Improving Pipeline Integrity and Performance

through Advance Leak Detection and Control Systems

Claude Desormiers – Schneider Electric

Ralf Tetzner – Krohne Oil & Gas
GASTECH Abu Dhabi, May 2009

Schneider Electric and Krohne Alliance Solution GASTECH – May 25- 28 2009
Agenda

●Introduction
● Krohne - Schneider Electric Alliance

●Transport Pipeline
●A focus on E-RTTM

●Q&A

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The global specialist in
energy management

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A global company

North America Europe

27% 45%
28,000 49,000
€18.3B revenue
32% in new economies
120,000 people
Rest of the world Presence in 100+ countries Asia-Pacific
10% 19%
9,000 31,500

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Building an integrated portfolio in
energy management
Safe Productive Reliable Efficient Green
Market
Installation
Systems &

Energy Monitoring & Control

Control

End to End Services

Building
Critical
Automation Renewable
Power Power
& Security
& and Energy
Control Cooling Solutions
Industrial
Automation
& Control

solutions & energy efficiency

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Building an integrated portfolio in
energy management
Safe Productive Reliable Efficient Green
Market
Installation
Systems &

Energy Monitoring & Control

Control
Helping customers to

End to End Services

Building
Power focus on their
Automation
& Security
Critical
Power core
Renewable
& Energy
Control business Cooling
and
with Solutions

integrated
Industrial
Automation solutions in
energy
& Controlmanagement

solutions & energy efficiency

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zKROHNE is present on all 5 continents
z15 production facilities in 10 countries
z43 KROHNE-owned companies and joint ventures
z45 exclusive representatives

zTotal Sales
z289 Mio €

zNo. of employees
z2510

zOwnership
zKROHNE is 100% owned by the Rademacher-Dubbick family

zCorporate Management
zMichael Rademacher-Dubbick and Stephan Neuburger

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Our Vision
‘We are the competence in process
instrumentation and measurement solutions,
serving key industrial market worldwide with
leading-edge technology’

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Our Alliance
•Our strengths
• Comprehensive PMS SCADA
• leading edge technologies
• pipelines process, power management & integral security

• Modular Integrated Pipeline Management Solution

• facilities to delivery point
• end– end supply and services

• Single Source
• supply and responsibility

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Challenges
Ensure Safe, Reliable and Efficient Pipeline Management
● Pipeline integrity
● Environmental, regulatory compliance and security
● Accurate & reliable custody transfer metering
● Integrated state of the art metering

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Enhancing Pipeline Integrity Management
using Leak Detection System

●Accurate measurements
● Pressure, Temperature and Flow
● Associated infrastructure– Telemetry, RTU, Communication

●SCADA
● Adapted for Pipeline Operations

●Leak Detection System

● Mass-Balance
● RTTM
● others

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Flow Measurement
● Performance Monitoring
zReflective chord designs
zWall build-up measurement
z limitation of conventional parallel chord designs
zOptimal solution
z combines both technologies

zUnsurpassed Performance
zHighest accuracy in custody transfer market segment
zSwirl compensation in each plane
zReflection technology increases accuracy
zdoubling chord length

Altosonic V12
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Citect SCADA Fully Redundant Architecture
Web Clients
(Display or Manager)
● Redundancy Tablet PCs

● Servers
● No single point of failure
● Communications
● Out of the box configuration
● Networks
● Alarming
● Trending Vijeo Pocket

● Auto-synchronization
Web
Server

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Citect PipePatrol
Pipeline Management System (PMS)

● All SCADA Functionalities

Online Simulation
& Visualization

Instrument
Operator training
Analysis

Throughput Leak Monitoring

Optimization Detection/Localization

Energy/Efficiency E-RTTM
Virtual Pipeline Batch Tracking
Monitoring

Maintenance Pig Tracking

-on-demand

Pipeline Slack Line

Scheduling Monitoring
Look Ahead &
Scenario Analysis
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Citect PipePatrol
Pipeline Management System (PMS)
● E-RTTM Virtual Pipeline
● Leak Detection
Online Simulation
& Visualization

Instrument
Operator training
Analysis

Throughput Leak Monitoring

Optimization Detection/Localization

Energy/Efficiency E-RTTM
Virtual Pipeline Batch Tracking
Monitoring

Maintenance Pig Tracking

-on-demand

Pipeline Slack Line

Scheduling Monitoring
Look Ahead &
Scenario Analysis
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Different Leak Detection Systems

Leak Detection

•Non-Continuous Systems
•Inspection by helicopter •Continuous Monitoring Systems
•Intelligent pigging

•External based systems •Internal based systems

•Balancing systems
•Acoustic emission detectors
•Pressure/flow monitoring
•Vapor/liquid sensing cables
•Statistical Analysis
•Others
•RTTM based

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Citect-PipePatrol E-RTTM
Performance Criteria according to API 1155

•Detect small leaks fast

Sensitivity •Typical smallest detectable leak rate approx. 0.5% /1.0% (Nom. Flow)
•Very fast detection time, typically < 3 min. /<15 min. (liquid/gas)

•Produce no false alarms

Reliability •< 2 per year guarantee
•Reliable detection of smallest leaks

•No need to shut down leak detection due to component failure

Robustness •Redundancy option combine with robust hardware
•Fall back strategy upon sensor failure

•Calculate accurate leak rate and position

Accuracy •Leak localization accuracy typically between 1-2% of segment length

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Conventional Leak Detection System
Outlet flow,
measured by flowmeter

Difference between inlet and outlet

Inlet flow, flow, not zero due to transient
measured by flowmeter pipeline behaviour
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Citect PipePatrol E-RTTM Principle
Reliable and Proven Leak Detection using E-RTTM technology
Inlet Outlet
utlet

zE-RTTM
z Extended Real-Time Transient Model F P T P T F
P P
z Uses sophisticated mathematical model T T

zVirtual Pipeline
‘Virtual Pipeline’
z Calculates local profiles in real time F (RTTM) F
z Extended by <Signature Analysis>
Flow
zarchive zero false alarms (No Leak)

Residuals
X and Y

Signature‐Database
Signature Analysis
t

Leak Yes/No
t
Yes= location and rate
No= save signature 19
Block Diagram – Virtual Pipeline
Leak Monitoring

F F

Virtual Pipeline
Profiles

PLC/RTU/VCitect SCADA

Leak Monitoring
Signature Analysis

VCitect Pipepatrol
Pipeline Management System

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Citect PipePatrol E-RTTM
Outlet flow, Outlet flow residual,
Measured by flowmeter (green) Difference between calculated
Calculated by RTTM (brown) and measured flow

Inlet flow, Inlet flow residual,

Measured by flowmeter (blue) Difference between calculated
Calculated by RTTM (orange) and measured flow
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Daily Flow and Pressure Measurements
Leak Detection Examples

Leak tests

Leak 22
Detailed Flow Measurement Activities
Leak Detection Examples

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Measured and calculated flow
Leak Detection Examples

Q&A

2.5% 0.5% 1%
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Residuals X and Y
Leak Detection Examples

2.5% 0.5% 1%
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Leak Localization

●Three simultaneous algorithms

●Gradient Intersection Method

●Wave Propagation Method ( Time of Flight)
●Extended Time-of-Flight

●Ensure accurate results under all operating conditions

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Citect PipePatrol
E-RTTM Leak Localization Principle
●Providing Accuracy
● Simultaneous calculation of leak
position with three different methods
● Gradient Intersection
● Time-of-Flight
● Extended Time-of-Flight

● Main advantages
● Combines strengths, avoids
weaknesses
● Provides excellent overall
accuracy

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Citect PipePatrol
E-RTTM LDS Principle
● Gradient Intersection Method
● RTTM technology: No need of p
additional pressure sensors p0

● Pros
● Good accuracy during stationary
conditions pL

● Independent of leak characteristic

(spontaneous, creepy) 0 L x
xLeak

● Cons
● Accuracy based on whole pipeline
length L
● Poor accuracy during transient
conditions
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Citect PipePatrol
E-RTTM LDS Principle

● Time-of-Flight-Method
● RTTM technology reduces t p0 pL
influences of transients
significantly
∆t
● Pros
● Good accuracy during
stationary and transient
conditions for appropriate leak tLeak
characteristics
0 xLeak L x
● Cons
● Accuracy based on whole
pipeline length L
● Not applicable for small and/or
creeping leaks
● Requires fast sampling
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Citect PipePatrol
E-RTTM LDS Principle

● Extended Time-of-Flight-Method
● RTTM-based technology with t p0 p1 p2 pL
additional pressure sensors

● Pros t0
● Accuracy based on reduced t1
segment length ∆xi t2
tL

● Significantly improves accuracy tLeak

versus simple Time-of-Flight 0 x1 xLeak x2 L x
● Suitable for small leaks

● Cons
● Not applicable for creeping leaks
● Requires fast sampling

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E-RTTM performance
Leak Detection and Localization
●Liquid Pipeline
● Smallest detectable leak flow typically ≤ 0.5%
● Fast leak detection typically ≤ 3min
●Metering consideration
● Accurate leak localization
●Typical accuracy ≤ ±1% of segment length
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●Gas Pipeline
● Smallest detectable leak rate between 1.0% - 2.0 %
● Detection time typically ≤ 15 minutes
●Length, volume and metering consideration
● Accurate leak localization
●Typical accuracy ≤ ±2.0% of segment length

●False Alarm Rate < 2 per year

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Citect PipePatrol
Pipeline Management System (PMS)
●E-RTTM Virtual Pipeline
● Real- time line packing
Online Simulation
& Visualization

Instrument
Operator training
Analysis

Throughput Leak Monitoring

Optimization Detection/Localization

Energy/Efficiency E-RTTM
Virtual Pipeline Batch Tracking
Monitoring

Maintenance Pig Tracking

-on-demand

Pipeline Slack Line

Scheduling Monitoring
Look Ahead &
Scenario Analysis
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Block Diagram – Virtual Pipeline
Look Ahead & Scenario Analysis

F F

Virtual Pipeline
Profiles

PLC/RTU/VCitect SCADA

Rapid RTTM
Leak Monitoring
Prediction Profiles Signature Analysis
Diagnostics

VCitect Pipepatrol
Pipeline Management System

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Murphy Oil Malaysia
Typical Application

● Product Leak Detection and Location

● Dehydrated Gas
Look Ahead & Scenario Analysis
● Pipeline
● Length 138 km
● Depth 1350m
● Sub sea
● On demand gas re-injection into reservoir
● Instrumentation
● Inlet and outlet flow (turbine)
● Inlet and outlet pressure
● Inlet and outlet product temperature
● Flow
● Design flow 5.66 MMSCMD
● Design pressure 357 bar
● Always transient

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Murphy Oil Malaysia
Typical Application

Application Note Gas 35 35

 Citect PipePatrol PMS
● A brief history overview
● Many references

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 Q&A
Thank You !

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Make the most of your energy

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