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Copyright © TWI Ltd 2016

David Galbraith

Industry Sector Manager – Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals

NSRI Facilities day

Aberdeen

17th May 2016

Copyright © TWI Ltd 2016 2

Agenda

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Introducing TWI

Integrity testing

Environmental lab

Polymers


World class, world wide, independent research and technology organisation

all aspects of manufacturing, fabrication and whole-life integrity management

Established in 1946 in Cambridgeshire

History of invention, innovation and knowledge transfer

Membership based organisation

Impartial, independent and confidential

Non-profit distributing

Membership based organisation with ≈700 Industrial Members

Exist solely to help our members

50% of membership fees invested in Core Research Programme

Introduction to TWI

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Aerospace &

Automotive

Electronics,

Photonics

& Medical

Energy &

Environment

Equipment,

Consumables

& Materials

Oil, Gas &

Chemical

Construction

& Engineering

Industrial Sectors ≈50%

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Technical sections

• Adhesives, Composites and Sealants

• Electron Beam Processes

• Laser Additive Manufacture

• Laser and Sheet Processing

• Specialist Materials & Joining

• (South Yorkshire) Friction

• Friction & Forge Processes

• Asset and Fracture Integrity Management

• Condition and Structural Health Monitoring

• Fatigue Integrity Management

• Non-Destructive Testing

• Long Range Ultrasonics

• Numerical Modelling

• Arc Welding

• Materials Performance

• Stainless Steel & Non-Ferrous Alloys

• Surface Engineering

• Polymers

JOINING ENGINEERING MATERIALS

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Mooring chain fatigue test rig

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Tubular joint fatigue testing


Resonance fatigue


Environmental testing

Trevor Gooch Corrosion Laboratory is 1000m2

Full-scale and small-scale sour testing

Corrosion fatigue (endurance and fatigue crack growth rate)

Static load (bend, tensile)

Testing standards include NACE TM0177, NACE TM0284, ISO 15156, EFC16 & 17


Hot Topics - Materials Performance in Aggressive Environments (HPHT)

HPHT corrosion, up to 1000 Bar (static)

HPHT corrosion fatigue (dynamic)

HPHT permeation, aging and RGD testing of polymers


Effects of Hydrogen on Materials

• Hydrogen diffusion and permeation testing in metals

• Materials testing in high pressure H2

Modified Devanathan-Stachurski hydrogen permeation cell

• Hydrogen Embrittlement of Dissimilar Joints

• Fabrication hydrogen cracking


Supercritical CO2 (with H2S)

Corrosion testing up to 200 bar in CO2 (with H2S

up to 200°C.

Autoclaves for testing in high pressure CO2 only

or with H2S, H2O, CH4, N2 etc.

Electrochemical monitoring during

testing at lower pressure

FCGR, Strip and full scale testing

in pressurised sweet and sour

environments


High Pressure Hydrogen

400bar, RT to ~100°C 1000bar, -50°C to ~100°C

Under great pressure_TWI's hydrogen test facility.mpg


Hydrogen Analysis

ONH Determination

ELTRA ONH2000

G4 Phoenix, Bruker

Hydrogen Analysis

- Diffusible Hydrogen

- Total and/or Residual

Hydrogen


High Temperature Corrosion at TWI

Gaseous Corrosion Cells

Supports a variety of gases and flow rates (e.g. HCl, CO2, air, steam)

Up to 6 samples at once

No cross-contamination

Testing at up to 1100°C for extended durations

Modular – can be reset for other experiments

Maximum sample size 40x40mm


Molten Salt Erosion-Corrosion at TWI

Erosion-Corrosion Cell

Spins samples at up to 1200rpm in molten salts

Temperatures up to 1100°C under argon

Suitable for chlorides, hydroxides, carbonates

Modular – can be reset for other experiments

Maximum sample diameter 10mm


Barrier Property Testing


New investment to increase reservoir volume for ISO 23936

C276 autoclaves

180barg (2600psi) and 180°C

Available for supercritical fluids CO2, CH4 and H2S

Long term studies-6 month+

Rapid gas decompression facility

Large Scale Ageing


The conditioning flow loop

Temperature, pressure and flow rate logged remotely

Mixtures-

H2S, CO2,CH4

Water

cyclohexane, heptane and toluene

Circulated under pressure and temperature

Can be adapted for composite and senor testing

Controlled depressurisation


Testing, development and training tanks Middlesbrough, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok

Copyright © NSIRC 2015

Strategic partnership through the

Structural Integrity Research Foundation: SIRF

A £150m Industrially Driven R&D Initiative


Overall budget: £150m over 10 years

£15m for new equipment

£50m for new buildings

£20m research projects

New, purpose built facility designed and equipped for structural integrity research open March 2015

530 post graduate students over 10 years

60 staff spanning industrial and academic disciplines

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Scale of this Initiative


Uniqueness of NSIRC

Key element Conventional University NSIRC

Prime Objective Academic recognition Industrial benefit / impact

Governance Senate/Internal Council/External

Funding Research Council foundation Industry funding from SIRF (Structural

Integrity Research Foundation) / Industry-Public funding

TRL Direction TRL 1-3 pulled to 4-6 TRL 4-6 defining 1-3

Qualifications Academic Academic, Professional and Vocational

Scope Wide range Structural integrity disciplines

Innovation Curiosity driven Exploitation driven / Application driven

Strategy Professorial Inter-disciplinary business plan

Location Single town/city Cambridge hub


Latest NSIRC Equipment


Latest UK Academic Affiliation

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