Name
Abstract | ||
|---|---|---|
The Outlet feeder pipe thinning in a PHWR (Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor) is caused by a high pressure steam flow inside the pipe, which is a well known degradation mechanism called a FAC (Flow Assisted Corrosion). In order to monitor the degradation, the thickness of the outlet bends close to the exit of the pressure tube should be measured and analyzed at every official overhaul. This paper describes a mobile feeder pipe inspection robot that can minimize the irradiation dose to human workers by automating the measurement process. The robot can move by itself oil the feeder pipe by using an inch worm mechanism, which is constructed by two gripper bodies that call fix the robot body oil to the pipe, one extendable and contractible actuator, and a rotation actuator connected to the two gripper bodies to move forward and backward, and to rotate in a circumferential direction. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2004 | 10.1109/ROBIO.2004.1521902 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTROL AUTOMATION AND SYSTEMS |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
inch-worm, pipe inspection, PHWR | Rotation,Pneumatic actuator,Pressurized heavy-water reactor,Flow (psychology),Control engineering,Engineering,Robot,Grippers,Mobile robot,Actuator | Conference |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
4 | 1 | 1598-6446 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
8 | 0.96 | 5 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Changhwan Choi | 1 | 10 | 2.58 |
| Seung Ho Jung | 2 | 10 | 1.81 |
| Seungho Kim | 3 | 8 | 0.96 |