摘要:
The invention relates to a method for monitoring the thermomechanical behaviour of a subsea pipe (2) carrying pressurised fluids and produced by assembling unitary pipe elements (4), the method comprising a step of determining a mechanical signature specific to each unitary pipe element, consisting in using a measuring cable (16) provided with a fibre optic sensor using Brillouin backscattering to measure the deformations in each unitary pipe element when it is subjected, while ashore, to different mechanical stresses of predetermined directions and intensities, and to establish a stiffness matrix associated with the mechanical signature of each unitary pipe element; a step of determining a thermal signature specific to each unitary pipe element by measuring the temperature changes in said unitary pipe element when it is subjected, while ashore, to different electrical heating power values, and establishing a thermal transfer function associated with said thermal signature of each unitary pipe element; and a monitoring step consisting in recovering the variations of the optical signal injected in the sensors when the pipe is in service, and determining the changes in the mechanical and thermal signatures of each unitary pipe element.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method for monitoring the mechanical behaviour of an subsea pipe (2) carrying pressurised fluids and produced by assembling unitary pipe elements (4), the method comprising a mechanical calibration step that consists in using a measuring cable provided with an optical fibre sensor to measure the deformations in each unitary pipe element when subjected, while ashore, to different mechanical stresses of predetermined directions and intensities, and, on the basis of these measurements, establishing the mechanical signature of each unitary pipe element; and a monitoring step consisting in using a measuring cable (18) provided with a fibre optic sensor using Brillouin backscattering and positioned in the shape of a helix with a constant pitch (p) on each unitary pipe element, the direction of the pitch of the helix alternating in two adjacent unitary pipe elements, to recover the variations of the optical signal injected in the sensors when the pipe is in service, and, from the variations of the signal and the mechanical signature of each unitary pipe element, determining the stresses that each unitary pipe element is subjected to.
摘要:
An assembly of two coaxial pipes of the PiP type, comprising at least two coaxial pipe unit elements each comprising an inner pipe and an outer pipe, defining an annular space, preferably filled with an insulating material, and assembled end to end by welding, including a sleeve with a hollow tubular wall made of rigid or semirigid material, preferably of plastics material or composite material, surrounding said pipe in register with the welded junction zone between said two coaxial pipe unit elements, said hollow tubular wall of the sleeve comprising an outer casing and an inner casing connected together at their longitudinal ends in leaktight manner, thereby defining an internal volume that is completely filled with a quasi-incompressible thermally insulating material.
摘要:
The invention relates to a bed-to-surface connector installation (fig 1) comprising: - a rigid "riser" pipe (9), fixed at the lower end thereof to an anchoring device (4,5,6) on the sea bed, a flexible connector pipe (10) providing the connection between a floating support (12) and the upper end of said vertical riser (9), one end of said flexible pipe (10) being directly attached, preferably by a system of flanges (11), at the upper end of said riser (11), a terminal pipe element (8) at the lower end of the riser (9) forming an inertia transition part of said riser, a terminal part of the flexible pipe (10), on the side of the junction thereof at the upper end of said riser with a positive flotation, said terminal part of the flexible pipe (10) with a positive flotation extending over a part of the total length of the flexible pipe such that the flexible pipe has an S shape.
摘要:
The invention relates to a pipe (1) comprising at least two pipe elements (11, 12) provided with a plastic internal liner (2) and assembled end to end. The ends of the two pipe elements are soldered (5) to each other and the ends of the plastic internal liners (2) of each of the pipe elements are connected by means of a tubular connection sleeve (3) which consists of an anti-corrosive material and co-operates with the ends (2a, 2b) of the liner by engagement by means of a notched surface (32). The ends of the liner (2) have a reduced thickness (2a, 2b) and are locked onto the steel wall of the pipe by adhesion (4a, 4b).
摘要:
The invention concerns a thermal insulation device for at least one submarine pipeline (1) comprising: a heat-insulating coating (31-33) enclosing said pipeline(s), said coating being covered with a protective watertight outer casing (2) and said casing (2) being made of a flexible or semirigid material adapted to remain in contact with the outer surface of said insulating coating (3) when the latter is deformed. The invention is characterized in that said insulting coating comprises a phase-change material (31) confined in at least one jacket (32) made of a flexible or semirigid deformable material (32), said jacket(s) being arranged around said pipeline(s) (1).
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for laying a submarine line (1) on the seabed (20) from the surface (30), to connect the lower end (la) thereof to a connection element (11a) on the seabed, characterized by carrying out the steps of: 1) positioning said submarine line suspended from the surface (30) in a substantially vertical position (7) with the lower portion (1-1) thereof, including a bending device extending between two points (la, 1b), referred to as attachment or guiding points, including at least one cable (5) and tensioning means (6-1 to 6-5) for said cable, which are capable of decreasing the cable length extending between the said two attachment or guiding points (la, 1b), from a maximum length L0 to a given lower limit value L1, and 2) moving the lower end (1c) of said submarine line, in such a manner as to separate (D) the lower end (1c) of said submarine line from the initial position thereof of step 1), and 3) if necessary, moving said submarine line (1) by bringing it close to the seabed (20), concomitantly with the additional lowering of said line, from the surface (30), and then 4) completing the positioning and the connection of said lower end (1c) of the line on the seabed.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method for producing an element (1) comprising coaxial pipes, including an inner pipe (1a), an outer pipe (1b) and a forged connector (2a, 2b) at each of the ends thereof, each connector consisting of at least a first inner arm (3 2 ) which is recessed (L 1 ) in relation to a first outer arm (3 1 ). According to the invention, all of the circular welds between the inner pipe and the outer pipe and the connectors are made from the exterior of the pipes. The invention also relates to the coaxial pipe element (1) thus produced, which is characterised in that the inner pipe (1b) is subjected to a tensile stress.