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PERFORMANCE RESULTS EXAMPLE

ThaiOil National Oil Refinery (Thailand)


3 Fin-Fan Air Coolers
Tube Size 0.78" ID (19.88 mm)
Material A179
# of Tubes 163 each (489 total)
Inspection Time 2.5 hours total
Shape Straight tubes

Defects Found • Blockages in 15% of tubes


• Holes in 2 tubes at 0.7”(1.8 cm ) from opening
• 50-70% wall loss, pitting on ~25% of tubes

Outcome
AcousticEye performed accurate inspection very quickly
Holes found by AcousticEye were missed using
conventional inspection techniques
Several tubes were flagged and plugged

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