EnergiPulse | International Energy Week (IEW)

Acoustic Emission technology has for a number of years been used to monitor the Active corrosion & active leakages of Above ground storage tank floors.

Acoustic Emission phenomena whereby transient elastic waves are generated when material undergoes leakage, corrosion, erosion, crack propagation, impact and plastic deformation.

This technique provides a non-intrusive method of determining the active corrosion condition of tank floors without the need to open, clean and inspect. Costs involved in cleaning and inspecting a tank floor can be very high, and if the floor after inspection proves to be in a good condition, then the time and cost could have been better used elsewhere.