CREEPTEST

"Development of a high sensitivity ultrasonic phased array Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) method for the early detection of creep damage (Type IV cracking) in alloy steels used in high temperature, high"

Coordinatore	APPLIED INSPECTION LTD    more  Organization address address: Old Colliery Lane Heath road, Holmewood city: Chesterfield postcode: S42 5rb contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: James Cognome: Bailey Email: send email Telefono: +44 1283 515163 Fax: +44 1283 539729
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	1˙287˙835 €
EC contributo	998˙000 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2012
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-05-01   -   2015-04-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	APPLIED INSPECTION LTD  Organization address address: Old Colliery Lane Heath road, Holmewood city: Chesterfield postcode: S42 5rb contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: James Cognome: Bailey Email: send email Telefono: +44 1283 515163 Fax: +44 1283 539729	UK (Chesterfield)	coordinator	315˙496.00
2	ACUTECH EISAGOGES ANTIPROSOPEIES EPE  Organization address address: Syrou street 3 city: "METAMORFOSI, Athens" postcode: 144 52 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Theodoros Cognome: Christidis Email: send email Telefono: +30 210 2832379 Fax: +30 210 2824554	EL ("METAMORFOSI, Athens")	participant	261˙255.00
3	"INETEC-INSTITUT ZA NUKLEARNU TEHNOLOGIJU DRUSTVO S OGRANICENOM ODGOVORNOSCU ZA ISTRAZIVACKO RAZVOJNE I KONSULTING USLUGE, PROIZVODNJU I TRGOVINU"  Organization address address: DOLENICA 28 LUCKO city: ZAGREB postcode: 10 250 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Iva Cognome: Grkovi? Email: send email Telefono: +385 1 659 45 82 Fax: +385 1 653 08 49	HR (ZAGREB)	participant	246˙050.00
4	TWI LIMITED  Organization address address: Granta Park, Great Abington city: CAMBRIDGE postcode: CB21 6AL contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: David Cognome: Hamper Email: send email Telefono: +44 1223 899000 Fax: +44 1223 890952	UK (CAMBRIDGE)	participant	55˙834.00
5	SSE PLC  Organization address address: DUNKELD ROAD INVERALMOND HS 200 city: PERTH postcode: PH1 3AQ contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Nicola Cognome: Mcnally Email: send email Telefono: +44 1977 884271 Fax: +44 1977 884285	UK (PERTH)	participant	40˙797.00
6	KAUNO TECHNOLOGIJOS UNIVERSITETAS  Organization address address: K DONELAICIO 73 city: KAUNAS postcode: 44029 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Milda Cognome: Beruliene Email: send email Telefono: +370 37 351162	LT (KAUNAS)	participant	39˙920.00
7	NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS - NTUA  Organization address address: HEROON POLYTECHNIOU 9 ZOGRAPHOU CAMPUS city: ATHINA postcode: 15780 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Georgia Cognome: Mertzelou Email: send email Telefono: +30 210 772 2033 Fax: +30 210 772 4181	EL (ATHINA)	participant	38˙648.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Creep is the time-dependent, thermally assisted deformation of a component operating under stress. Metal pressure components such as boiler tubing, headers, and steam piping in fossil-fired power plants operate at thermal conditions (above ~1,000ºF [538ºC]) conducive to causing creep damage over the operating life of the component. To ensure safe and reliable operation of such components in service, utilities periodically use non-destructive evaluation (NDE) techniques to inspect these components for damage. These inspections are largely targeted at detecting late stage creep damage in which cracking is active in the component and provides qualitative rather than quantitative data. Recent advances in NDE technology have provided enhanced capabilities for incipient creep failure detection. CreepTest will seek to apply time reversal focusing and full matrix capture techniques that have already shown a capability to identify early stage creep damage. A library of defects will be produced with the aim of providing inspection limits and the probability of detection for the techniques developed in the project and thus enable accurate life cycle prediction for components under inspection. The objectives of the project will be: •ï€ To develop new ultrasonic phased NDE testing techniques for the detection of Type IV creep cracking •ï€ To determine the sensitivity of defect detection and the limits of technique/system/ultrasonic array performance. •ï€ To produce a field prototype NDE ultrasonic array system, signal processing and software for the examination of power plant steam pipe welds for creep damage. •ï€ Quantify results to assess the extent of creep detection and categorise into (i) cavitation formation (ii) cavitation coalescence (iii) formation of micro-cracking and (iv) macro-cracking. •ï€ To demonstrate the NDE systems performance on in-service, in-situ steam pipe welds and to validate the technique results against representative samples containing realistic creep defects'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Non-destructive testing (NDT) methodologies to evaluate the sub-surface status of steam pipes operating at very high pressures and temperatures is lacking. Novel ultrasound technology could soon decrease the incidence of dangerous failures.