Tube Inspection Selection Chart

Probability of Detection (POD) Defects under support plate Good Good Fair Good Good No Good No Cleanliness requirements Defect types Axial cracks Good Good Poor Good Poor No No Fair Circ. cracks Poor Poor Good Good Good No No Fair Determines

Non Ferrous

ET

Pits, Pin holes, Cracks, Wall loss Pits, Pin holes, Cracks, Wall loss Pits, Cracks, Wall-loss

Defect depth %

Access

Ferrous

FSEC

Defect depth %

Access

RFT

Defect depth %

Not critical

PSEC

Pits, Pin holes, Wall-loss

Defect depth %

Critical

MFL

Pits, Pin Holes, Wall-loss

Defect depth %

Critical

HFEC

All materials

IRIS

Internal Diameter enlargements (erosion) Pits, Wall-loss

Internal diameter enlargement % Remaining wall thickness

Access

Fast (450-700 tubes/6 meter/day) High sensitivity Accurate sizing possible Can only be used on non-ferrous materials Fast (450-700 tubes/6 meter/day) High sensitivity Accurate sizing possible Can only be used on slight permeable materials Good overall performance on carbon steel Cleaning not critical Pits need to have some volume in order to be detected (diameter Pit >5 mm) Sensitive to pits in carbon steel Phase information available for internal sizing Can be used on finned tubes Cleaning critical Sensitive to pit in carbons steel Can be used on finned tubes Sizing of defects very limited Cleaning critical Fast Can only detect limited amount of defect types

Good

Good

Good

Good

Fair

Good

Good

Fair

Good

Fair

No

Inter nal

100%

RVI

Pits, Overall corrosion (internal only)

Defect shape (internal only)

Critical

Accurate determination of wall thickness Provides information about defect geometry Slow (70-100 tubes/6 meter/day) Cleaning very critical Can be used on every material Visualization of defects possible Only information of interior of tube

Good

Good

Poor

No

Wall-loss

Material type

Technique

Main Advantages and Disadvantages Pits