Internal Corrosion Direct Assessment Detection of Water

Over the last several years, The Office of Pipeline Safety attributes approximately 14 and 12% of natural gas and liquids transmission pipelines accidents, respectively, to internal corrosion. These incidents include some high profile failures involving fatalities, service/deliverability interruption, and environmental damage. Public safety concerns have provided the driving force for new regulations that require pipeline integrity assessments. There are currently three available pipeline assessment methodologies: (a) in-line inspection (ILI), (b) hydrostatic testing, and (c) direct assessment. Depending on the pipeline conditions the appropriate methodology can be used. Because of the uncertainties related to Internal Corrosion Direct Assessment (ICDA) and constraints making some pipelines unpiggable in the traditional sense, other technologies and alternative methods for pipeline inspection have been examined. In the present work, recent advances in computer technologies and wireless communications have been leveraged and combined in an attempt to address some of the challenges faced by the internal corrosion pipeline community.

• Record URL:
  https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/matrix/FilGet.rdm?fil=6336
• Summary URL:
  https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/matrix/PrjHome.rdm?prj=192
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34505
• Corporate Authors:

  DNV Columbus, Incorporated

  5777 Frantz Road
  Dublin, OH  United States  43017-1386

  Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

  Department of Transportation
  East Building, 2nd Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Brossia, C Sean
• Publication Date: 2010-12-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 54p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Detection and identification; Inspection; Natural gas pipelines; Pipeline safety; Water; Wireless communication systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hazardous liquids pipelines; Hydrostatic tests; Internal corrosion (Pipelines); Internal corrosion direct assessment process; Pigging; Pipeline integrity management
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Pipelines; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01643104
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: EAWUS811-80612405, Rev. 3
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 7 2017 12:32PM