Leak identification across well completions is a crucial operation in the oil and gas industry. A failureof well barriers can result in uncontrolled release of hydrocarbons and pose major risks to personneland environment. Downhole gauges are widely…
In this paper, we present results of field trials using a novel machine learning (ML) pipeline leak detection algorithm based on the distributed temperature sensing (DTS) technology. The installation is based on a buried, 9km-long pipeline in…
With the continuous development of big data in modern education informatization, the content of teaching experiments has become more and more abundant, the types of laboratory equipment have become more diversified, and the overall experiment content…
The oil and gas industrial sector is nowadays inclined towards utilizing smart field technologies for optimizing various operations of upstream, midstream and downstream sectors. The recent advances in Internet of things (IoTs) have promising…
Liquefied Petroleum Gas is commonly called LPG. LPG became an unavoidable one in day-to-day life. The enormous applications include domestic applications like heating and cooking purposes and industrial applications like vehicle propellant and…
LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) gas is the primary source of energy in most households. Recently LPG gas leak has cause significant fire hazard accident and losses. This present work investigates the sensitivity of gas sensor MQ2 and MQ6 hence…
The problem of gas leakage and fire is often encountered in our day-to-day life. LPG, Liquified Petroleum Gas, is highly flammable gas used as fuel in heating appliances. Leakage of this gas raises the risk of building fire, suffocation or an…
With the development of science and technology, the Internet of things technology has been gradually applied to various fields, it has become one of hot spot after the computer, the Internet and mobile communication technology. This paper focuses on…
LPG gas is one of the household things in daily life. The decree of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource number 1971/26/MEM/2007 dated May 22, 2007 contains the requirement of the conversion from the petroleum (kerosene) into LPG as an effort…
Leakage from oil tanks occurs unexpectedly, which may lead to serious environmental threats and economic loss. There is increasing demand to develop a method that can detect leakage accurately with a low probability of false alarm and a high…
In recent times the oil and gas industry is following the trend of digital transformation. The digital transformation includes implementing innovative solutions to improve and control the assets of the Oil and Gas companies with more reliable and…
Metal has been widely used to build containers in the petroleum industry for various applications, such as chemical reaction containers, hazardous materials storage, oil/gas transportation pipelines, and casings for oil wells. The conditions inside…
It is crucial to ensure the safety and integrity of underground gas storage (UGS) infrastructure for energy reliability in California, and many other places around the world. To address the risk management need in UGS industry, we take advantage of…
This work deals with the development of an ultrasonic backscattering sensor for the monitoring of water-in-oil emulsion. The sensor consists of a 3.5-MHz ultrasonic transducer, working in pulse-echo mode, and an array of cylindrical obstacles located…
This work deals with the development of an ultrasonic backscattering sensor for the monitoring of water-in-oil emulsion. The sensor consists of a 3.5-MHz ultrasonic transducer, working in pulse-echo mode, and an array of cylindrical obstacles located…
The determination of gas well productivity is the basis of scientific and reasonable development of gas fields and has important guiding significance for gas well production allocation. According to the change of gas-water two-phase seepage law, the…
Uncontrolled storage of problematic and toxic waste, respectively, has led in many places to the emergence of areas that pose a danger to the environment and natural resources, as well as to human health. Basically, all over the world countries are…
Food waste amounts to roughly one-third of its total production every year. There is an unprecedented demand to improve long-term storage of food products while preserving quality and safety in every stage of its processing, from postharvesting to…
The accident of fuel tank explosion is an important factor affecting aircraft performance and reliability. Therefore, the inerting system of aircraft fuel tank has been developed in the past decades. The purpose is to reduce the oxygen concentration…
When under production, after harvest ‚curing and redrying, tobacco lamina also need a mellowing process in the warehouse of not less than 24 months to achieve naturally mellowy, during which certain temperature and humidity is needed. In the…
In underground coal mines safety of the workers always has been a concern and challenging task. Excessive humidity and high temperature can easily be formed in the underground environment which can affect the health safety of the workers…
Storage Tanks in tank farms are used to store various petroleum products and play an important role in the oil and petroleum industries. Monitoring these tanks for fire, gas leakage, and lightning becomes of paramount importance. The…
Metal has been widely used to build containers in the petroleum industry for various applications, such as chemical reaction containers, hazardous materials storage, oil/gas transportation pipelines, and casings for oil wells. The conditions inside…
Using of the innovative approach for heating isotropic structures is an urgent task. In oilfield practice are widespread thermal methods for controlling of asphalt-resin-paraffin deposits formation because of their reliability and ease of use. The…
The realization of WUSNs (Wireless Underground Sensor Networks) will lead to many emerging applications, such as intelligent agriculture, underground pipelines, oil reservoir monitoring, concealed border patrol, earthquake and landslide forecasting,…
Trans Mountain owns and operates approximately 1300 km of pipelines in Alberta, British Columbia and Washington state. These pipelines transport a variety of liquids including crude oils, refined products and methyl tertiary butyl ether. They…
This paper concentrates on the methods and benefits of using adjustable frequency drives (AFDs) on synchronizing applications (primarily medium voltage): the use of one drive for separately starting and synchronizing multiple motors to a constant…
Industrial sensing applications place a premium on cost-effectiveness and accuracy. Traditional approaches often use expensive, invasive sensors from concern that inexpensive, non-invasive sensors will incur many false positives. High sensor cost…
Wax deposits are formed in subsea well tubing, surface flow lines and production equipment of crude oil or gas condensate as these fluids are cooled due to heat loss to the surrounding cold sea water. These solid deposits interfere with production…
High pour point properties of crude oil are generally due to the high wax content, so the study of the laws and the characteristics of wax deposition are significant for taking steps to save energy and transport safely. For the wax deposition of high…
This paper proposes a smart automated scheme to monitor and control various processes in oil refineries. The proposal aims to continuously collect data from oil tanks and pipelines, trigger alarm systems for any malfunction, apply effective solutions…
The oil and gas industrial sector is nowadays inclined towards utilizing smart field technologies for optimizing various operations of upstream, midstream and downstream sectors. The recent advances in Internet of things (IoTs) have promising…
Wireless sensor networks have a vast amount of applications including environmental monitoring, military, ecology, agriculture, inventory control, robotics and health care. This paper focuses on the area of monitoring and protection of oil and gas…
To solve the monitoring and locating problems of the underground booster and leakage of the supply water network, a remote leakage monitoring and locating system based on GSM/GPRS is designed. The parameters of water supply pipe network, i.e., flow,…
This paper concentrates on the methods and benefits of using adjustable frequency drives (AFDs) on synchronizing applications (primarily medium voltage): the use of one drive for separately starting and synchronizing multiple motors to a constant…
Industrial sensing applications place a premium on cost-effectiveness and accuracy. Traditional approaches often use expensive, invasive sensors from concern that inexpensive, non-invasive sensors will incur many false positives. High sensor cost…
The MID-K, a new kind of multi-pipe string detection tool is introduced. This tool provides a means of evaluating the condition of in-place pipe string, such as tubing and casing. It is capable of discriminating the defects of the inside and outside,…
In this paper, we present a self-sustainable sensor network model for integrity monitoring of pipeline infrastructures. Sensor nodes consist of energy harvesting modules which help them to be always alive and hence monitor the pipeline continuously.…
As Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) become larger and more complex, various authors have pointed out the need for proper design methodologies and support tools. This paper proposes a design approach of a Cyber-Physical Cloud Computing (CPCC) system by…
Sulfur transmission lines have been a continual challenge to the industry because of both the upper and lower temperature limits that are necessary for sulfur product quality. To pump the sulfur a minimum temperature is needed, but if heated to an…
The world demand of oil and gas is growing at an ever increasing rate, and as a result, there is a demand to explore new areas for more petroleum production. The arctic region is one of the remaining unexplored areas where such exploration still can…
A spatial and wavelength division multiplexing fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensing system for monitor the temperature and the pressure (T-P) of hot water pipeline in petrochemical factory is reported. The FBG sensing system has 72 channels…
It's very important to detect the leakage of oil pipeline timely and accurately in order to reduce the losses and ensure the smooth operation of oil pipeline. However, the leakage monitoring of the pipeline is difficult because normally the pipeline…
Wax deposits are formed in subsea well tubing, surface flow lines and production equipment of crude oil or gas condensate as these fluids are cooled due to heat loss to the surrounding cold sea water. These solid deposits interfere with production…
This study was conducted to estimate the downhole speed of flow in oil wells and determined the flow direction by analyzing acoustic data recorded by fibre optic distributed acoustic sensors. The signals generated from acoustic data are in the time…
With the implementation of “Gasification Yangtze River” strategy, as an economic, clean and safe energy, liquefied natural gas (LNG) is being gradually used in the inland vessels. However, as a special kind of hazardous substance, the risk of LNG…
The goal of this work was to automatically predict the dangerous states of hazardous chemicals' transport tank using multi-sensor data fusion. Eight kinds of sensors, which are gas sensor, temperature sensor, humidity sensor, pressure sensor, liquid…
Methane hydrate is considered an excellent way of transporting and storing natural gas in large quantities. However, when methane hydrate is formed artificially, the amount of consumed gas is relatively low due to a slow reaction rate between water…
The rapid increase of population every year causes a great distress in the environment. Air pollution is becoming more imminent due to emissions from transportation, urbanization, and energy consumption. Hence, harmful elements contaminate the…
With the development of science and technology, the Internet of things technology has been gradually applied to various fields, it has become one of hot spot after the computer, the Internet and mobile communication technology. This paper focuses on…