Case study Boiler tube corrosion thinning assessment

2 Case study Boiler tube corrosion thinning assessment 

Applications involving the reduction-to-practice of pulsed thermography techniques include an Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) project to detect the extent of erosion/corrosion damage in power generation boiler tubes. The material in this section is reprinted with permission from EPRI. 

This application involved three tests on three prepared samples of representative boiler tube configurations conducted under laboratory conditions, followed by an in-situ test on an actual section of boiler tubing to verify the teehnique. The pulsed IR imaging equipment included a shrouded bank of xenon flash lamps with 

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