Pipeline leak detection apparatus, and methods thereof

A pipeline leak detection apparatus for detection and location of a leak in a pipeline, the apparatus comprising:

• a computer processor operatively coupled to memory having instructions and to at least first and second pressure sensing devices for detecting fluid pressure in the pipeline, wherein the processor upon execution of instructions is configured to:
• instruct, upon detection of a first trigger event, the first pressure sensing device to measure pressure as a first data point, and store the first data point in a first data set;
• analyze the first data point to identify a first pressure event;
• store, if the first pressure event is temporally located in a center portion of the first data set, the first data set in memory storage;
• determine whether the first data set is the only stored data set in the memory storage or if there is a second data set received from the second pressure sensing device;
• and
• analyze, if determined a second data set was stored, the first data set and the second data set to determine a location of the first pressure event along the pipeline.

A computer-implemented method for detection and location of a fluid leak in a pipeline, comprising the steps:

• providing a computer processor operatively coupled to memory having instructions, and to at least first and second pressure sensing devices for detecting fluid pressure in the pipeline;
• instructing, by a processor, and upon detection of a first trigger event, the first pressure sensing device to measure pressure as a first data point, and store the first data point in a first data set;
• analyzing, by the processor, the first data point to identify a first pressure event;
• storing, by the processor, if the first pressure event is temporally located in a center portion of the first data set, the first data set in memory storage;
• determining, by the processor, whether the first data set is the only stored data set in the memory storage or if there is second data set received from the second pressure sensing device;
• and
• analyzing, by the processor, if it was determined a second data set was stored, the first data set and the second data set to determine a location of the first pressure event along the pipeline.