A new testing technique for corrosion and leakage testing of the flat bottoms of atmospheric, aboveground storage tanks (AST) with acoustic emission (AE) was developed in the frame of an EC funded project. Frequency domain based pattern recognition is used to identify the source mechanism of the found AE sources located at the tank floor. The basics of the applied method and the testing technique itself are outlined as well as results of performed tests are given together with statistical numbers regarding the grading of tested tank floors. Conventional non-destructive testing (NDT) of tank floors relies mainly on visual testing and wall thickness measurements and therefore reflects the past service periods of the tank in total. On the other hand AE enables to monitor the active processes taking place at the time of test on the tank floor at conditions similar to normal tank service. The combination of both leads to a complementary view of the tank floor condition, taking advantage of both approaches: determination of the total degradation of the tank floor and monitoring of the actual degradation processes taking place under current service conditions.


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    Title :

    Field testing of flat bottomed storage tanks with acoustic emission. A review on the gained experience


    Additional title:

    Felduntersuchung an Flachboden-Speichertanks mittels Schallemission. Eine Übersicht über gewonnene Erfahrungen


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2004


    Size :

    9 Seiten, 7 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 4 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Storage medium


    Language :

    English




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