1 Safety, Environment and Technology Supervision Research Institute of PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company, Chengdu 610041, China 2 China National Energy R & D Center of High Sulfur Gas Exploitation, Chengdu 610000, China 3 PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company, Chengdu 610056, China 4 School of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
Abstract: Two-thirds of the gas fields in the Sichuan Basin contain acidic gases such as hydrogen sulfide, which causes corrosion morphology such as hydrogen bubbling, hydrogen induced cracking, stress corrosion cracking, and sulfide stress cracking inside pipelines, resulting in rapid pipeline perforation and an increased risk of pipeline accidents. Regular inspections of high sulfurnatural gas pipelines should be performed to ensure the inherent safety of the pipeline and to obtain a timely understanding of the operation status of the pipeline's inner wall. This summary discusses the benefits, drawbacks, and applications of five detection techniques: magnetic flux leakage, ultrasonic testing, electromagnetic acoustic transducers, eddy current testing, radiographic testing. Additionally, the on-site detection findings of three methods were presented, and the sensitivity and accuracy of several approaches were compared and assessed, providing solid data support for the integrity evaluation of high sulfur natural gas pipelines. Finally, based on the features of high sulfur natural gas pipelines, the selection of pipeline materials and the use of non-destructive testing techniques were addressed.
赵帅, 文绍牧, 廖柯熹, 秦林, 林冬, 高健. 无损检测技术在高含硫天然气管道中的应用研究进展[J]. 材料导报, 2025, 39(9): 24030169-9.
ZHAO Shuai, WEN Shaomu, LIAO Kexi, QIN Lin, LIN Dong, GAO Jian. Research Development on the Implementation of Non-destructive Testing Technologies in High Sulfur Natural Gas Pipelines. Materials Reports, 2025, 39(9): 24030169-9.
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