Vacuum Fractionator
Overview Customer built new unit to increase production. H2S line prone to corrosion at two different 90s before overhead line. Elected to use non-intrusive permanently installed UT sensors to monitor pipe intrados, extrados, top & bottom locations in lieu of installing a heat trace to maintain dew point. Application Vacuum Fractionator ~300F 12” Sch. 40 […]
Hydro-Fluoric (HF) Alky Unit Monitoring
Overview Customer was sending NDT technicians to inspect the top of the HF Alky unit daily to monitor specific low spots to ensure wall loss did not exceed minimum required rate before outage planned in 6 mo. Now using system to correlate corrosion data to integrity operating windows (IOWs). Application HF Alky Unit (HF Isostripper […]
Atmospheric Gas – Oil Line Monitoring
Overview Customer wants to extend life to next turn-around and make sure that line is no longer corroding. Application Atmospheric gas-oil, ~270C 3” Sch 40, subject to severe but uniform corrosion, most piping is < ½” nominal wall Product Used smartPIMS HT Cellular w/ 4 HT probes temporarily attached, managed by on-site service provider Monitoring […]
