Development and Evaluation of an in-situ high-temperature guided ultrasonic wave based corrosion-under-insulation detection system for nuclear power plant pipes (nGUMPS)
Implementing Organization
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Principal Investigator
Krishnan Balasubramanian
Professor
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Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Project Overview
The nGUMPS technology is an Industrial Internet of Things solution for the continuous monitoring of the health of industrial pipe systems that are operating at high temperatures and subjected to corrosion. Current inspection approach is extremely tedious and expensive. Also, presently the inspection is periodic, only during shutdowns. The nGUMPS technology uses advanced guided ultrasonic waves, that travel long distances in the pipes, and uses sensor technology that can operate at temperatures up to 350 C. The data is preprocessed at the sensor site and the data is transmitted to a cloud server. This permits the industries to continuously monitor and provide timely corrective measures including prognosis of the life of the pipe systems.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
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