Development of an inline water mains inspection technology:  Detection of acidic deterioration in cement-based water pipes with ultrasonic pulse-echo technique

Hector Hernandez Delgadillo; Richard Loendersloot; Remko Akkerman; Doekle Reinder Yntema

doi:10.1109/ULTSYM.2016.7728471

Development of an inline water mains inspection technology: Detection of acidic deterioration in cement-based water pipes with ultrasonic pulse-echo technique

Hector Hernandez Delgadillo, Richard Loendersloot, Remko Akkerman, Doekle Reinder Yntema

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Abstract

The condition of a great part of the drinking water network in the Netherlands is unknown. In order to efficiently identify the assets that are close to their lifetime expectancy, a non-destructive evaluation method was developed based on ultrasonic testing. The water network is composed mostly by polyvinyl chloride (~50%) and cement-based (~30%) pipes. In this work, the degradation due to acidic attack in cement-based drinking water pipes was investigated. Mortar blocks were manufactured and degraded in a hydrochloric acid solution. The amount of degradation was derived by measuring the overall ultrasonic pulse velocity in the specimen. Moreover, two factors played a vital role in the detection of acid induced damage: the high damping of the piezoelectric element, resulting in low resonance and the processing algorithm. A 0.5 MHz central frequency transducer is found to be the most suitable to detect acidic damage in cement-based structures.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4673-9897-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2016.7728471
Publication status	Published - 18 Sept 2016
Event	IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2016 - Tours, France, Tours, France Duration: 18 Sept 2016 → 21 Sept 2016

Conference

Conference	IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2016
Abbreviated title	IUS
Country/Territory	France
City	Tours
Period	18/09/16 → 21/09/16
Other	18-09-2016 - 21-09-2016

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METIS-320991
IR-103478

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Hernandez Delgadillo, H, Loendersloot, R , Akkerman, R & Yntema, DR 2016, Development of an inline water mains inspection technology: Detection of acidic deterioration in cement-based water pipes with ultrasonic pulse-echo technique. in Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS). IEEE, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2016, Tours, France, 18/09/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2016.7728471

Development of an inline water mains inspection technology: Detection of acidic deterioration in cement-based water pipes with ultrasonic pulse-echo technique. / Hernandez Delgadillo, Hector; Loendersloot, Richard ; Akkerman, Remko et al.
Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS). IEEE, 2016.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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