Additionally, a number of non-ballot activities including PRCI-led consortia and third-party testing were successfully executed yielding valuable results to the participating organizations. That year, $2.4 million USD of funding was directed to research projects that utilized the TDC. The population of pipe samples at the TDC continued to grow to over 1,100 samples with a large variety of diameters and defect types, both real and manufactured. The design incorporates the ability for continuous test cycles, and has the physical space and access to include a variety of pipeline configurations that can be encountered in pipelines ranging from the easily piggable to “difficult to inspect.” PRCI completed the construction of a 6-inch liquid flow loop at the TDC. A key resource of the TDC are the many pipe samples with defined & measured defects that enable service companies to work on real world samples to improve their inspection technologies and provide a greater degree of assurance of the integrity of pipeline systems. On July 15, PRCI held the TDC Grand Opening, attended by over 200 PRCI members and industry stakeholders.Įxpecting to open with approximately 600 pipe samples, that goal was easily surpassed through the support of many members. The effort to locate the new site was spearheaded by the PRCI TDC Steering Committee made up of PRCI members and staff who were involved in TDC planning since its inception and understood the incredible opportunities and benefits the pipeline industry would reap from its utilization. In July, PRCI broke ground on a new Technology Development Center (TDC) It provides the industry with an independent third party site to fully understand the capabilities of current tools and to guide the development of the new technologies needed to push towards that goal. workshop and test facility with an additional 9,000 sq. The TDC is located over eight acres in Houston, Texas and includes a five acre state-of-the-art pull test facility, and over 20,000 sq. Having a single location able to accumulate former in-service pipe materials with real-world pipeline features/flaws is invaluable to PRCI’s R&D Program and the industry, and provides a central point for hosting industry-sponsored training and workshops. The Technology Development Center (TDC) is a major commitment by the energy pipeline industry to address the key issues that it faces to ensure the safety of the national and international pipeline system. A Cornerstone in Facilitating Pipeline Safety
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