High Temperature Inspection & Cleaning by Advanced Ultrasonics for Effective Maintenance and Management of Oil&Gas Offshore Production subsea & topside operating pipelines and vessels (HiTClean)

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HiTClean addresses a number of related safety critical, security of energy supply, production economic andmaintenance challenges in the life cycle of Oil&Gas offshore production installations (e.g. platforms and FPSOs)subsea assets including pipelines and production pressure components. The project will develop novel guidedwave ultrasonic technology for subsea pipelines to be deployed by diver or a Remote Operating Vehicle (ROV):(A) Condition Monitoring (CM) for the early detection of in-service defects, e.g. corrosion - using Long RangeGuided Wave Ultrasonic (LR-GWU) Pulse Echo (PE) technology, Teletest Focus electronic instrument, encirclingultrasonic sensors and signal processing for the on-line (in-production) innovative inspection of subsea pipescarrying hydrocarbons, (B) Innovative High Power - Continuous Wave (CW) LR-GWU electronic instrument andtransmitters to dislodge and remove accumulated debris fouling in subsea & topside pipelines at temperaturesof up to 400°C, (C) for pipe regions susceptible to fouling - innovative Moderate Power CW LR-GWU electronicinstrumentation and transmitters for fouling prevention in subsea pipelines at temperatures of up to 400°C.