Automated monitoring system for asphaltene-resin-paraffin deposits in main oil pipelines

摘要

When operating oil pipelines, there is an issue of paraffin, resin and salt deposits on the pipeline walls that come with the oil stream. It ultimately results in frequent transportation suspension to clean or even replace pipes and other equipment, thus shortening operation periods between repairs, creating emergency situations and increasing production expenses, badly affect environment, damaging ecology and spoil underground water, kill animals, birds etc. Oil spills contaminate rivers, lakes, and ground waters. oil transportation monitoring issues are still subject for further studying. Thus, there is the need to invent radically new automated process control and management system, together with measurement means intellectualization. This paper describes a new method for monitoring oil pipelines, as well as highly efficient and automated paraffin deposit monitoring method.