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What is a Penstock and its Role in Hydropower?
Sep 18, 2023
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that hydropower was responsible for 6.2% of the United States' total electricity production ...
An Introduction to Multi-lead Rifle (MLR) Tubing
Jun 29, 2022
In thermal power generation, there are a number of processes in place within the boiler to optimize the efficiency of thermal energy exchange, ...
Benefits of Non-Intrusive Anhydrous Ammonia Pressure Vessel Inspections
Apr 27, 2022
Anhydrous ammonia is commonly found in the power and chemical industries. Within power, anhydrous ammonia plays an essential role in the ...
Detecting Corrosion and Erosion in Horizontal Boiler Tube Assemblies
Jan 27, 2022
Boilers play an essential role in improving the efficiency of thermal power generation. Three boiler sections, economizer, superheater, and reheater, ...
An Automated Approach to Detecting Corrosion Under Insulation
Oct 27, 2021
Corrosion under insulation (CUI) is corrosion that occurs in the base metal of piping, storage tanks, pressure vessels, and other assets when ...
Shifting the Paradigm: How Robotics Can Increase Confidence in Risk-Based Inspections
Oct 6, 2021
Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) is a methodology for assessing and prioritizing each piece of equipment in a process unit by its level of risk. It is an ...
Robotic Inspections for Aboveground Storage Tanks
Sep 8, 2021
Aboveground Storage Tanks (AST) are vital assets for many industries including, power, paper and pulp, oil and gas, chemical, and even beverage ...
Non-Intrusive Inspections and How to Accomplish Them with Automation
Apr 14, 2021
Automating Non-Intrusive Inspections Provides Faster Inspections and Better Results Pressure vessels and other process equipment are traditionally ...
Automated Ultrasonic Testing (AUT) Techniques: RUG, PAUT, & Rapid AUT
Feb 25, 2021
Advanced ultrasonic technologies, such as automated ultrasonic testing (AUT), offer diverse uses for in-service assets and apply to many industries, ...
What is Automated Ultrasonic Testing (AUT)?
Jan 29, 2021
Ultrasonic testing (UT) is a branch of nondestructive testing techniques that involve emitting high-frequency sound energy, or ultrasonic waves, into ...
Top 5 Reasons Industries are Turning to RUG for Piping Inspections
Nov 18, 2020
We are witnessing an inflection point in the approach to inspecting piping assets in the oil and gas industry, as well as other process industries. ...
A Better Fractionator Overhead Line Inspection Strategy
Nov 10, 2020
Robust Inspection Data Delivered Without Taking the Unit Offline An overhead system is one of the most vulnerable parts of a crude oil distillation ...
How to Achieve a Higher RBI score with RUG
Oct 30, 2020
Understanding the Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) Confidence Scoring System Driven by API 580 and API 581 standards, the first Risk-Based Inspections ...
What is Rapid Ultrasonic Gridding (and why should you care)?
Oct 22, 2020
RUG - the R stands for Rapid and/or Robot Rapid Ultrasonic Gridding (aka RUG) is an innovative inspection process of creating data-rich visual grid ...
On The Subject of Inner Diameter Boiler Tube Corrosion
Oct 22, 2020
Older Boilers are like Older Automobiles - Things Just Wear Down While the drumbeat of boiler retirement is unabated, many power generation companies ...
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