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Chemical and Petrochemical Industry Session	> Session Introduction (Slide Show) The chemical and petrochemical industry is one of the main users of NDT. The NDT is applied during manufacture of components and forms an important part within inspection programs during service (onstream) and maintenance of plant equipment. The NDT in this area includes practically all NDT methods and techniques. The examinations are often integrated in sophisticated preventive and predictive programs which assure the reliability and safety of the plants. The sessions will include presentations from a wide range of applications by users from the industry and from research and development organisations. (Session Chairman: Andreas Hecht, BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany ) _______________ 101 - On-Line Radiographic Wallthickness-Measurement of Insulated Piping in the Chemical and Petrochemical Industry. A. Hecht - BASF. R. Bauer - Giessen Uni. F. Lindemeier - AMI. a.o. Germany. _______________ 103 - CHIME - A new Ultrasonic Method for Rapid Screening of Pipe, Plate and Inaccessible Geometries. F. Ravenscroft, R. Hill, C. Duffill, D. Buttle - AEA Technology, UK.* _______________ 104 - Controlling Ultrasonic-Inspection Intervals by Monitoring Hydrogen Permeation. P.B. Mortensen, C. Christensen, C. Peyk - FORCE Inst., Denmark. _______________ 105 - Hot Hydrogen Attack: A Novel Approach for Reliable Detection and Monitoring. N. Trimborn, J. Verkooijen - AEA Sonomatics, The Netherlands. _______________ 107 - Non-Destructive Metallography Used On-Site, Possibilites and Experiences. J. Vagn Hansen - FORCE Inst., Denmark. _______________ 112 - The Possibilities of Mobile Hardness Testing - A User-related Hardness Testing Comparison of the Static UCI Method and the Dynamic Rebound Method. J. Sommer - Krautkrämer, Germany. _______________ 117 - NDT and Heat Exchanger Tubes. H. Hansen Rasmussen, H. Kristensen, L. Jeppesen - FORCE Inst., Denmark. _______________ 120 - Practical Experiences in the Application of Advanced Ultrasonic Equipment to Decrease Downtime through Non-Intrusive True Condition Assessment. J. Verkooijen - AEA Sonomatic, The Netherlands*. _______________ 121 - The Importance of Reliable NDE Measurements in Plant Management Systems. J. Verkooijen - AEA Sonomatic, The Netherlands*. _______________ 129 - Videoendoscopy for Visual Testing of Welds in Pharmaceutical Plants. J. Vagn Hansen, A.H. Jensen - FORCE Inst. A. Helmer Nielsen, Novo Nordisk Eng. Denmark. *
NDT of Welds Session	_______________ 181 - NUMEX Software for Useable Film Calculation in Double Wall Girth Weld Radiography. M.B. Hoppenbrouwers* - Röntgen Technische Dienst, The Netherlands. _______________ 183 - Automatic Detection and Characterisation of Aluminium Weld Defects: Comparison between Radiography, Radioscopy and Human Interpretation. V. Kaftandjian, A. Joly - INSA. T. Odievre, M. Courbière, C. Hantrais - PECHINEY. France. _______________ 190 - Experiences and Problems of a Manual Ultrasonic Round-Robin Test. F. Fücsök - ERÖKAR, Hungary. _______________ 191 - The Performance of Time-of-Flight Diffraction (TOFD) in Various International Round-Robin Trials and the Ongoing Research Work Underway Today. N. Trimborn - AEA Sonomatic, The Netherlands.* _______________ 192 - Critical Assessment to the TOFD Approach for Ultrasonic Weld Inspection. A. Erhard, E. Schulz, G. Brekow, H. Wüstenberg - BAM, Germany. P. Kreier - Innotest, Switzerland.*
Nuclear Industry Session	_______________ 205 - Interpretation of Radiographs by Digital Image Processing. T. Just, W. Thale, R. Clausen - TÜV Nord, Germany. _______________ 213 - Ultrasonic Array Technique for the Inspection of Copper Lined Canisters for Nuclear Waste Fuel T. Stepinski, P. Wu, M. Gustafsson, L. Ericsson - Uppsala Uni., Sweden. _______________ 219 - Examination of Core Shroud Welds. J. Larsen, H. Kristensen, L. Jeppesen - FORCE Inst., Denmark. * _______________ 221 - Optimising the NDT of Boiling Water Reactors by Using Realistic Flaws in the Cladding. B. Neundorf - HEW. G. Csapo - TÜV Nord. A. Erhard - BAM. Germany. _______________ 222 - Innovative Robotics and Ultrasonic Technology at the Examination of Reactor Pressure Vessels in BWR and PWR Nuclear Power Stations. F. Dirauf, B. Gohlke, E. Fischer - Siemens Power Generation Group, Germany. _______________ 232 - Automated UT Examination of Inclined Nozzle Welds using Robot and 3D Reconstruction. H.O. Olsen, L. Vesth, L. Jeppesen - FORCE Inst., Denmark. _______________ 234 - In-service Inspection by X-Ray Tomosynthesis, A New Method for Sizing IGSCC. Alexander Blomquist - SAQ Kontroll, Sweden. _______________ 238 - Advanced NDT of Primary Circuit Components of WWER NPPs P. Trampus - IAEA, Austria. D. Corak - INETEC, Croatia. _______________ 239 - Ultrasonic Inspection. Application of Phased Array Technologies. A. Tanarro, A. Garcia - TECHNATOM, Spain. * _______________ 240 - Neural Network Classification of Flaws Detected during Ultrasonic Inspection of CANDU Pressure Tubes and Brazed Joints in CANDU Fuel. * R. Ciocan, D. Ciobanu - Inst. of Nuclear Research, Romania. W.R. Mayo - Chalk River Labs., Canada. _______________ 245 - Characterization of Nodular Cast Iron Properties by Harmonic Analysis of Eddy Current Signals.* K.L. Feiste, P. Fetter Marques, D. Stegemann a.o. - IKPH, Uni. of Hannover, Germany. S.E. Kruger, J.M.A. Rebello - COPPE, Brazil.* _______________ 246 - Finite Element Approach to Assess Inspectability of Weld Between Two Coaxial Tubes by RFEC Technique. V.P. Lunin - Moscow Power Eng. Inst., Russia. H.-M. Thomas - BAM, Germany. _______________ 250 - VT Examination of BWR Re-Circulation Pump Internals. (This Article was already published in NDT.net August 1998) J. Larsen, L. Vesth, L. Jeppesen - FORCE Inst., Denmark.
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