Method and system for simulating a leak in a pipeline, and an outlet for coupling a conduit to a pipeline
AssigneeHifi Engineering Inc.
InventorsJohn Hull, Seyed Ehsan Jalilian, Oleksiy Pletnyov
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Abstract
Various embodiments provide a method of simulating a leak in a pipeline. The method includes: receiving a fluid stream from a fluid supply; and outputting the received fluid stream through an outlet such that the received fluid stream hits an outer surface of the pipeline at a location opposite the outlet such that a vibration is caused in the pipeline. Some other embodiments provide a corresponding system for simulating a leak in a pipeline, and a corresponding outlet for coupling a conduit to a pipeline.
Claims23
A method of simulating a leak in a pipeline, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving a fluid stream from a fluid supply;
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- (b) outputting the received fluid stream through an outlet such that the received fluid stream hits an outer surface of the pipeline at a location opposite the outlet such that a vibration is caused in the pipeline.
A system for simulating a leak in a pipeline, the system comprising:
- a pipeline;
- a fluid supply operable to generate a fluid stream;
- an inlet in fluid communication with the fluid supply so as to receive the fluid stream therefrom;
- a control valve having a valve input, a valve output and a control port, the valve input being in fluid communication with the inlet so as to receive the fluid stream therefrom, the control valve being operable to selectively permit or prevent communication of the fluid stream from the valve input to the valve output based on a control signal received at the control port;
- a controller communicatively coupled to the control port and operable to provide the control signal to the control port;
- an outlet in fluid communication with the valve output, the outlet being fixed to the pipeline such that, when the control valve permits communication of the fluid stream from the valve input to the valve output, the fluid stream is output onto an outer surface of the pipeline such that a vibration is caused in the pipeline.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.