Digital Radiography Condition Assessment Of Valves,A Fire Plugs, And Pipes

Within this investigation we evaluated the use of digital radiography for the assessment of valves and pipes within the field. Digital radiography is a technique that uses radiation to image critical assets, images of the critical assets are obtained instantly.

This investigated imaged various fire plugs, pipes, and valves. The fire plug images where very clear and gave us the ability to determine the presence of any internal blockages. The valve stems where also imaged to determine if they were broken, the other area of interest was the vale seats. Various sizes of assets where investigated from 50mm to 600mm, also the materials within this study varied from mild steel, cast iron, and fiberglass pipe. Digital radiography was observed to be very useful in imaging all the assets, though the presence of water did reduce the clarity of the images.