{"title":"Asset Integrity of Gas Storage Sphere Legs Using Advanced Technologies","authors":"Ankit Vajpayee","doi":"10.2118/207747-ms","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n The inspection of the steel legs that hold up gas storage spheres has been difficult because of the thickness of cement that is applied to the legs to make them \"fireproof\". The cement contains steel studs that are welded to the legs and wire mesh that may vary in mesh size, all of which complicate the inspection possibilities. A new, low frequency AC scanning technique has been developed which can detect corrosion under fireproofing (CUF). The technique and its industry-supported development is described.","PeriodicalId":10967,"journal":{"name":"Day 1 Mon, November 15, 2021","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Day 1 Mon, November 15, 2021","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2118/207747-ms","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The inspection of the steel legs that hold up gas storage spheres has been difficult because of the thickness of cement that is applied to the legs to make them "fireproof". The cement contains steel studs that are welded to the legs and wire mesh that may vary in mesh size, all of which complicate the inspection possibilities. A new, low frequency AC scanning technique has been developed which can detect corrosion under fireproofing (CUF). The technique and its industry-supported development is described.