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Design of a Comprehensive Pressure Vessel Experimental Device

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The equipment used in stress- and pressure-related non-destructive testing (NDT) experiments tends to have single functionality and a low degree of automation. There are also safety risks inherent in existing pressure testing methods. This paper develops a remote online NDT comprehensive experimental device. It uses a high degree of automation to remotely monitor changes in a pressure vessel’s prefabricated defects during pressure tests. Safety is guaranteed, as the operator is located remotely. The experimental pressure vessel employs a split structure connected by a quick-release system using flange-type U-slot bolt holes. Pressure vessel defects can be prefabricated in different forms, and the vessels can be disassembled and changed easily. This process reduces the experiment materials needed, lowers costs, and saves experimental time. The device can be used for various experiments, such as acoustic emission monitoring of the pressure-bearing and load-holding capacities of pressure vessels, measurement of pressurized vessel strain, and pressure vessel NDT (magnetic powder inspection, ultrasonic flaw detection, magnetic flux leakage testing, magnetic memory testing). Operators can obtain experimental data and conduct analyses simply by controlling the computer. The device can enrich the content of undergraduate experiments and solve the single-functionality problem of existing experimental equipment. With this device, the acoustic emission online monitoring experiment of pressure vessel and the stress measurement of pressure vessel are carried out. Which verify the diversity of function and reliability of the test.

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Acknowledgements

This work was sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51607035, 11502051) and Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Foundation (LBH-Z16040) and State Administration of Work Safety Science and Technology Project of Key Technologies for Preventing and Controlling Major Accidents in Safe Production (heilongjiang-0003-2017AQ) and Science and Technology Project of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association (2017-11-04) and Research start-up fund of Northeast Petroleum University (rc201732). All these are gratefully appreciated.

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    Wei Cui, Ke Wang & Qiang Zhang

  2. Petrochina Daqing Petrochemical Company, Daqing, 163714, Heilongjiang, China

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Cui, W., Wang, K., Zhang, P. et al. Design of a Comprehensive Pressure Vessel Experimental Device. Wireless Pers Commun 102, 783–798 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-017-5100-8

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