There are unlimited applications to improving asset integrity information acquisition, data storage, process insight and information management : Above and below ground piping, tanks, pressure vessels, steam lines, submerged piping, overhead lines and inaccessible areas. Eagle Array application industries include: Refineries, Pipelines, E & P, Geothermal Facilities, Electric Utilities, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical, Mining and Municipalities.
To sharpen our focus on innovation and growth, BSI has developed implementation strategies for specific industries where we have developed specialized, high-quality mechanical monitoring sensor systems.
BSI builds smart tools for tough operators in a number of distinct industries. BSI Eagle Arrays are built and tested for operations in:
- Challenging environments
- Demanding data connection and transfer locations
- Special platforms for information management and customization
- Non-hazardous and classified locations
These rugged devices allow enterprises to push powerful industry-specific functionality to where it will be the most useful — in the hands of the customer.
- Oil and Gas
- Petrochemical
- Power Generation
Oil & gas companies worldwide are seeking solutions that improve the mechanical integrity of their assets. The Eagle Array was specifically designed to provide a safe solution for monitoring their environments. Combining metal loss measurement capability with a variety of environmental monitoring variables represents a capability well-suited for the oil & gas market. The arrays run on its own local software which communicates with an Eagle Array facility coordinator centrally located within the customer’s facility. The ability to remotely monitor the Eagle Array including the control of thresholds, ultrasonic variables such as signal amplitude and bandwidth increases the product’s performance and lowers lifetime costs. Typical installations include HF Alky piping, off-shore platform flex joints and flexible couplings, natural gas elbows and hot spots, pipeline injection points and transitions, and general areas experiencing flow-accelerated corrosion or erosion.
The Eagle Array offers a complete mechanical integrity monitoring solution for the oil & gas industry. The remote functionality eliminates the use of hand-held instruments for evaluating TML’s throughout facilities. The instant access to information ensures that no material change goes unnoticed and no information is left missing.
The Eagle Array can be used for permanent installation in areas that require continuous monitoring or they can be installed for temporary monitoring missions. One or more arrays can be installed at any location. Furthermore, the Eagle Array can be commanded to notify the customers regarding exceptional events.
The Eagle Array allows petrochemical facilities to operate at a highly functional level when on-site or remotely located from the plant. Plant mechanical integrity managers will no longer have to stop particular processes in high risk areas in order to evaluate material thickness of certain equipment. Instead, the manager can open up their browser and log onto any Eagle Array sensor in the plant to monitor particular sensor variables. The return on investment in this aspect alone is huge - the eliminated of downtime, the reduction of personnel exposure, and the increased security having access to reliable, credible information. Specific areas of Eagle Array application include injection points, dead legs, soil-to-air interfaces and piping exposed to acidic vapor and areas of accelerated product flow.
The power generation industry faces a very wide range of issues related to their aging infrastructure. Consequently, the need to provide effective tools to reduce the burden on managing their assets has become more critical. The Eagle Array is highly adapted to specifically address the monitoring needs of the power generation industry. Specific applications include:
- Buried Piping
- Steam, Condensate and Feedwater Systems
- Heater Drain Pump Discharge
- Steam Vents
- Boric acid flanges
- Overhead lines
- Tanks
- Reheaters
- Acid/Caustic Lines
- Pipelines
Corrosion
Just about every utility facility that generates power must deal with corrosion issues. Corrosion increases the costs of generating, transmitting and distributing electricity. Adequate corrosion control requires inspections of corroding components and corrosion rate monitoring. The direct cost attributed to corrosion, established by the Electric Power Research Institute was $6.9 billion in the late 90’s and re-confirmed by the National Association of Corrosion Engineers in 2006. A large percentage of this cost is associated with inspection the majority of which are conducted manually by field technicians either on a routine schedule or in response to exceptional events or emergencies.
Specific corrosion mechanisms that are the immediate focus of an Eagle Array include:
- Corrosion under insulation
- Environmental cracking
- Corrosion beneath linings and deposits
- Fatigue cracking
- Creep cracking
- Brittle fracture
- Freeze damage
- Cavitation damage
- Flow-accelerated corrosion
Focus on FAC
Flow Accelerated Corrosion (FAC), formerly known as Erosion-Corrosion (E/C), is the dissolution of the normally protective oxide layer on the inside surface of carbon and low alloy steel piping. The iron oxides that naturally form on the exposed surface of the pipe are removed by mass transfer to the de-oxygenated water flowing over the pipe inside surface. This results in thinning of the pipe wall, which in turn can lead to leaks and potential catastrophic ruptures that adversely impact both personnel safety and plant reliability. This phenomenon can also cause degradation of other plant equipment such as valves, heater shells, tanks, and other vessels.
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