MONITORING DEVICE FOR THE CONTINUOUS DETECTION OF FAULTS IN A PIPING SECTION AND MONITORING SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH AT LEAST TWO MONITORING DEVICES

摘要

The present invention relates to a monitoring device for the continuous detection of faults in a pipe section as well as to a monitoring system comprising at least two monitoring devices, according to the invention, the monitoring device comprises: injection means capable of generating an electric current at the level of a first section end of the pipe, - at least one draw-off station at the level of the second section end of the pipe, allowing the discharge of the current injected via a grounding, - a control box with means for measuring at least one component of the current received by the withdrawal station and analysis means for detecting, from the measurements obtained by the measuring means, a variation of the component received corresponding to a type of fault in the pipe.