KENNETH R BALKEY
Engineers in Pittsburgh, PA
License number
Pennsylvania PE025011E
Category
Engineers
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
Pittsburgh, PA 15235
Professional information
Method Of Optimizing Risk Informed Inspections Of Heat Exchangers
US Patent:
6799124, Sep 28, 2004
Filed:
Nov 29, 2001
Appl. No.:
10/011454
Inventors:
Robert K. Perdue - Murrysville PA
Kenneth R. Balkey - Pittsburgh PA
Philip J. Kotwicki - Pittsburgh PA
Robert F. Keating - Trafford PA
Kenneth R. Balkey - Pittsburgh PA
Philip J. Kotwicki - Pittsburgh PA
Robert F. Keating - Trafford PA
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC - Pittsburgh PA
International Classification:
G01B 344
US Classification:
702 34, 702 39, 73 6162, 73596, 165112, 118725, 141263, 141264, 435 2
Abstract:
A probabilistic method for optimizing the inspection of a heat exchanger that determines the maximum number of degraded tubes that can be permitted to remain in service for a contemplated interval of time without exceeding an allowable probability of a tube burst, based upon Extreme Value Probability Distribution theory. The method also determines the minimum number of tubes that need to be inspected to establish that no more than the determined maximum number of degraded tubes will be permitted to remain in service for the contemplated interval of time based upon Bayesian Acceptance Sampling Theory.