Technologically advanced, fully-digital ultrasonic wall-thickness measurement systems coupled with Internet of Things (IoT) back-haul data communication schemes, including cellular, are enabling transportable, accurate and cost-effective corrosion-monitoring systems that can compete with older and more traditional methods. Comparisons show improved data accuracy of permanently-installed sensors in lieu of larger quantities of manually-taken spot data. This paper will include the design principles used in the creation of this next-generation platform.

Subject
Costs, Sensors, Piping, Corrosion rate, Probes, Thickness measurement, Inspection, Transducers, Variability, Wall thickness, Equipment, Corrosion data, Corrosion monitoring
Keywords:
Ultrasonic thickness measurement, UT, TML, CML, Corrosion, Erosion, Corrosion Rate, Non-intrusive, Wall thickness monitoring, IoT
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2017
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