Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPERVISING, MANAGING, AND MONITORING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF A FLUID-TRANSPORTATION PIPELINE NETWORK, FOR LOCATING THE LEAKING POINT, AND FOR EVALUATING THE EXTENT OF THE FAILURE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/091513
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A system and method for supervising, managing, and monitoring the structural integrity of a network of metal pipelines for transporting a fluid, for locating the leaking point, and for evaluating the fault or failure, comprising a plurality of detection units (1) positioned on a pipeline (2) for oil or gas at a distance apart by a given value and fixedly applied to the pipeline (2), and a central data-processing unit (4) connected by means of communication lines (5) to said detection units (1) for receiving from the latter detection data, wherein said units (1) comprise sensors capable of measuring one or more physical quantities, wherein said processing unit (4) processes in real time the detection data received from the detection units (1).
Inventors:
SODA GIUSEPPE (IT)
Application Number:
PCT/IT2013/000346
Publication Date:
September 12, 2014
Filing Date:
December 11, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
PIPE MONITORING CORP SRL (IT)
International Classes:
G01M3/00; G01M3/16; G01M3/18; G01M3/24; G01M3/28; G01M3/38
Foreign References:
| US20070041333A1 | 2007-02-22 | |||
| US6155292A | 2000-12-05 | |||
| US20120007743A1 | 2012-01-12 |
Other References:
HUAPING YU ET AL: "An efficient oil and gas pipeline monitoring systems based on wireless sensor networks", INFORMATION SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE CONTROL (ISIC), 2012 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON, IEEE, 14 August 2012 (2012-08-14), pages 178 - 181, XP032325696, ISBN: 978-1-4673-2587-5, DOI: 10.1109/ISIC.2012.6449735
MARTIN DALBRO ET AL: "Wireless Sensor Networks for Off-shore Oil and Gas Installations", SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS, 2008. SENSORCOMM '08. SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, 25 August 2008 (2008-08-25), pages 258 - 263, XP031319572, ISBN: 978-0-7695-3330-8
MARTIN DALBRO ET AL: "Wireless Sensor Networks for Off-shore Oil and Gas Installations", SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS, 2008. SENSORCOMM '08. SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, 25 August 2008 (2008-08-25), pages 258 - 263, XP031319572, ISBN: 978-0-7695-3330-8
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SARPI, Maurizio et al. (Via Collina 36, Roma, IT)
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