Apparatus and method to locate an object in a pipeline

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G01S 1/76 (2006.01) F16L 55/26 (2006.01) F16L 55/48 (2006.01) F17D 5/00 (2006.01) F17D 5/06 (2006.01) G01H 5/00 (2006.01) G01S 1/80 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2728818

Apparatus for locating an object in a pipeline, comprising a transmitting station having means for transmitting in the pipeline acoustic emissions having a frequency in the range from 20 KHz to 200 KHz; a receiving station having a receiver capable of receiving the acoustic emissions transmitted by the transmitting station; one of the receiving station and the transmitting station being located at a known position on the pipeline and the other of the receiving station and the transmitting station being located on the object; and clock means to determine the time taken for the acoustic emissions to travel between the transmitting station and the receiving station.

La présente invention concerne un appareil pour localiser un objet dans un pipeline, comprenant une station émettrice comportant des moyens permettant de transmettre dans le pipeline des émissions acoustiques présentant une fréquence dans la plage de 20 KHz à 200 KHz ; une station réceptrice comportant un récepteur pouvant recevoir les émissions acoustiques transmises par la station émettrice, lune parmi la station réceptrice et la station émettrice étant située en une position connue sur le pipeline et lautre de la station réceptrice et de la station émettrice étant située sur lobjet ; et des moyens dhorloge pour déterminer le temps nécessaire pour que les émissions acoustiques se déplacent entre la station émettrice et la station réceptrice.

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