Method of determining the location of underwater pipeline leaks
US4135385A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 26, 1976 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 26, 1996 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01M3/2815
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for determining the location of underwater pipeline leaks comprising first measuring the resulting pressure within the pipeline, calculating depth of pipeline at the site of the leak and then determining the location of the leak by reference to a graph of the profile of the pipeline which plots the depth of the pipeline against the distance of the pipeline from shore.
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