In line inspection method and apparatus for performing in line inspections

An inline inspection system to assess the integrity of non-corrosive, non-metallic reinforced or partially metallic reinforced composite pipe—installed in a host pipeline or standing alone comprising:

• a. a composite pipe structure further comprising:
• a pressure barrier core pipe with a wall;
• reinforcement layers helically wrapped externally around the core pipe, and protective covering with a multiplicity of sensor/transducers embedded in the reinforcement layers, to measure and record data;
• b. a reader/activator unit, which may be an activator or reader or combination activator/reader, internal to the composite pipe structure to activate, read and collect data including the presence of hydrates or chemical build up on the composite walls, annular spaces and pipe pressure from the sensor/transducers embedded in the reinforcement layers or the protective covering of the composite pipe;
• c. an inline launch and recovery system in the composite pipe structure for launch and retrieval of the reader/activator unit internal to the composite pipe without having to open the composite pipe;
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• d. as part of the inline launch and recovery system, a database/storage/analytical computer based system to receive, store and process data including the presence of hydrates or chemical build up on the composite walls, annular spaces and pipe pressure read and collected from the sensor/transducers embedded in the reinforcement layers, or the protective covering of the composite pipe structure by the reader/activator unit, capable of reading and transmitting the collected data to the system operator, either by fiber optic cable or wired, wireless or satellite based communication systems.