Liquid sodium testing of in-house phased array EMAT transducer for L-wave applications

Conference · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/ANIMMA.2015.7465510· OSTI ID:22531470

Le Bourdais, F.; Le Polles, T. ^[1]; Baque, F. ^[2]

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1. Non Destructive Testing Department at the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette CEDEX, (France)
2. Department of Sodium Technology at the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Cadarache, 13108 St Paul lez Durance CEDEX, (France)

This paper describes the development of an in-house phased array EMAT transducer for longitudinal wave inspection in liquid sodium. The work presented herein is part of an undergoing project aimed at improving in-service inspection techniques for the ASTRID reactor project. The design process of the phased array EMAT probe is briefly explained and followed by a review of experimental test results. We first present test results obtained in the laboratory while the last part of the paper describes the liquid sodium testing and the produced ultrasound images. (authors)

• Research Organization: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - IEEE, 3 Park Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10016-5997 (United States)
• OSTI ID: 22531470
• Report Number(s): ANIMMA--2015-IO-89
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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IMAGES
IN-SERVICE INSPECTION
LIQUIDS
PROBES
SEISMIC SURFACE WAVES
SODIUM
SODIUM COOLED REACTORS
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