Abstract:
A system and method for displaying inspection data collected from a furnace is disclosed. The system comprises a storage device (106) for storing the inspection data (112). The system also comprises a computer (102) programmed to partition the inspection data (112) at a plurality of data markers so as to correlate the inspection data (112) to the physical geometry of the furnace. Each of the data markers identifies the location of a physical feature of the furnace (such as a bend, an external raised surface, cross-over piping, a thermal well, a weld, a flange, a schedule change and/or a diameter change). Preferably, the computer (102) is also programmed to generate a display of the partitioned inspection data, wherein the display is a two-dimensional or three-dimensional representation of the tube segments of the furnace. This display may then be used to visually detect problem areas within the furnace. Various exemplary embodiments of the system and associated method are provided
Abstract:
A method for rendering reformer tube inspection data of a reformer tube furnace stack in a colorized 2&3-D graphical format, the method includes analyzing at least a portion of the inspection data, and generating one of a colorized 2D or 3D graphical display depicting inner circumferential diameter of said reformer tube based on the analyzed data, wherein the 2D or 3D graphical display is depicted in spatial orientation to a plurality of reformer tubes comprising the reformer tube furnace.
Abstract:
A system and method for inspecting a reformer tube employed in chemical processing for damage such as creep and metal dusting. The method includes the steps of focusing a coherent light beam onto an interior of a tube or piping and detecting at least a portion of a reflection of the light beam from the tubing by converting the detected light beam into an electrical signal and the processing of the electrical signal to determine a radius of tube under-going in situ inspection.
Abstract:
A system and method for displaying inspection data collected from a furnace is disclosed. The system comprises a storage device (106) for storing the inspection data (112). The system also comprises a computer (102) programmed to partition the inspection data (112) at a plurality of data markers so as to correlate the inspection data (112) to the physical geometry of the furnace. Each of the data markers identifies the location of a physical feature of the furnace (such as a bend, an external raised surface, cross-over piping, a thermal well, a weld, a flange, a schedule change and/or a diameter change). Preferably, the computer (102) is also programmed to generate a display of the partitioned inspection data, wherein the display is a two-dimensional or three-dimensional representation of the tube segments of the furnace. This display may then be used to visually detect problem areas within the furnace. Various exemplary embodiments of the system and associated method are provided
Abstract:
A method for rendering reformer tube inspection data of a reformer tube furnace stack in a colorized 2&3-D graphical format, the method includes analyzing at least a portion of the inspection data, and generating one of a colorized 2D or 3D graphical display depicting inner circumferential diameter of said reformer tube based on the analyzed data, wherein the 2D or 3D graphical display is depicted in spatial orientation to a plurality of reformer tubes comprising the reformer tube furnace.
Abstract:
A system and method for displaying inspection data collected from a furnace is disclosed. The system comprises a storage device (106) for storing the inspection data (112). The system also comprises a computer (102) programmed to partition the inspection data (112) at a plurality of data markers so as to correlate the inspection data (112) to the physical geometry of the furnace. Each of the data markers identifies the location of a physical feature of the furnace (such as a bend, an external raised surface, cross-over piping, a thermal well, a weld, a flange, a schedule change and/or a diameter change). Preferably, the computer (102) is also programmed to generate a display of the partitioned inspection data, wherein the display is a two-dimensional or three-dimensional representation of the tube segments of the furnace. This display may then be used to visually detect problem areas within the furnace. Various exemplary embodiments of the system and associated method are provided
Abstract:
A system and method for inspecting a reformer tube (64) employed in chemical processing for damage such as creep and metal dusting. The method includes the steps of focusing a coherent light beam (65) onto an interior of a tube or piping (64) and detecting at least a portion of a reflection of the light beam from the tubing by converting the detected light beam (65) into an electrical signal and the processing of the electrical signal to determine a radius of tube (64) under-going in situ inspection.