NDT experience from O&G

for wind farms

Alberto Monici
ETS SISTEMI INDUSTRIALI Srl
Italy
 A brief History of our Company
1996: Foundation as subsidiary for technical support to the main owner ETS Elettronica.

2005: Become indipendent from ETS Elettronica

2008: ISO 9001 Certification for CleanRoom Maintenance and Testing Services

2009: New Production unit in Brugherio

2011: Non Destructive Testing Training & Exam Centre

2013: Coordinator of FP7 European project Comphealth (www.comphealth.eu)

2015: H2020 Project «SHIPHULL SHM» with TWI

Service Provider of Acoustic Emission Company VALLEN SYSTEME GmbH

Member of European Acoustic Emission Working Group

 What we Do
NON DISTRUCTIVE TEST : PT, VT, MT, UT, LT, AT

TRAINING ACTIVITIES FOR NDT: PT, VT, MT, UT, LT, AT.

VACUUM. PRESSURE AND HELIUM LEAK TEST UNDER EN, ISO & ASME

STANDARDS

FUGITIVE EMISSION CERTIFICATION

APPLICATIONS AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES FOR ACOUSTIC EMISSION

TEST METHODS

THIRD PART INSPECTION ACTIVITIES

Fotogallery NDT and SHM Tests for O&G
Fotogallery NDT and SHM Tests for O&G
 Why SHMs are More Importants than Traditional
NDTs in In-Service?
Dye Penetrant of Gas Cylinder Failed Valve Visual Test
 Example: Why SHIPHULLSHM project
H2020

Ship ERIKA – year 1999

MSC Carla II– year 1997

MOL Comfort– year 2013 M/V Safmarine Agulhas– year 2007

http://gcaptain.com/disaster-at-sea-photos-of-maritime-destruction/#.Vh01K_ntmko
SHM For Wind Farm ?
Why Acoustic Emission Method rapidly
increase in SHM applications in O&G?
Highlights of acoustic emission

1) In service or during Validation Tests

2) Useful also for Very large structures
3) Low sensibility to geometry
4) Immediate localization with mutiple sensors
5) Possibility to apply differents Stress Factors (T,
P, Corrosion, etc.)
Real Time Signal Processing
HighLigths of AE
Correlative analysis of digital imaging, acoustic emission, and fracture surface topography on hydrogen assisted cracking in Ni-alloy
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Engineering Fracture Mechanics Volume 221, November 2019, 106678

Tank Floor Assessment
Real Time Results
Artificial Intelligence can
help Defect Recognition?
Impact on Composite panels

(A)

(C)

(D)
Acoustic Emission (AE) is a well recognized methodolody to detect active defects
and corrosion at initial stage of formation,
also at very long distance when components is under differents types of stresses:
Thermal variation, Pressure,
fatique cycles and so on.

In addition to other informations coming from localized investigation, we

investigate the AE potentiality to detect and correlate the different Corrosion
activities.

Further the Helium Leak Test will be well recognized for the initial stage detection
of leak and certification of tightness under international standards. Valves, Heat
Exchangers, Vessels are in different P-T conditions certified with this methods for
Fugitive Emission, Lifetime, etc.
QUESTIONS?

• TEL: + 39 039 877790

E.T.S. Sistemi Industriali SrL • Mobile: 348 0829830

Via S. Francesco 323 • MAIL: ets@etssistemi.it
20861 Brugherio (MB)
• Website: www.etssistemi.it