Technical Diagnostics and Non-Destructive Testing, 2018, №01



2018 №01 (07)

DOI of Article 10.15407/tdnk2018.01.08

2018 №01 (01)

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Technical Diagnostics and Non-Destructive Testing №1, 2018, pp. 53-58

Metrology and instrumentation for operative complex examination of underground pipelines

R. M. Jala, B. Ya. Verbenets, M. I. Melnik, O. M. Semenyuk, O. O. Chevinka

G.V. Karpenko Physico-Mechanical Institute of the NAS of Ukraine, 5 Naukova str., 79060, Lviv, Ukraine


 
A method for operative examination and determination of the parameters of anticorrosion protection of underground steel pipelines with an insulation coating by a set of contactless measurements of currents and contact electrometry was developed. New possibilities are shown for determination of the distribution of cathodic protection current density and specific contact resistance in underground pipeline sections in operation. Circuits and functional capabilities of the developed instrumentation with electronic memory for measurement of constant and variable potentials of the electric field, and contactless measurements of currents and their application examples are shown.
 
Keywords: underground pipelines, nondestructive testing of anticorrosion protection, contactless examination method, cathodic protection current density, contact resistance of insulation coating, electric potentials, measuring instrumentation
 
Received: 08.12.2017
Published: 20.03.2018

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