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Intelligent inspection technology for cross-country buried petroleum pipelines


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1 Control Instrumentation Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085, India
2 Electromagnetic Applications and Instrumentation Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085, India
3 Seismology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085, India
4 Tower 6, Flat 401, Sagar Darshan, Sector 18, Navi Mumbai 400 706, India
 

A case study is presented here on the continued deve­lopment efforts at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre on instrumented pipeline inspection gauge for Indian Oil Corporation Limited over the last two decades. A marvel of technology involving challenges of non-destructive testing techniques, mechanical, magnetism, electronics, data processing and analysis, operational safety requirements and portability, qualifications of the tools and characterization of defects with acceptable accuracy were achieved to be at par with the internationally available tools. These tools are being extensively deployed in the field. The homegrown technology for in-line inspection has brought down the cost of the tool and that of the services per kilometre. Different technologies are now being pursued to ensure that the in-line inspection work in the country is carried out in an ‘Atmanirbhar’ way.
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Authors

S. K. Lahiri
Control Instrumentation Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085, India
S. Malhotra
Electromagnetic Applications and Instrumentation Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085, India
S. Mukhopadhyay
Seismology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085, India
G. P. Srivastava
Tower 6, Flat 401, Sagar Darshan, Sector 18, Navi Mumbai 400 706, India

Abstract


A case study is presented here on the continued deve­lopment efforts at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre on instrumented pipeline inspection gauge for Indian Oil Corporation Limited over the last two decades. A marvel of technology involving challenges of non-destructive testing techniques, mechanical, magnetism, electronics, data processing and analysis, operational safety requirements and portability, qualifications of the tools and characterization of defects with acceptable accuracy were achieved to be at par with the internationally available tools. These tools are being extensively deployed in the field. The homegrown technology for in-line inspection has brought down the cost of the tool and that of the services per kilometre. Different technologies are now being pursued to ensure that the in-line inspection work in the country is carried out in an ‘Atmanirbhar’ way.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv123%2Fi3%2F396-405