Real-time In-line Microstructural Engineering (RIME)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Anthony Peyton (Principal Investigator) | |
| Wuliang Yin (Co-Investigator) |
Publications
Huang R
(2021)
Measuring Coaxial Hole Size of Finite-Size Metallic Disk Based on a Dual-Constraint Integration Feature Using Multifrequency Eddy Current Testing
in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
Huang R
(2021)
Reduction of Coil-Crack Angle Sensitivity Effect Using a Novel Flux Feature of ACFM Technique.
in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Huang R
(2022)
A Novel Acceleration Method for Crack Computation Using Finite Element Analysis in Eddy Current Testing
in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
Huang R
(2020)
Thickness measurement of metallic plates with finite planar dimension using eddy current method
in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
Jin Z
(2021)
Boundary-Element Analysis of Magnetic Polarization Tensor for Metallic Cylinder
in IEEE Access
Jin Z
(2020)
Methods of Controlling Lift-Off in Conductivity Invariance Phenomenon for Eddy Current Testing
in IEEE Access
Lu M
(2019)
Thickness measurement of non-magnetic steel plates using a novel planar triple-coil sensor
in NDT & E International
Lu M
(2021)
Inversion of Distance and Magnetic Permeability Based on Material-Independent and Liftoff Insensitive Algorithms Using Eddy Current Sensor
in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
| Description | This research has findings in two areas; one is related to hot processing of steel and the other is related to room temperature inspection of high value creep resistance steels in the power industry. In the first area we have worked with our academic partners at Warwick and industrial partners at Tata Steel and Primetals Technologies to show that transformation can be reliably monitored by our EMspec sensors on-line and in the harsh operating conditions of steel production plant. This was recently reported in Insight by our colleagues at Tata Steel, (http://www.ecndt2018.com/abstract/em-sensor-array-system-and-performance-evaluation-for-inline-measurement-of-phase-transformation-in-steel/). In the second area, we have tested a new generation of sensor head for monitoring creep degradation on power station steels and the results so far show clear trends that suggest the technology could be deployed to inspect steel components during outages to supplement replication. |
| Exploitation Route | Commercialization or use of new sensing technology to improve steel production or ease inspection of plant. This has started via a new Innovate UK project EMSTROW (Ref 93808) to take the RIME technology and apply it to the British Steel Scunthorpe Rod Mill and Liberty Steel narrow strip mill. |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics,Energy,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| URL | https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/emsensing/ |
| Description | The work on this project has helped our industrial partners to develop a high temperature (880 degC) sensor which we are currently testing for continual operation in an annealing furnace for strip steel. In addition, we have been working with Primetals Technology, to develop algorithms and improvements to their commercial EMspec systems to help invert the data from electromagnetic transformation sensors that have been licensed to the company. More recently, the RIME project has helped to expand the scope of EMspec application beyond hot strip mills to other hot steel processes and the technology will shortly be applied to rod and narrow strip production lines in a new Innovate UK project. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
| Sector | Electronics,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | EASY - Electromagnetic Advanced Sensor Yoke for Safety-Critical High Temperature Plant Component Inspection |
| Amount | £281,604 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 106104 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2021 |
| End | 12/2022 |
| Description | EMSTROW |
| Amount | £863,565 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 93808 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | Electromagnetic Testing for the Detection of Type IV Weld Damage in Grade 91 Reactor Vessels |
| Amount | £17,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ETD Proposal No: 1598-tp-prop17-v2 |
| Organisation | European Technology Development (ETD Consulting) |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2018 |
| End | 07/2019 |
| Description | Electromagnetic Testing for the Detection of Type IV Weld Damage in Grade 91 Reactor Vessels Phase II |
| Amount | £39,600 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ETD Proposal No: 1682-tp-prop19 |
| Organisation | European Technology Development (ETD Consulting) |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2019 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Description | High-temperature Electromagnetic Instrumentation for Metal Production (Hi-TEMP) |
| Amount | £821,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/W024713/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2022 |
| End | 05/2025 |
| Description | Magnetic methods for microstructure characterisation |
| Amount | $18,000 (USD) |
| Funding ID | Agreement number 10010570 |
| Organisation | Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 07/2019 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Description | Online Microstructure Analytics |
| Amount | € 3,777,969 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 847296 - OMA - RFCS-2018 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 07/2019 |
| End | 12/2022 |
| Description | ETD - MPA tests |
| Organisation | European Technology Development (ETD Consulting) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Evaluation of new electromagnetic micro structure sensors on aged P91 and P92 steel pipes at MPA in Stuttgart. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to test facilities and the results from other partner's test methods during the tests |
| Impact | Results to demonstrate the potential feasibility of the new electromagnetic sensor technology developed during ASAP. The collaboration started during the ASAP project and developed during RIME resulting in a series of site tests and future iterations of the sensor technology. |
| Start Year | 2015 |