• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.258-267
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• 2015

Eddy current testing is widely used for inspecting steam generator tubing in nuclear power plants (NPPs). The inspection technique for steam generator tubing in NPPs should be qualified in accordance with examination guidelines. When the components of a qualified system such as eddy current tester, probe, and data analysis program, are changed, the equivalency of the modified system to the originally qualified system must be verified. The eddy current tester is the most important part of an eddy current testing system because it excites and transmits alternating currents to the probe, receives coil impedance of the probe and generates signals for anomalies. The Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (KHNP) developed an eddy current testing system with an eddy current tester and data acquisition-analysis program for inspecting the steam generator tubing in NPPs; this system can be used for an array probe and as a bobbin and rotating probes. The equivalency assessment for the currently developed system was carried out, and we describe the results in this paper.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.40-47
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• 2013

The capacity factor of nuclear power plant in Korea is the highest level in the world. However, the integrity assessment of nuclear power plant is depended on foreign country. Especially, most eddy current testing systems for inspecting steam generators in nuclear power plant are currently imported from USA, Canada, and so on. Therefore, the eddy current testing system can react more active and adaptive from economic and managerial standpoint for actual nuclear power plants in Korea is required. In this paper, an eddy current testing system for inspecting steam generators in nuclear power plants is introduced. Frequency generator, analog circuit, analog digital converter circuit, and digital control circuit are composed in eddy current testing system. A benchmarking of acquisition system and acquisition software, eddynet 11i made by Zetec, and modifications are carried out based on the test environment of Korea nuclear power plants. Finally, all eddy current apparatus are integrated to inspect steam generator tubes in nuclear power plants.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.49-52
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• 1986

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.155-159
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• 2016

Eddy current testing (ECT) is an important nondestructive testing technology for the inspection of flaws in conductive materials. However, this widely used technology is not suitable for inspecting lamination when a conventional pancake coil is used because the eddy current (EC) generated by the pancake coil is parallel to the lamination and will not be perturbed. A new method using a rectangular coil placed vertical to the work piece is proposed for lamination detection. The vertical sections of the rectangular coil induce ECs that are vertical to the lamination and can be perturbed by the lamination. A parametric study of a rectangular coil by finite element analysis was performed in order to examine the capability of generating vertical EC.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.524-530
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• 2008

The spin valve tunneling magnetoresistance (SV-TMR) sensor performance is analyzed using Stoner-Wohlfarth model for the detection of eddy current signals in nondestructive testing applications. The SV-TMR response in terms of the applied AC magnetic field dominantly generates the second harmonic amplitude in hard axis direction. The second harmonic eddy current signal detection using SV-TMR sensor shows higher performance than that of the coil sensor at lower frequencies. The SV-TMR sensor with high sensitivity gives a good solution to improve the low frequency performance in comparison with the inductive coil sensors. Therefore, the low frequency eddy current techniques based on SV-TMR sensors are specially useful in the detection of hidden defects, and it can be applied to detect the deeply embedded flaws or discontinuities in the conductive materials.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.7-14
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• 1991

The integral model for the eddy current phenomena has been suggested. The model could lift the limitations of the previously well-known analytical model of eddy current theory. The model could be applied to two-dimentional, arbitary shaped defects. The computer programs have been developed in order to calculate the eddy current signal with the suggested integral method. The eddy current signals by the model calculations have been shown similar patterns to the actual experimental data from the real defects in the calibration standard tubes.

• Journal of international Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.412-418
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• 2012

Eddy current brakes are electromechanical devices used as variable mechanical loads for testing electrical machines. Accurate modeling of eddy current loss is an important t factor for optimum design of eddy brake systems. In this second part, we propose novel formulations of eddy current loss in novel claw-pole eddy brake system. The proposed model for eddy current loss in novel claw-pole eddy brake system depends on the size of the claw poles. Also, in this paper, the flux density is measured by using the magnetic circuit of the novel claw pole. The model results are compared with experimental results and they are found to be in good agreement.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.25-29
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• 2006

In this paper, the eddy current signals come from a pair oi transmit-receive (T/R) pancake coil on ECT array Probe are analyzed with the variations of the lift-of and of the distance between transmit and receive coils. To obtain the electromagnetic characteristics of the probes, the governing equation describing the eddy current problems is derived from Maxwell's equation and is solved using three-dimensional finite element method. Eddy current signals from T/R coils on ECT array probe have quite different characteristics compared with ones from impedance coil on rotating pancake coil probe. The results in this paper ran be helpful when the field eddy current signals from ECT array probe are evaluated.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.171-178
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• 2014

전자기를 이용하여 배관의 비파괴검사를 적용하는 방법 중 하나인 Remote Field Eddy Current Testing (RFECT)는 큰 마찰력이 발생하고 잔류자화성분이 남는 Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) 방식과 외벽의 결함을 측정하는데 곤란한 일반 Eddy Current Testing (ECT) 방식의 단점들을 보완할 수 있는 기법으로 50여 년 전부터 다양한 기관에서 연구되어왔다. 그러나 배관 내에서 발생하는 와전류와 자기장에 대한 연구와 RFECT Exciter Coil의 설계에 대한 논의가 부족한 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 유한요소법을 이용한 전자기 해석을 통해 배관 내에서 발생하는 와전류와 자기장의 분포를 확인하고 변수 변화에 따른 영향을 분석하였다. 또한 Exciter Coil에 대한 최적 설계 알고리즘을 제시하고, 결함 형상과 기타 변수 변화가 결함신호에 미치는 영향을 확인하였다.

• Journal of international Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.321-329
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• 2012

Providing variable load for testing a motor in high speed conditions is usually a difficult task. The eddy current brake can be used in application of load testing of motors. This paper deals with construction of a novel claw pole eddy current brake which is employed as a load for a DC counter rotating motor (CRM). These kinds of motors have two inner and outer shafts that rotate in opposite directions simultaneously, which are particularly suitable for under water propulsion systems. The prototype 45KW eddy current brake consists of two parts. One of them is installed on the inner shaft of the 60KW DC CRM and the other one is installed on its outer shaft. The simulation and experimental results with prototype brakes are also analyzed by using MATLAB/Simulink and the operational characteristic of the brake is demonstrated as a function of the motor speed and current of the magnetic poles.