Abstract
In this study, we investigated the performance and reliability of commercial corrosion sensors for monitoring the integrity of piping systems in various fluid environments as an alternative to ultrasonic transducers. To this end, we investigated pipes’ wall-thinning using commercial electrical resistance (ER), linear polarization resistance (LPR), and ultrasonic transducer (UT) sensors under various operating environments. A pilot-scale closed-loop test bed was built to simulate a real pipeline flow situation, from which the sensor data were collected and analyzed. Experimental results indicate that, in the case of the LPR sensor, it is challenging to accurately measure the corrosion rate when a specific measure exceeds the threshold in a severe corrosion environment. In contrast, the ER sensor could measure metal loss under all conditions and reflect the corresponding characteristics. The metal loss (about 0.25 mm) of the real pipe after the experiment was confirmed to be equal to the metal loss (0.254 mm) measured by the sensor. Furthermore, the regression analysis revealed a high correlation between the results obtained from the ER and UT sensors. Thus, evaluating the remaining thickness of the piping system using the commercial ER sensor is deemed to be effective and reliable.
Funder
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Biochemistry,Instrumentation,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Analytical Chemistry
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