MONITORING A FLEXIBLE POWER CABLE
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1. An offshore monitoring system, for a power cable connected between a fixed point and a movable point, or for a power cable connecting two movable points, the system comprising:
- at least one optical fiber acting as a continuously distributed strain measurement sensor, wherein the at least one fiber is attached to or arranged in said power cable,a device arranged for sending optical signals into said at least one optical fiber,a device arranged for receiving optical signals from said at least one optical fiber, anda device arranged for analyzing the received optical signals to determine a time variant bending of said power cable.
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Abstract
An offshore monitoring system, for an electrical power cable connected between a fixed point and a movable point, or for an electrical power cable connecting two movable points. The system comprises at least one optical fiber acting as a continuously distributed strain measurement sensor attached to or arranged in said power cable, a device arranged for sending optical signals and a device arranged for receiving optical signals to determine the time variant bending of said power cable.
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1. An offshore monitoring system, for a power cable connected between a fixed point and a movable point, or for a power cable connecting two movable points, the system comprising:
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at least one optical fiber acting as a continuously distributed strain measurement sensor, wherein the at least one fiber is attached to or arranged in said power cable, a device arranged for sending optical signals into said at least one optical fiber, a device arranged for receiving optical signals from said at least one optical fiber, and a device arranged for analyzing the received optical signals to determine a time variant bending of said power cable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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