US 11,953,161 B1 · Monitoring and detecting pipeline leaks and spills

Abstract

A system for monitoring pipeline leaks including a data acquisition unit configured to receive measurement data from a plurality of pipeline instruments, the measurement data corresponding to operation of a pipeline, at least one leak detection engine configured to receive at least a portion of the measurement data and generate at least one pipeline leak parameter, a process analyzer configured to receive at least a portion of the measurement data and determine a state of operation of the pipeline, and an orchestrator configured to determine whether a pipeline leak has occurred based on the pipeline leak parameters and the state of operation of the pipeline.

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Dependent claims

A system for monitoring pipeline leaks, comprising:

a data acquisition unit configured to receive measurement data from a plurality of pipeline instruments, the measurement data corresponding to operation of a pipeline;
at least one leak detection engine configured to receive at least a portion of the measurement data and generate at least one pipeline leak parameter;
a process analyzer configured to determine a state of operation of the pipeline based on at least a portion of the measurement data;
and
an orchestrator configured to:
select a plurality of weights based on the state of operation of the pipeline;
apply the plurality of weights selected based on the state of operation of the pipeline to the pipeline leak parameters;
and
determine whether a pipeline leak has occurred based on the weighted pipeline leak parameters.

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Monitoring and detecting pipeline leaks and spills

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Monitoring and detecting pipeline leaks and spills

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Abstract

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