Brochure

Installed Ultrasonic Sensors
GE’s Rightrax™ LT and Rightrax HT systems are changing the way that critical corrosion data is measured and managed. This breakthrough technology helps
increase safety and productivity while reducing overall inspection costs. The Rightrax system uses permanently-installed sensors that permit remote monitoring
of restricted, hard-to-access and/or high-temperature areas up to 350°C (662°F). Once tted, the system provides continuous real-time access to corrosion data
via direct & acquired wall thickness data, eliminating the need to erect scaolding, remove insulation or shut down plant systems. Online monitoring also reduces
labor-intensive traditional inspection routines by providing data that can be used for proactive maintenance planning.
• Non-intrusive inspection—Sensors simply bond or are clamped onto the
inspection area
• Remote locations—Oshore platforms (manned and unmanned), remote
pipeline sites or inaccessible areas
• No scaolding or rigging costs—Once installed no need to revisit the site
(t & forget)
• Early warning systems—Software provides trending, warning and alarm
information with data on demand
• Accuracy—Measurement repeatability to 0.2 mm (0.008”) (low temp) or
0.0025 mm (0.0001”) (high temp)
More Than Just "Wall Thickness Measurement"
• Provide accurate feedback to manage opportunity
crude processing in a renery by monitoring
eects on pipe wall thicknesses
• Drive down probability of failure with data on
demand/data on PCs
Make well-informed decisions; reduce total corrosion costs
• Provide reliable and highly repeatable data
that can be used to drive maintenance planning
activities to save cost on unexpected material
orders and spare inventory
• Provide support for chemical injection programs
by supplying accurate and reliable pipe wall
thickness data
Corrosion & Erosion
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Corrosion & Erosion
• Interface with plant asset management systems,
such as GE O&C System 1, viewing xed and
rotating asset conditions in a single system
• Real-time, highly accurate thickness data
Asset Integrity
Process Management Optimization
Wall thickness
sensors
Rightrax System
(corrosion rates,
absolute thickness)
Crude Quality
PH
Temperature
Pressure
Flow
OPC, Modbus
communication
Distributed Control
Systems
Historical DataPlant Asset
Management Systems
Pressure
Flow
Temperature
Process Variables
Before After Risk Reduction
• Operator safety—Eliminates the need to send operators into hazardous
environments or remote locations to carry out wall thickness monitoring
• Increased asset integrity—The application of monitoring techniques can
easily be justied when you consider the consequences of internal wall
loss:
• Improved outage planning
• Minimize unscheduled shutdowns
• Eliminate hazard to personnel
• Reduce probability of environmental issues
• Enhanced API-RBI protocols