Category: near-real-time
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Integrated Cleaning and Inspecting Pig (ICIP): Part 2 – Proximity Sensors (2 of 2)
*(20 Min Read – Technical)* This write-up demonstrates that inexpensive inductive proximity sensors can be used to construct inexpensive inspection tools. Commercial proximity sensors have a proven track record of operating in harsh environmental conditions. They have high shock and vibration resistance. They are chemical resistant and resistant to short circuits. The sensors we used…
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Why is it called ack?
*(2-minute read)* Short-cycle events like river scouring, tampering, and aggressive corrosion growth can compromise pipeline integrity between inspections and catch an operator unaware. acK for pipelines is a set of tools and practices to address these events using inexpensive, high-temporal-resolution pipeline state monitoring.
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A game of outliers
*(2-minute read)*Best practices are already pretty good. Best integrity management practices catch almost all cases of impending failures. What we need is a better way of catching outliers.
acK for pipeline integrity 