Advanced Pipeline Protection and Leak Monitoring Solutions
Pipeline leak detection systems are engineering systems used to detect leaks of materials from the pipeline, in order to alert the operator to leak incidents.
Related services include • Wireless Sensor Network • Leak Location • Multiphase Flows • Dynamic Pressure • Leak Detection System • Negative Pressure • Pressure Transmitter
Pipeline Detection methodologies
Pipeline leak detection can take a variety of forms, several of which have been previously discussed. Common methods used for pipeline leak detection include
•Direct observation by patrol • Happenstance direct observation (by public or pipeline operator) • SCADA-based computational methods • SCADA-based alarms for unusual pressure, flows, temperatures, pump/compressor status, etc. • Flow balancing • Direct burial detection systems • Odorization •Acoustical methods.
We can provide clients with SCADA-based capabilities commonly enhanced by computational techniques that use SCADA data in conjunction with mathematical algorithms to analyze pipeline flows and pressures on a real-time basis.
We can also install a secondary conduit along the entire pipeline length. This secondary conduit is designed to sense leaks originating from the pipeline.
The secondary conduit may take the form of a small-diameter perforated tube, installed parallel to the pipeline, which allows air samples to be drawn into a sensor that can detect product leaks.
The conduit may also totally enclose the product pipeline (pipe-in-pipe design) and allow the annular space to be tested for leaks.
