Nondestructive Degradation Evaluation of Ceramic Candle Filters Using Vibration Signatures
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)
The structural integrity of ceramic candle filters is a key element for hot gas cleanup systems, They protect the heat exchanger and gas turbine components from getting clogged and also prevent erosion. Ceramic candle filters used in the recent demonstration plant have experienced degradation and fracturing. Preliminary examination of these ceramic filters indicated that damage of the filters may have resulted from strength degradation at consistent high temperature operation, thermal transient events, excessive ash accumulation and bridging and pulse cleaning. The ceramic candle filter is a slender structure made of layers of porous materials. The structure has high acoustic attenuation which has greatly limited the conventional ultrasonic detection capability. In general, stiffness reduction of a structure will cause the change of the modal parameters of the structure. This study proposes a nondestructive approach for evaluating the structural properties of the ceramic filters using dynamic characterization method. The vibration signatures of the ceramic filters at different degradation levels are established using transient impact-response technique. Results from this study indicate that the vibration signatures of the filters can be used as an index to quantify the darnage condition of the filters. The results also indicate the feasibility of using the vibration mode shapes to predict the damage location. The application of this study can be implemented to develop a nondestructive evaluation method for future in-situ inspection of the ceramic filters.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC), WV (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AP21-85MC05134
- OSTI ID:
- 437781
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/MC/05134-97/C0741; CONF-960757-32; ON: DE97051038
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Advanced coal-fired power systems review meeting, Morgantown, WV (United States), 16-18 Jul 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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