API Inspection and Mechanical Integrity Summit

SwRI will be exhibiting at the API Inspection and Mechanical Integrity Summit, booth no. 015.

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is an independent, nonprofit applied research and development organization headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. With more than 3,200 employees, SwRI conducts scientific and engineering work across a wide range of applications, from deep sea to deep space, delivering specialized R&D and system development tailored to client needs. SwRI has developed advanced array-based magnetostrictive guided-wave technologies for corrosion mapping in tank bottoms, tank walls, and pipe supports using Full Matrix Capture (FMC) and Total Focusing Method (TFM) processing. These technologies also enable guided-wave inspection of buried anchor rods and monopoles. In addition, SwRI has developed remote field eddy current systems for assessing non-piggable small-diameter pipelines, as well as magnetostrictive guided-wave systems for inspection and monitoring of heat exchanger tubes, aircraft structures, and piping operating at temperatures up to 500 °C. SwRI also provides applied materials characterization and root cause failure analysis, offering multidisciplinary expertise to address complex materials challenges across a variety of industries.

Please join us for the following presentations:

“Corrosion Mapping Under Pipe Supports Using Array of Guided Wave Magnetostrictive Transducers,” Sergey Vinogradov and Jay Fisher

This presentation evaluates anomaly mapping and detection capabilities of an alternative method for data acquisition and processing for screening areas under pipe supports. Anomaly severity ranking accuracy based on conventional analysis of B-scan plots is compared to analysis using synthetic imaging.

“Failure Analysis of Pitting Corrosion on a Cu-Ni Alloy Containment Cooler Coil in a Passive Cooling System,” John Macha

Several coils removed from a passive coolant containing system (PCCS) immersed in an external pool exhibited visual indicators of degradation adjacent to braze lines. Coils exhibiting representative damage were characterized using destructive and non-destructive analyses. Evidence collected was consistent with microbiologically influence corrosion (MIC) initiating from the ID surfaces of the coils. The analysis and recommendations to prevent recurrence are discussed.

For more information, please contact Sergey Vinogradov and John Macha.