DETECTION OF INTERSTATE LIQUIDS PIPELINE LEAKS: FEASIBILITY EVALUATION
The approximately 200,000-mile fuel pipeline system in the U.S. operates at flow rates up to 2.5 (times) 10 (sup6) gallons per hour. Most commercial technologies only provide on-line leak detection at about 0.3% of flow rate, i.e., about 7,500 GPH or larger. Detection of leaks at about 1 GPH or so is desirable both from a regulatory and leak-prevention standpoint. Brookhaven's commercially accepted perfluorocarbon tracer (PFT) technology for underground leak detection of utility industry dielectric fluids at leak rates less than 0.1 GPH, with new enhancements, will be able to cost effectively detect fuel pipeline system leaks to about 1 GPH-3 orders of magnitude better than any on-line system. The magnitude of detected leaks would be calculable as well. There are no health nor safety issues associated with the use of the proposed technological approach nor any consequential environmental impacts associated with the proposed magnitudes of PFT tagging.
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Corporate Authors:
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Associated Universities, Incorporated
Upton, NY United States 11973Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC United States 20585 -
Authors:
- Dietz, R N
- Senum, G I
- Publication Date: 1998-10-20
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 12 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Detection and identification technologies; Detectors; Environmental impacts; Feasibility analysis; Leak tests; Pipeline safety
- Uncontrolled Terms: Perfluorocarbon tracer
- Subject Areas: Environment; Maintenance and Preservation; Pipelines;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00766497
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: BNL-65970
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 30 1999 12:00AM