Ionix Advanced Technologies, experts in high-temperature in-service ultrasonic asset-integrity tools, evaluate the benefits and challenges of detecting and monitoring sulfidic corrosion, a ubiquitous damage mechanism in refineries, and how new technologies have emerged to meet the updated standards and best practices.
Paul at Holloway NDT takes the HS582i to the BBQ to test the standard velocity compensation
Ionix HotSense™ has been successfully deployed with a CALIPERAY wireless system and a field communication kit to monitor erosion rates in a remote upstream Shell facility as an alternative to manual inspection with X-ray RT profiling.
Ionix HotSense™ has been successfully deployed with a CALIPERAY wireless system and a field communication kit to monitor erosion rates in a remote upstream Shell facility as an alternative to manual inspection with X-ray RT profiling.
In-service, high-temperature corrosion surveying to maximise productivity, safety & plant availability
Refinery wide HotSense™
deployment to reduce risk, increase safety and maximise data availability.
HotSense ultrasonic sensors are the only fully intrinsically safe ultrasonic sensors which can be used to make thickness measurements through thermally sprayed aluminium (TSA) coatings at high or low temperatures.
Ionix HotSense sensors have been deployed for gas void monitoring in leading US nuclear power stations to increase safety by minimising exposure of workers to hazardous locations and reducing radiation dose.
Recently completed independent testing has shown the stability of HotSense transducers to radiation levels associated with nuclear plant operating environments.
This builds on the inherent temperature withstand of HotSenseTM where the probes have been validated for operation in the range -55 °C (-67 °F) up to +550 °C (1020 °F).
These properties make HotSense ultrasonic transducers ideal for Wall Thickness and Gas Void measurements for use in continuous monitoring applications across nuclear and energy sectors.
At only 48mm tall, the Ionix HotSenseᵀᴹ high-temperature, thickness monitoring transducers and deployment system fit perfectly under insulation and weatherproofing to ensure the integrity of your pipelines.