Mobile Corrosion Evaluation System

移动式腐蚀评估系统

• 批准号: 570753-2021
• 负责人: Tam, Edwin
• 金额: $ 2.19万
• 依托单位: University of Windsor
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=722171
• 关键词: Mobile; Corrosion; Evaluation; System

Vehicles typically represent the second largest consumer purchases after housing, and commercial owners invest heavily in vehicle fleet operations. One of the greatest threats to vehicle integrity is corrosion. Successfully assessing and treating corrosion significantly increases vehicle owner satisfaction while extending the useful and sustainable life of the vehicle. Vehicles that remain useable longer reduces material demand, and consumes fewer resources and energy. Even if a vehicle has reached its end-of-life, the recoverability and usability of vehicle parts are enhanced if corrosion can be minimized. However, assessing the impacts from corrosion and how to prevent it requires some objective means to measure it. A review of the literature and practices revealed that there is no standardized means to measure corrosion on a vehicle on a widescale basis. Other corrosion detection methods largely focus on industrial applications (e.g., detecting corrosion in bridges, buildings). No other system to our knowledge offer a readily field deployable system that, for example, a technician could use in a garage or in the field quickly and efficiently. Our partner, Krown Corporation, is an industry leader in aftermarket corrosion prevention for vehicles. They are interested in deploying a potential corrosion evaluation tool to all of its affiliate sites throughout Canada to better serve their customers, and add value to their product and service offerings. Previously, the researchers worked with Krown to demonstrate that a proof-of-concept that a corrosion metric could be developed by assessing typical vehicle parts and their state of corrosion in an after market setting. The second phase of research verified the interpretation of corrosion observations, and improved the corrosion metric observations by combining optical detection methods and computerized analysis and interpretation. The next and final phase of research in this research proposal is to develop the corrosion metric system into a mobile application that can be easily used and applied in a field/garage setting.

汽车通常是继住房之后的第二大消费者购买行为，商业业主在车队运营上投入巨资。对车辆完整性的最大威胁之一是腐蚀。成功评估和处理腐蚀可显着提高车主满意度，同时延长车辆的使用寿命和可持续寿命。保持可用时间更长的车辆可以减少物质需求，并消耗更少的资源和能源。即使车辆已达到其使用寿命，如果可以最大程度地减少腐蚀，也可以提高车辆部件的可恢复性和可用性。然而，评估腐蚀的影响以及如何预防腐蚀需要一些客观的方法来衡量。对文献和实践的回顾表明，没有标准化的方法来大规模测量车辆的腐蚀。其他腐蚀检测方法主要集中在工业应用（例如，检测桥梁、建筑物中的腐蚀）。据我们所知，没有其他系统能够提供易于现场部署的系统，例如技术人员可以在车库或现场快速有效地使用该系统。我们的合作伙伴 Krown Corporation 是车辆售后防腐蚀领域的行业领导者。他们有兴趣在其遍布加拿大的所有附属站点部署潜在腐蚀评估工具，以更好地服务其客户，并为其产品和服务增加价值。此前，研究人员与 Krown 合作，证明了可以通过评估典型车辆部件及其在售后市场环境中的腐蚀状态来开发腐蚀指标的概念验证。第二阶段研究验证了腐蚀观测的解释，并通过结合光学检测方法和计算机分析解释改进了腐蚀测量观测。本研究提案的下一个也是最后一个阶段的研究是将腐蚀测量系统开发成可在现场/车库环境中轻松使用和应用的移动应用程序。