future time. This enables the plugging of only those tubes that are determined from a volumetric analysis to be in risk of breach at the future time, thus slowing the rate at which tubes of a steam generator will be plugged.

    HARDENED LAYER DEPTH MEASURING APPARATUS
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180051975A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-22

    申请号:US15554319

    申请日:2016-03-02

    IPC分类号: G01B7/26 G01B7/06 G01N27/72

    CPC分类号: G01B7/26 G01B7/105 G01N27/72

    摘要: An apparatus is provided to measure a depth of a hardened layer formed at a surface layer of a quenched workpiece. The apparatus includes an exciting coil configured to generate a magnetic flux to magnetize the workpiece and a detecting coil configured to detect the magnetic flux generated by the exciting coil. The exciting coil has a U-shaped excitation core portion and an excitation coil portion wound on the excitation core portion. The excitation core portion is arranged such that distal ends of magnetic poles of the excitation core portion face the workpiece. The detecting coil has a detection core portion and a detection coil wound on the detection core portion. The detection core portion is arranged between the magnetic poles of the excitation core portion and along a surface of the workpiece.