Cost And Performance Report; Advanced Passive Acoustic Leak Location and Detection Verification System for Underground Fuel Pipelines

Abstract

Accurate location of leaks in buried bulk and hydrant fuel pipelines is a challenging time-consuming and expensive problem. This problem has both operational readiness and environmental implications to the Department of Defense (DoD). Under the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) the Pipeline Acoustic Leak-location System (PALS) was demonstrated and validated under a wide range of operational conditions. All of the objectives of the project were met and the PALS is ready for commercial use. The performance and operational utility of this technology were successfully demonstrated on bulk and hydrant pipeline systems found at Air Force Army Navy and EPA facilities. As summarized below four sets of DEM/VALs were conducted between April and October 2000 on different types and configurations of underground bulk and hydrant pipelines over a wide range of hole sizes line pressures leak rates backfill conditions and background noise conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA423574

Entities

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acoustic Detectors
  • Acoustic Measurement
  • Acoustics
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Ambient Noise
  • Background Noise
  • Construction
  • Data Acquisition
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environmental Security
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Military Facilities
  • Operational Readiness

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