Steam Reformer Tube Inspection System- LOTIS®
Our proprietary Laser Optic Tube Inspection System, LOTIS®, utilizes laser profilometry to conduct internal steam reformer tube inspections. The data captured by LOTIS is exceptionally powerful when combined with our LifeQuest™ remaining life assessment capabilities, providing an integrated solution set for the process and syngas industries. LOTIS is internationally recognized by the NDT industry and the American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) as a time-proven NDT method. When catalyst removal is not indicated, tube inspections utilizing our MANTIS™ External Tube Crawler can be performed.
Steam Reformer Tube Inspection Features
- Inspects 100% of steam reformer tube
- Identifies and quantifies various failure mechanisms
- Provides highly accurate and repeatable results
- Collects millions of data points during a typical inspection
- Requires no couplant
LOTIS Nondestructive Testing Benefits
- Minimizes unplanned shutdown risk due to premature tube failure
- Allows plant engineers to manage and often extend tube life beyond 100,000 operating hours
- Allows reformers to typically be operated more aggressively
- Costs significantly less than an unplanned outage
- Provides better cost management of and planning for future tube replacement
- Reduces reformer downtime with rapid laser profilometry inspection process
- Facilitates monitoring of tube life over entire life cycle; other inspection techniques are useful only at or very near end of tube life which is often too late for remnant life prediction or effective tube replacement management
- Performs baseline inspections at tube manufacturing facilities and onsite prior to startup
Applications
- Steam reformer tubes
- Fired process heaters with plugged headers when FTIS inspection is not possible
- Fin-fans and air coolers
- Condensers
- Heat exchangers
- Tubular reactors
Additional Information
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