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PRCI PR-215-9130
- Precision Gas Pipeline Location--A Technology Study
- Report / Survey by Pipeline Research Council International, 01/01/1994
- Publisher: PRCI
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Southwest Research Institute
(e-book version) Need: A review of currently used pipe-locating techniques and technologies shows a universally conservative approach to system design. Tested and proven sensors and data processors have been integrated into systems that optimize performance specifically for the pipeline-location problem. Although these systems perform well, they could be improved and augmented (that is, performance could be enhanced) by incorporating a broader sensor mix. Emerging technologies also hold promise for upgrading performance by improving, rather than changing the basic sensors.
Benefit: This study was undertaken to survey and evaluate the technology available to determine accurately the position of submerged or buried gas transmission pipelines, and to assess the applicability of some of the emerging technologies. The objectives are to increase accuracy and reliability while reducing the cost of surveys.
Result: This report is organized to provide an overview of the elements applicable to the problem of pipe detection, identification, and location. These elements include basic sensors and pipe-location systems made up of sensors, computers, peripherals, and data links. The report includes a qualitative comparison of both sensors and systems using a number of performance criteria. A brief description of relevant technologies that have been developed for uses other than pipeline location, as well as new and emerging technologies, is also included.
Southwest Research Institute
(e-book version) Need: A review of currently used pipe-locating techniques and technologies shows a universally conservative approach to system design. Tested and proven sensors and data processors have been integrated into systems that optimize performance specifically for the pipeline-location problem. Although these systems perform well, they could be improved and augmented (that is, performance could be enhanced) by incorporating a broader sensor mix. Emerging technologies also hold promise for upgrading performance by improving, rather than changing the basic sensors.
Benefit: This study was undertaken to survey and evaluate the technology available to determine accurately the position of submerged or buried gas transmission pipelines, and to assess the applicability of some of the emerging technologies. The objectives are to increase accuracy and reliability while reducing the cost of surveys.
Result: This report is organized to provide an overview of the elements applicable to the problem of pipe detection, identification, and location. These elements include basic sensors and pipe-location systems made up of sensors, computers, peripherals, and data links. The report includes a qualitative comparison of both sensors and systems using a number of performance criteria. A brief description of relevant technologies that have been developed for uses other than pipeline location, as well as new and emerging technologies, is also included.
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