Inspection Management – Remote Visual Inspection (RVI)
Our Remote Visual Inspection technology provides the ability to access the internal structure or cavities of critical power generation components. The service measures and digitally records the images and associated information, which can then be viewed and assessed at remote locations, offering powerful tools for the modern power station engineer.
Development and investment in a selection of remote visual technology solutions, backed up with operator training, enables us to offer a service that allows imagery to be gathered from a catalogue of plant components and is based on:
- digital recordings of all video footage if required
- catalogue of laboratory samples for technique verification
- links with boiler and turbine engineering expertise for high integrity technique development and analysis.
It can be applied to a number of areas including:
- gas turbine blades
- blade cooling holes
- boiler tubes
- turbine rotor bores
- steam pipework
- boiler headers
- valves
- steam chests
The benefits of using RWE Power International’s Remote Visual Inspections include:
significant time/cost savings:
- by negating the need for expensive plant ‘strip-downs’
- in future targeted monitoring programs
- from reduced breakdown situations through the identification and evaluation of internal condition by planned RVI schedules
- extend plant life through improved knowledge of erosion/corrosion/deposit profiles
- satisfy the requirements of plant insurance companies.
