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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2010
Applicant:
Qui V. Le, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventor:
Qui V. Le, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G21D 3/00 (2006.01); B24B 49/10 (2006.01); F22B 1/02 (2006.01); F22B 35/00 (2006.01); G21D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21D 3/001 (2013.01); B24B 49/105 (2013.01); F22B 1/023 (2013.01); F22B 35/004 (2013.01); G21D 1/006 (2013.01); Y02E 30/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improved method of inspecting the tubes of a steam generator of a nuclear reactor involves collecting historic data regarding the tube sheet transition regions of each tube for use during a subsequent analysis to create a new simpler signal from which historic artifacts have been removed.