Hazard detection and containment
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsSarhan Ali Albahish, Soliman A. Al-Wlaaie, Osama Bakur Bahwal
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Abstract
Multiple robotic monitors are located in a hydrocarbon storage or transport facility. Each robotic monitor is communicably coupled to other robotic monitors and includes a heat sensor configured to detect heat emitted by a hydrocarbon tank of the hydrocarbon storage or transport facility. A controller is communicably coupled to the heat sensor and configured to generate a heat signature based on the heat detected by the heat sensor. A pump is communicably coupled to the controller and configured to exert pressure on a fire retardant, responsive to the generation of the heat signature by the controller. An outlet is mechanically coupled to the pump and configured to discharge the fire retardant at the hydrocarbon tank.
Claims18
A system comprising:
- a plurality of robotic monitors located in a hydrocarbon storage or transport facility, each robotic monitor of the plurality of robotic monitors communicably coupled to other robotic monitors of the plurality of robotic monitors and comprising:
- a heat sensor configured to detect heat emitted by a hydrocarbon tank of the hydrocarbon storage or transport facility;
- a controller communicably coupled to the heat sensor and configured to generate a heat signature based on the heat detected by the heat sensor, wherein the each robotic monitor further comprises an inertial measurement unit configured to determine a location of the each robotic monitor relative to the hydrocarbon tank, and the controller comprises a processor configured to extract a feature vector based on the heat detected by the heat sensor and the location of the each robotic monitor relative to the hydrocarbon tank;
- a pump communicably coupled to the controller and configured to exert pressure on a fire retardant, responsive to generating, by the controller, the heat signature;
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- an outlet mechanically coupled to the pump and configured to discharge the fire retardant at the hydrocarbon tank.
A method, comprising:
- detecting, by a heat sensor of a robotic monitor, heat emitted by a hydrocarbon tank of a hydrocarbon storage or transport facility, the robotic monitor being one of a plurality of robotic monitors located in the hydrocarbon storage or transport facility, each robotic monitor of the plurality of robotic monitors communicably coupled to other robotic monitors of the plurality of robotic monitors;
- generating, by a controller of the robotic monitor, a heat signature based on the heat detected by the heat sensor, the controller communicably coupled to the heat sensor;
- exerting, by a pump of the robotic monitor, pressure on a fire retardant, responsive to generating, by the controller, the heat signature, the pump communicably
- discharging, by an outlet of the robotic monitor, the fire retardant at the hydrocarbon tank, the outlet mechanically coupled to the pump;
- determining, by an inertial measurement unit of the robotic monitor, a location of the robotic monitor relative to the hydrocarbon tank;
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- extracting, by a machine learning module of the controller, a feature vector based on the heat detected by the heat sensor and the location of the robotic monitor relative to the hydrocarbon tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.