High-precision imaging and detecting device for detecting small defect of pipeline by helical magnetic matrix

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10338160-B2
Application number	US-201715840650-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2017
Priority date	Jun 29, 2017
Publication date	Jul 2, 2019
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019

Abstract

A high-precision imaging and detecting device for detecting a small defect of a pipeline by a helical magnetic matrix. The device includes: a helical excitation module including a helical excitation coil; a magnetic matrix detection module, disposed at an inner side of the helical excitation coil and including at least one magnetic sensor group arranged at intervals along an axial direction of the helical excitation coil, group including a plurality of magnetic sensors evenly spaced apart and arranged along a circumferential direction of the helical excitation coil, and the magnetic sensor being configured to detect an induction magnetic field of the pipeline; a signal processing module, connected with the magnetic matrix detection module, and configured to receive, process and output an induction magnetic field signal of the pipeline detected by the magnetic sensor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A high-precision imaging and detecting device for detecting a small defect of a pipeline by a helical magnetic matrix, comprising:
a helical excitation module, comprising a helical excitation coil, the helical excitation coil being configured to induce an alternating current in the pipeline;
a magnetic matrix detection module, disposed at an inner side of the helical excitation coil and comprising one magnetic sensor group or comprising a plurality of magnetic sensor groups spaced apart and arranged along an axial direction of the helical excitation coil, each magnetic sensor group comprising a plurality of magnetic sensors evenly spaced apart and arranged along a circumferential direction of the helical excitation coil, and each magnetic sensor being configured to detect an induction magnetic field of the pipeline; and
a signal processing module, connected with the magnetic matrix detection module, and configured to receive, process and output an induction magnetic field signal of the pipeline detected by the magnetic sensor.

2. The high-precision imaging and detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the signal processing module comprises a signal regulation circuit, an analog-to-digital conversion circuit, and an I/O interface circuit, and the signal processing module is configured to perform amplification, filtration, analog-to-digital conversion and signal output of the induction magnetic field signal detected by the magnetic sensor.

3. The high-precision imaging and detecting device according to claim 2 , wherein the signal processing module further comprises an effective value conversion circuit that is configured to convert a received alternating current signal of the induction magnetic field of the pipeline into a direct current signal by means of an effective value conversion.

4. The high-precision imaging and detecting device according to claim 2 , further comprising: a circuit board disposed at an inner side of the magnetic matrix detection module, the signal regulation circuit, the analog-to-digital conversion circuit and the I/O interface circuit being integrated on the circuit board.

5. The high-precision imaging and detecting device according to claim 4 , wherein one or a plurality of circuit boards are provided, the plurality of circuit boards are spaced apart and arranged along the axial direction of the helical excitation coil, and each circuit board is connected with the magnetic sensor of at least one magnetic sensor group.

6. The high-precision imaging and detecting device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a special-purpose computer, connected with the signal processing module and configured to store, analyze, calculate and display the induction magnetic field signal of the pipeline transmitted by the signal processing module; and
a signal control module, connected with the helical excitation module, the magnetic matrix detection module, the signal processing module and the special-purpose computer separately, and configured to control an alternating current input into the helical excitation coil, control the number of magnetic sensor groups activated in the magnetic matrix detection module, and control transmission of a signal of the signal processing module to the special-purpose computer.

7. The high-precision imaging and detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein each magnetic sensor is arranged to an inner circumferential surface of the helical excitation coil, and respective magnetic sensors of adjacent two magnetic sensor groups are in one-to-one correspondence.

8. The high-precision imaging and detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic sensor is a tunnel magnetoresistance sensor.

Assignees

• Univ Tsinghua

Inventors

• Huang Songling
• Zhao Wei
• Wang Shen
• Peng Lisha
• Zhang Yu
• Yu Xinjie
• Zou Jun
• Gui Lin
• Wang Fuping

Classifications

• G01M3/40

  by using electric means, e.g. by observing electric discharges · CPC title

• G01R33/091 Primary

  Constructional adaptation of the sensor to specific applications · CPC title

• F17D5/06

  using electric or acoustic means · CPC title

• G01R33/098

  comprising tunnel junctions, e.g. tunnel magnetoresistance sensors · CPC title

• G01N27/83 Primary

  by investigating stray magnetic fields · CPC title