Systems and Methods for Inspecting and Monitoring a Pipeline
First Claim
1. A system for inspecting and monitoring an inner surface of a pipeline, comprising:
- a movable inline inspection device arranged within the pipeline;
one or more optical computing devices arranged on the movable inline inspection device adjacent the inner surface of the pipeline for monitoring at least one substance present on the inner surface, the one or more optical computing devices comprising;
at least one integrated computational element configured to optically interact with the at least one substance and thereby generate optically interacted light; and
at least one detector arranged to receive the optically interacted light and generate an output signal corresponding to a characteristic of the at least one substance; and
a signal processor communicably coupled to the at least one detector of each optical computing device for receiving the output signal of each optical computing device, the signal processor being configured to determine the characteristic of the at least one substance as detected by each optical computing device and provide a resulting output signal.
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Abstract
Disclosed are systems and methods for inspecting and monitoring an inner surface of a pipeline. One system includes a pig arranged within the pipeline, one or more optical computing devices arranged on the pig adjacent the inner surface of the pipeline for monitoring at least one substance present on the inner surface. The optical computing devices include at least one integrated computational element configured to optically interact with the at least one substance and thereby generate optically interacted light, and at least one detector arranged to receive the optically interacted light and generate an output signal corresponding to a characteristic of the at least one substance. A signal processor is communicably coupled to the at least one detector of each optical computing device for receiving the output signal of each optical computing device and determining the characteristic of the at least one substance.
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1. A system for inspecting and monitoring an inner surface of a pipeline, comprising:
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a movable inline inspection device arranged within the pipeline; one or more optical computing devices arranged on the movable inline inspection device adjacent the inner surface of the pipeline for monitoring at least one substance present on the inner surface, the one or more optical computing devices comprising; at least one integrated computational element configured to optically interact with the at least one substance and thereby generate optically interacted light; and at least one detector arranged to receive the optically interacted light and generate an output signal corresponding to a characteristic of the at least one substance; and a signal processor communicably coupled to the at least one detector of each optical computing device for receiving the output signal of each optical computing device, the signal processor being configured to determine the characteristic of the at least one substance as detected by each optical computing device and provide a resulting output signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of inspecting and monitoring an inner surface of a pipeline, comprising:
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introducing a movable inline inspection device into the pipeline, the movable inline inspection device having one or more optical computing devices arranged thereon adjacent the inner surface of the pipeline, wherein each optical computing device has at least one integrated computational element arranged therein; optically interacting electromagnetic radiation radiated from at least one substance present on the inner surface of the pipeline with the at least one integrated computational element of each optical computing device; and determining with the signal processor a characteristic of the at least one substance detected by each optical computing device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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