利用光纤传感技术加强管道监测 Enhancing Pipeline Monitoring with Fiber Optic Sensing Technology.pdfVIP

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EnhancingPipeline

MonitoringwithFiber

OpticSensingTechnology

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Pipelinesareusedtocarrynaturalresourcesfromwheretheyarefoundto

wheretheyareneededand,assuch,formanimportantpartoftheglobal

energyinfrastructure.Theseresourcescanbecarriedoverhugedistances

ineithergasorliquidform.Giventhevalueoftheseresourcesandthe

consequencesofaspill,monitoringofpipelinesisessential.

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Introduction

Pipelinesareakeymechanismfortransportingoil,gas,andothernaturalresourcesovervast

distances.Onceconstructed,theyeliminatetheneedtousetankersfortransportation,removing

thecongestionandpollutionthiscancause.

Typically,whatpipelinescarrywillbehighlyvaluableandoftenvolatile–aswellaspotentially

harmfultotheenvironmentifallowedtoescapeinanuncontrolledmanner.Thechancesofan

escapeareveryrealaspipelinesaresusceptibletoaging,accidentaldamage,ortampering,and

manyroutethroughareaswithtoughenvironmentalconditions.Therefore,themonitoringof

pipelinestoensureintegrityisessential.

Thecomponentsandinfrastructuredevelopedforfiberoptictelecommunication,suchas

single-modefiber,couplersandsplitters,areequallysuitableforfiberopticsensingofother

infrastructures,withtheaddedbenefitsofinherentimmunitytoelectricalstimuli,aswellaslong-

distancetransmissionrange,andresistancetocorrosion.

Intheearly1990s,dis