Pipeline leakage and integrity monitoring

Pipeline integrity and leakage detection using the fTB 2505 monitoring system Pipelines often carry large economic, social and political importance. Their integrity needs to be constantly monitored and secured as many factors can cause costly leakage and damages. fibrisTerre’s fTB 2505 distributed fiber optic sensing system provides an efficient and economically viable solution to automatically and continuously monitor up to 25 km long of a pipeline section using just one system. Pipeline integrity and leakage monitoring As the temperature of the product transported in a pipeline is usually significantly different than the environment surrounding the pipeline, a leakage can cause a sudden and localized temperature change. This temperature change can be quickly identified by the fTB 2505 monitoring system. Moreover, the strain sensing capability of the fTB 2505 system can pick up any section of the pipe experiencing excess amount of strain, which can be good indicators of potential structure damage. Abnormal temperature changes generated by leakage can be timely picked up by the sensors. Sensing cables can be fitted non-intrusively to the outer surface of the pipeline. Pipeline foundation settlement monitoring The rough terrains through which some pipelines are constructed bring about challenging foundation settlement issues. Through integrating geotextiles embedded with optical fibers underneath pipeline foundations, excess settlement can be timely detected before significant structural damage occurs. Key features Economic advantage fTB 2505’s long range gives an affordable solution to monitor the entire length of the pipeline. Non-intrusive measurements The fiber optic cable can be retrofitted to existing pipelines. Fast detection Leakage detected seconds after occurrence, allowing early response remediation response. Precise pin-pointing location Leakage or overstrained locations can be pin pointed to less than 0.5m of the pipeline. Robustness fTB 2505 offers industry leading attenuation budget through which the sensing cables can function even in the harshest environments. Field friendliness Weighing merely 13 kg and consuming as little as 60 W of power, fTB 2505 is ideal for the field. About fibrisTerre Contact us fibrisTerre is a structural health monitoring system provider. It utilizes the pioneering BOFDA fiber-optic sensing technology to answer industry’s demand for truly distributed and economically viable monitoring solutions for critical engineering structures. Pipelines segments prone to large differential settlement can be monitored through integrating smart geotextiles below the foundations Test bench evaluation of settlement detection (fibrisTerre / Glötzl / Naue / HTW Dresden) fibrisTerre GmbH Köpenicker Str. 154 10997 Berlin Germany tel +49 30 6290 1320 info@fibristerre.de www.fibristerre.de