Electrical resistance tomography’s (ERT) wide-ranging repertoire of applications seems to keep growing at an exponential rate!
Published online recently, the linked paper below is the latest iteration in ERT innovation to detect leaks in pipelines carrying multiphase flows; as commonly found in water management, oil and gas, and petrochemical industries. This is an especially important study for industries that use offshore pipelines where the spectre of environmental damage from pipe leakage is always a concern.
As the paper linked below clearly states:
“Early leak detection is one of the most important problems in multiphase flow pipeline systems. In addition to the considerable financial losses they generate, pipeline leakages present serious safety and environmental risks. Therefore, risk mitigation, downtime reduction, and safety regulation compliance all heavily depend on effective leak detection techniques.”
ERT was clearly shown to have a number of advantages over other leak detection technologies currently being used in industry. ERT’s ability to detect leaks in a multiphase flow pipeline is yet another industrial application to showcase how ERT’s cost effective technology can lead to a maximal reduction in operating expenses and in the mitigation of risk.
What this paper clearly showed is that, when refracted through the lens of the CAPEX vs OPEX equation, there is only one winner: ERT.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955598625002055#abs0010
