Assessment of NDT needs for pipeline integrity assurance II. Final report, SwRI project 17-7702
Almost 10 years ago, the NDT Supervisory Committee of the Pipeline Research Committee 1 (PRC) published its {open_quotes}Final Report on NDT Needs for Pipeline Integrity Assurance.{close_quotes} Since then, that report has served as a guide for NDT programs sponsored by the PRC (now PRCI), the Gas Research Institute (GRI), and others. During those 10 years, a number of important research projects have been underway to extend the understanding of magnetic flux leakage inspection technology, to evaluate new corrosion detection technologies, and to seek solutions to the detection and characterization of other pipeline defects. Most of these projects are consistent with the recommendations of the 1986 NDT Needs report, referred to in this document as Needs `86. That report also recommended the establishment of a {open_quotes}Center of Excellence{close_quotes} in pipeline inspection research. The dedication, in 1995, of the GRI Pipeline Simulation Facility (PSF) was the realization of that industry goal. The opening of the PSF suggested that it was time to revisit the questions and ideas that have guided research in pipeline integrity for the last 10 years. In light of the advances in smart pig design since then, it was appropriate to update the surveys and analyses that were part of the 1986 report and to make another statement of the industry`s priorities and inspection needs. This report is intended to be that statement.
- Research Organization:
- American Gas Association, Inc., Arlington, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- American Gas Association, Inc., Arlington, VA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 444059
- Report Number(s):
- AGA-97003581; CNN: PR-15-9507; TRN: 97:001674
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Apr 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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