Invention Grant
US08742752B2 Nondestructive inspection method for a heat exchanger employing adaptive noise thresholding
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采用自适应噪声阈值的热交换器的非破坏性检测方法
- Patent Title: Nondestructive inspection method for a heat exchanger employing adaptive noise thresholding
- Patent Title (中): 采用自适应噪声阈值的热交换器的非破坏性检测方法
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Application No.: US12895942Application Date: 2010-10-01
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Publication No.: US08742752B2Publication Date: 2014-06-03
- Inventor: Qui V. Lee , G. Craig Bowser
- Applicant: Qui V. Lee , G. Craig Bowser
- Applicant Address: US PA Cranberry Township
- Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
- Current Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Cranberry Township
- Agency: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
- Agent Richard J. Coldren
- Main IPC: G01N27/82
- IPC: G01N27/82 ; G01R33/12

Abstract:
A method of eddy current testing for flaws in a tube is provided that includes passing an eddy current probe through the tube and obtaining eddy current data for a number of positions along the tube, analyzing the eddy current data to generate background noise data for a number of positions along the tube, analyzing the eddy current data to generate extracted data for a number of positions along the tube, and determining whether a flaw of a particular category is present in the tube based on a set of one or more of rules applied to at least a portion of the extracted data, wherein at least one of the rules uses a particular part of the extracted data and employs a threshold that is a function a particular part of the background noise data that is associated with the particular part of the extracted data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120081108A1 NONDESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION METHOD FOR A HEAT EXCHANGER EMPLOYING ADAPTIVE NOISE THRESHOLDING Public/Granted day:2012-04-05
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