Invention Application
- Patent Title: Monitoring of Lined Pipeline
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Application No.: US15768553Application Date: 2016-10-17
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Publication No.: US20180306374A1Publication Date: 2018-10-25
- Inventor: Stephen Barnes
- Applicant: Pioneer Lining Technology Limited
- Priority: GB1518386.6 20151016; GB1617400.5 20161013
- International Application: PCT/GB2016/053213 WO 20161017
- Main IPC: F16L58/10
- IPC: F16L58/10 ; F16L58/18 ; F16L59/14 ; F16L59/20 ; F17D5/02 ; G01M3/18 ; G01M3/28 ; G01M3/38

Abstract:
An integrity monitoring system for a lined pipeline is provided far monitoring the integrity of a polymer liner in a host pipe. Methods and apparatus are described by which a lined pipeline is provided with such an integrity monitoring system. Sensor cable is able to bridge a joint between sections at lined pipe, for example by routing the sensor cable across the joint via a channel in an electrofusion fitting or by connecting successive lengths of sensor cable via pass-throughs in an electrofusion fitting. Advantageously, the sensor cable is disposed within a continuous annulus between linings and host pipes, and the continuous annulus is maintained across pipe joints using electrofusion fittings.
Public/Granted literature
- US11454346B2 Monitoring of lined pipeline Public/Granted day:2022-09-27
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