Application of Distributed Acoustic Sensing Technology in Pipeline Leakage Monitoring

Shuai Wang; Dianqiang Xu; Guanbin Liu; Tian Xue; Yu Liu

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Application of Distributed Acoustic Sensing Technology in Pipeline Leakage Monitoring

Shuai Wang

, Dianqiang Xu

, Guanbin Liu

, Tian Xue

, Yu Liu^*

Published in Journal of Energy and Natural Resources (Volume 13, Issue 2)

Received: 24 April 2024 Accepted: 4 June 2024 Published: 13 June 2024

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Abstract

Pipeline leak monitoring is an important industrial safety measure designed to ensure the safety of liquids or gases during transportation. Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) technology is based on the reverse Rayleigh scattering inside the fiber to reflect the change of the measured physical quantity, and has great advantages in monitoring range, environmental adaptability, transmission loss control and system stability. In this paper, the pipeline leakage monitoring technology based on distributed acoustic sensing fiber is used to study the leakage signal of small leak aperture. In order to improve the sensitivity of leakage monitoring, the optical fiber is spiral wound on the pipe section. The identification method of pipeline leakage signal based on fast Fourier transform is proposed. By analyzing the vibration of the optical fiber in the time domain and the frequency domain, the leakage signal can be accurately monitored. Pipeline leakage tests with different leak apertures were carried out, and the leakage locations were studied by energy attenuation and cross-correlation techniques. The experimental results show that the time-domain signal fluctuates obviously and the full-band energy of the frequency-domain signal increases after pipeline leakage. The increase of leakage diameter will gradually increase the signal energy, and the leakage energy will gradually move from high frequency to low frequency. The energy attenuation positioning technique can locate the leakage within the range of a single sensing unit, and determine the leakage location through cross-correlation analysis with an error of less than 3 m.

Published in	Journal of Energy and Natural Resources (Volume 13, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.jenr.20241302.14
Page(s)	81-89
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Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), Pipeline Leakage, Time Domain, Frequency Domain, Leakage Location

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Wang, S., Xu, D., Liu, G., Xue, T., Liu, Y. (2024). Application of Distributed Acoustic Sensing Technology in Pipeline Leakage Monitoring. Journal of Energy and Natural Resources, 13(2), 81-89. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jenr.20241302.14

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Wang S, Xu D, Liu G, Xue T, Liu Y. Application of Distributed Acoustic Sensing Technology in Pipeline Leakage Monitoring. J Energy Nat Resour. 2024;13(2):81-89. doi: 10.11648/j.jenr.20241302.14

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Shuai Wang

School of Energy and Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China

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Dianqiang Xu

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Guanbin Liu

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Tian Xue

School of Energy and Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China

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Yu Liu

School of Energy and Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China

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