Development of Steam-Generator UT System and Experimental Verification

증기발생기 전열관 확관부의 초음파 검사장치 및 적용기술개발

  • Published : 2007.10.30

Abstract

The ultrasonic inspection system for the expansion/transition area of steam generator tube was successfully developed. Variety of artificial flaw and real track specimen was tested using the UT system to verify the performance of the system. All artificial flaws of which through-wall depth larger than 10% was clearly detected by UT system. Measurement results of through-wall depth of flaws larger than 20% had good linearity and reproducibility with 3.27 of standard deviation. Results of real crack specimen test suggested that the detection limit of real crack strongly depends on the track morphology. A potential for measurement of PRL(percentage of remaining ligament) was recognized by the real crack specimen test.

원전 취약부위의 하나인 증기발생기 전열관의 확관/천이영역을 초음파로 검사하기 위한 장치를 개발하고 모의결함 시험편 및 자연결함 시험편을 이용하여 그 성능검증을 수행하였다. 10% 이상의 깊이를 가지는 모의결함은 모두 검출 가능했으며 20% 이상의 깊이를 가지는 모의결함은 그 크기도 재현성 있게 측정할 수 있었다. 순차적인 깊이를 가지는 모의결함을 이용한 실험결과 표준편차 3.27로 비교적 재현성 있는 결과를 얻었다. 자연결함을 포함하고 있는 시편을 이용한 실험결과, 결함의 진행 형태가 검출능에 영향을 미침을 알 수 있었고 결함의 깊이방향 형태가 비교적 잘 반영되므로 결함 단면 면적을 측정할 수 있는 가능성을 타진할 수 있었다.

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