Analysis of the gas pipeline defects formation mechanism as a result of arc discharge impact on the pipe wall

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Abstract

The article presents an analysis of the formation possibility through defects in a gas pipeline as a result of short-term exposure to an arc discharge. The results of metallography, electron microscopy, elemental analysis, as well as the modeling results, confirming the formation possibility through defects in a 7 mm thick gas pipeline wall during an exposure to an arc discharge of less than 2 seconds are presented.

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A. V. Mikhailov

M. N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: mikhaylov@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, 620137 Yekaterinburg, S. Kovalevskoy St.,18

L. V. Mikhailov

M. N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: mikhaylov@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, 620137 Yekaterinburg, S. Kovalevskoy St.,18

N. Y. Tryakina

Gazprom Transgaz Yekaterinburg LLC

Email: N.Tryakina@ekaterinburg-tr.gazprom.ru
Russian Federation, 620075 Yekaterinburg, Klara Zetkin St., 14

S. V. Trapeznikov

Gazprom Transgaz Yekaterinburg LLC

Email: N.Tryakina@ekaterinburg-tr.gazprom.ru
Russian Federation, 620075 Yekaterinburg, Klara Zetkin St., 14

A. S. Salomatin

Gazprom Transgaz Yekaterinburg LLC

Email: N.Tryakina@ekaterinburg-tr.gazprom.ru
Russian Federation, 620075 Yekaterinburg, Klara Zetkin St., 14

S. S. Kukushkin

Gazprom Transgaz Yekaterinburg LLC

Email: S.Kukushkin@ekaterinburg-tr.gazprom.ru
Russian Federation, 620075 Yekaterinburg, Klara Zetkin St., 14

Ya. G. Smorodinskii

M. N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: S.Kukushkin@ekaterinburg-tr.gazprom.ru
Russian Federation, 620137 Yekaterinburg, S. Kovalevskoy St.,18

V. N. Kostin

M. N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: S.Kukushkin@ekaterinburg-tr.gazprom.ru
Russian Federation, 620137 Yekaterinburg, S. Kovalevskoy St.,18

O. N. Vasilenko

M. N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: S.Kukushkin@ekaterinburg-tr.gazprom.ru
Russian Federation, 620137 Yekaterinburg, S. Kovalevskoy St.,18

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2. Figure 1. Damages detected during gas pipeline inspection: external surface (a); internal surface (b).

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3. Figure 2. Results of elemental analysis in the vicinity of the defect center.

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4. Figure 3. Traces of metal melting in the zone of craters of through defects (electron microscopy).

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5. Figure 4. Results of microhardness measurement for the specimen with defect.

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6. Figure 5. Configuration of the fusion zone at different moments of time, arc current 300 A, channel radius 7 mm.

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