NEXT-GENERATION

摘要

Mike Niosi, Onstream Pipeline Inspection, Canada, explains how the future of magnetic flux leakage technology is a tale of two systems: data acquisition and data processing. Magnetic flux leakage (MFL) is a reliable inline inspection (ILI) tool that is utilised across the pipeline industry, helping to ensure pipelines around the world can continue to operate safely and economically. During the past ten years, there have been significant advances in MFL tool technology, as the miniaturisation of electronics and sensors has allowed MFL tool designers to pack many more sensors onto tools as well as increase the frequency of data sampling. These technology advancements have led us from the era of high-resolution MFL, to the age of ultra-high resolution MFL.