GAMMA SCANNING TECHNIQUE FOR DIAGNOSIS IN OPERATION, OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS REFINING EQUIPMENT

• Autor: Calvo, Carlos Sebastián
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad Ricardo Palma
• Repositorio: Revista URP - Scientia
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:oai.revistas.urp.edu.pe:article/2768
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/Scientia/article/view/2768
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Columnas industriales, escaneo, radioisótopo, fuente, detector, empaque, neutrón, retrodispersión.

Radioisotope techniques are highly useful tools to investigate variety of problems in oil & gas refining and petrochemical industry. Major techniques and applications are in routine service to industry of many countries. Gamma-ray scanning, often referred to as “column scanning”, is a convenient, cost effective, fast, efficient and non-intrusive technique to examine inner details of a process column or a reaction vessel, while it is in operation. Column scanning allows an engineer in petroleum refineries, gas processing installations and chemical plants, to study tray or packing hydraulics inside a distillation column at any set of on-line condition. It provides essential data to optimize the performance of columns, extend column run times, trackthe performance-deteriorating effects of fouling and solids deposition, and identify maintenance requirements well in advance of scheduled turnarounds. This on-line information can reduce repair downtimes significantly.