Pipeline integrity management: Internal corrosion detection of oil and gas pipelines using fiber optics
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Khalil Bassam Al Handawi
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Vahdati, Nader
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
The Petroleum Institute (United Arab Emirates)
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2015
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
196
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Committee members: Ainane, Sami; Shiryayev, Oleg
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-52774-1
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
M.S.
Discipline of degree
Mechanical Engineering
Body granting the degree
The Petroleum Institute (United Arab Emirates)
Text preceding or following the note
2015
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Oil pipelines are monitored for corrosion on regular intervals using conventional tools. A real-time monitoring solution was developed to avoid spontaneous failures that may occur between inspection intervals using distributed fiber optic sensors which are intrinsically safe. The fiber consists of a silica core and a polymer cladding coated with a metal layer from the pipeline's construction which upon corrosion exposes it to hydrocarbons altering its refractive index. Intensity of a traveling pulse drops and is captured by reflectometry techniques. The system was simulated and a laboratory scale setup is being developed to validate the model and test the solution.