A comprehensive study of techniques utilized for structural health monitoring of oil and gas pipelines

Abstract

An extensive network of pipelines is extensively employed worldwide to carry oil and gas fluids over millions of kilometers. The pipeline channel was constructed to resist environmental dynamic loading conditions to provide safe and reliable oil and gas fluids transportation from the production well sites to depot stations installed at sea coastlines. However, pipeline infrastructure damages such as fractures, cracks, leakages, etc., are significant sources of economic losses in pipeline operations. Moreover, pipeline failures can cause considerable ecological catastrophes, human deaths, and financial loss. Important research initiatives have been committed to establishing pipeline breach detection and localization using various techniques to avoid these threats and maintain a secure and dependable pipeline network. This paper reviews different state-of-the-art damage detection methods and their recent advancement with a case study explaining the application of light detection and ranging for pipeline damage detection. The pros and cons of diverse damage detection methods in pipeline networks are also discussed. Research gaps for pipeline damage detection systems are also provided for better understanding and future research.

Design of hexapod robot equipped with omnidirectional vision sensor for defect inspection of pipeline’s inner surface

“…where φ is the angle between the measured pipe and the horizontal plane. If φ , the mass of the robot and the acceleration of gravity are 30 • , 2.5 kg and 10 m s − 2 , respectively, the F f equals to 12.85 N according to equation (1) and is less than the design index F T ≥ 30N in table 1. Therefore, it is necessary to fuse the driving motors to provide sufficient driving force for the pipeline robot.…”

“…Pipelines are widely used in terms of water supply, petroleum and natural gas transportation as key structural components [1][2][3]. Practical application requires high processing accuracy of pipeline internal surface [4].…”

Research on a Corrosion Detection Method for Oil Tank Bottoms Based on Acoustic Emission Technology

“…Compared with ordinary storage tanks, AE instruments designed for use in refined oil storage tanks must meet extremely strict requirements in terms of their explosion-proof performance. Only a few papers have proposed safety levels and evaluation methods for the acoustic emission detection of oil tanks' defects, but there are few studies on how to carry out safety detection in oil tanks [6][7][8]. The working principle of an explosion-proof AE instrument is introduced in this paper.…”