Pipeline Pig Tracking and Locator
AssigneeComtel Systems, Ltd.
InventorsWilliam Powlousky, Jeremy NAVARRO
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Abstract
An exemplary pipeline pig tracking and locator system includes a low frequency electromagnetic receiver in communication with a control circuit to communicate a received low frequency electromagnetic signal to the control circuit, where the control circuit is configured to transform the received low frequency electromagnetic signal to an audible frequency signal; and a speaker in communication with the control circuit to output the audible frequency signal. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to a method for locating a pipeline pig in a pipeline by utilizing the systems of the present disclosure.
Claims26
A pipeline pig tracking and locator system, the system comprising:
- a control circuit;
- a low frequency electromagnetic receiver in communication with the control circuit,
- wherein the low frequency electromagnetic receiver is configured to communicate a received low frequency electromagnetic signal from a pipeline pig to the control circuit, and
- wherein the control circuit is configured to transform the received low frequency electromagnetic signal to an audible frequency signal;
- and
- a speaker in communication with the control circuit,
- wherein the speaker is configured to output the audible frequency signal.
A method for locating a pipeline pig in a pipeline, the method comprising:
- positioning a low frequency electromagnetic receiver at a location relative to the pipeline;
- receiving, by the low frequency electromagnetic receiver, a low frequency electromagnetic signal from the pipeline pig located in the pipeline;
- transforming the low frequency electromagnetic signal received by the low frequency electromagnetic receiver to an audible frequency signal;
- listening, by a user, to the audible frequency signal;
- and
- locating the pipeline pig within the pipeline.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.