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WWW.IOTA-FOOTPRINT.COM.AU Leak Detection Software Leak detection includes hydrostatic test after pipeline erection and leak detection during service. This article mainly refers to in-service leak detection. Pipeline networks are economic and safest mode of transportation for oil, gases and other fluid products. As a means of long-distance transport, pipelines have to fulfill high demands of safety, reliability and efficiency. If properly maintained, pipelines can last indefinitely without leaks.
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Leak Detection Software
Leak detection includes hydrostatic test after pipeline erection and leak detection during service. This article mainly refers to in-service leak detection.
Pipeline networks are economic and safest mode of transportation for oil, gases and other fluid products. As a means of long-distance transport, pipelines have to fulfill high demands of safety, reliability and efficiency. If properly maintained, pipelines can last indefinitely without leaks.
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Pressure/Flow monitoring
A leak changes the hydraulics of the pipeline, and therefore changes the pressure or flow readings after some time. Local monitoring of pressure or flow at only one point can therefore provide simple leak detection. As it is done locally, it requires in principle no telemetry. It is only useful in steady-state conditions, however, and its ability to deal with gas pipelines is limited.
Acoustic Pressure Waves
The acoustic pressure wave method analyses the rarefaction waves produced when a leak occurs. When a pipeline wall breakdown occurs, fluid or gas escapes in the form of a high velocity jet. This produces pressure waves, which propagate in both directions within the pipeline and can, be detected and analyzed. The operating principles of the method are based on the very important characteristic of pressure waves to travel over long distances at the speed of sound guided by the pipeline walls.
Vapour-sensing tubes
The vapour-sensing tube leak detection method involves installation of a tube along the entire length of the pipeline. If a leak occurs, the substances to be measured encountered the tube in the form of vapour, gas or dissolved in water. In the event of a leak, some of the leaking substance diffuses into the tube. After a certain period of time, the inside of the tube produces an accurate image of the substances surrounding the tube.
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