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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2011
Applicants:
Maarten Lorenz, Amsterdam, NL;
Gerald Sprachmann, Amsterdam, NL;
Inventors:
Maarten Lorenz, Amsterdam, NL;
Gerald Sprachmann, Amsterdam, NL;
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) of an insulated iron or other corrosion prone object () is detected by taking a sample () of the pore fluid from the pores of a permeable insulation layer () that covers at least part of the object () and analyzing the composition of the sample () on the presence of any tracer fluid, such as phospines, mercaptans, alcohols, acids, ketones and/or aldehydes emitted or acetic acid and/or butoxyethanol absorbed by any corrosion of the corrosion prone object () by a tracer fluid detection sensor ().