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Project Number 442
Date of Summary June 16, 2006
Subject Intelligent Systems for Pipeline Infrastructure Reliability (ISPIR)
Performing Activity Natural Resources Canada/CANMET
Principal Investigator Revie, Hay and Tennyson
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion Completed
Description

This project was to develop and demonstrate a multifunctional system for monitoring pipelines in the field using currently available sensing and communications systems, including the CANMET MIC sensor and chemical sensors to measure pH and CO2 concentrations. The system will use a fiber-optics backbone, with a capability for data acquisition / management and decision making. The ISPIR system will integrate pipeline monitoring, sensing and communications, using fiber configurations and procedures. It will also give strain, temperature and chemical readouts for operators/monitors to make decisions about the pipeline being investigated. So, in all, the system should be a complete sensing, measurement, and communications tool for the industry.

Progress The Final Report, issued on April 23, 2004, was held for a two-year confidentiality period ending on April 22, 2006.
AA (116 pages) pdf file AA Revie, W., Hay, D. R., Tennyson, R., Intelligent System for Pipeline Infrastructure Reliability, Natural Resources Canada / CANMET, December 2002.
AB (23 pages) pdf file D. Robert Hay, Intelligent System for Pipeline Infrastructure Reliability, Natural Resources Canada / CANMET, April 23, 2004.
 

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