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AssigneeSmart Pipe Company, Inc.
InventorsGARY LITTLESTAR, CHRIS LITTLESTAR
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An apparatus and method for performing inline inspections of pipelines of composite structure installed in a host pipeline or standing alone comprising a multiplicity of sensor/transducers located on or within the pipe structure to measure and record various pipeline properties, an activation/reading/storage device to activate read and collect measurement results from the sensor transducers, an automatic launch and recovery system for the activation/reading/storage device, and a database/storage/analytical device to receive, analyze and interpret results from collected data and transmit appropriate instructions to a pipeline operator or remotely activated system for action. The remote reading of sensor/transducers may be accomplished by a device running through the pipeline or passing over or near the pipeline, where ground-level handheld or wheeled vehicle mounted, fixed wing or rotary aircraft, hovercraft watercraft or satellite based instrumentation can record the location and condition of a pipeline.
An apparatus for performing inline inspections of pipelines of composite structure installed in a host pipeline or standing alone comprising a multiplicity of sensor/transducers located on or within the composite pipe structure to measure and record various pipeline properties, an activation/reading/storage device to activate read and collect measurement results from the sensor transducers, an automatic launch and recovery system for the activation/reading/storage device, and a database/storage/analytical device to receive, analyze and interpret results from collected data and transmit appropriate instructions to a pipeline operator or remotely activated system for action.
An activation/reading/storage device configured to pass through the pipeline using internal propulsion means, driven by fluid and or gas flow or pulled by mechanical means, comprised of a power source and transceiver that activates and powers sensor/transducers and receives a resulting transmission from sensor/transducer storing the data received in a memory-storage area with the capability to wirelessly or cable transfer the stored data to a data storage and manipulation device.
An activation/reading/storage device configured as a hand held or vehicle mounted device to pass over a pipeline comprised of a power source and transceiver that activates and powers sensor/transducers and receives a resulting transmission from them storing the data received in a memory-storage area with the capability to wirelessly or cable transfer the stored data to a data storage and manipulation device
A database/storage/analytical device is a novel computer based system comprised of hardware and software that contains the interpretation programs to compile, analyze and compare recorded data, furnish the results to operators and/or a pipeline supervisory control and data acquisition system, react upon the results, inform from the results, substitute and correlate the results, offer the readings for an operators action, and provide history of the pipeline and conduits over the life of the subject pipeline.
A method for establishing the integrity and/or change in integrity of a composite pipeline with non-contact reading sensor/transducers in or on the pipe body wall, comprising the steps of:
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