Abstract
Conventional magnetic flux leakage technology is unable to identify the stainless steel-lined defects of bimetallic composite pipe. In this paper, the in-line inspection technology of a 316L liner based on the eddy current flaw detection principle is studied with the aim of solving this problem. A printed circuit board (PCB) coil is designed and parameters such as the external diameter, the number of turns, the number of layers and the shape of the eddy current testing coil are determined. The impedance changes that occur under the influence of different factors of the coil are analysed according to finite element simulation. The contribution of each influencing factor during eddy current testing is investigated to optimise the coil parameters and excitation parameters. An eddy current flaw detection model for the stainless steel liner is finally established and numerical calculation is carried out on the impedance response of the defect, which is detected by parameterised scanning with the coil swept. The coil impedance is obtained under the ideal state and then verified by the experimental tests. The results show that the eddy current array testing coil has good applicability in the detection of surface defects on the stainless steel liner, which can provide references for the development of a bimetallic tube composite probe.
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