A Robotics Enabled Eddy Current Testing System for Autonomous Inspection of Heat Exchanger Tubes

Technical Report · Wed Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1860298· OSTI ID:1860298

Lin, Jian  ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)

The objective of the project is to develop a robotics enabled eddy current testing system (REECTS) in automatic probe deployment, inspection, and data acquisition and analysis. The main functions of the REECTS are to: 1) identify geometry and locations of heat exchange tubes with assistance of an imaging recognition system; 2) precisely control the position and motion speed of ECT probes by an adaptive control system; 3) facilitate data analysis and real-time decision making for autonomous inspection assisted by machine learning algorithms.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
• DOE Contract Number: FE0031645; FOA-0001842
• OSTI ID: 1860298
• Report Number(s): DOE-MU-0031645
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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