Inspection of grouting between monopile and transition piece on offshore wind turbines
US10746673B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 9, 2018 |
| Grant date | Aug 18, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 9, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2223/646
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An inspection system may be deployed as part of a routine crew transfer diving (“CTV”) or service operation vessel (SOV) deployment to perform inspections for analyses which can be conducted while carrying out other inspection tasks. A marinized digital detector array and betatron source may be maneuvered proximate a first detector plate, which can be of a plurality of detector plates and a first exposure generated at the first detector plate which is then used to aid in generating one or more images comprising each such exposure. The images are then reconstructed to identify defects in the grout.
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