Electricity: measuring and testing – Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components – For fault location
Patent
1998-01-16
2000-04-18
Do, Diep N.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components
For fault location
324326, 324559, 324 711, G01N 2782, G01N 2783, G01R 3302
Patent
active
060519770
ABSTRACT:
A coating fault locating technique transmits a base electric signal from a power source to a buried metal pipe. A location of a coating fault in the buried pipe is detected by detecting a gradient of a changing magnetic field between two points spaced along the buried pipe. The gradient is detected based upon the output differential of at least one pair of search coils. The gradient is caused by a leakage of current that occurs at the coating fault. In particular, the at least one pair of search coils are provided in a mobile unit that is located above ground. The at least one pair of search coils are spaced apart from one another and have their axes arranged so as to have a low sensitivity to a magnetic field generated by the base electric signal running through the buried pipe. The at least one pair of coils are spaced apart from each other such that a line drawn between midpoints of the search coils' axes crosses a plane normal to the axis of the buried pipe. For example, the at least one pair of search coils are spaced from each other horizontally, with each coil arranged with its axis extending in a vertical plane. The data detected by the search coils in the mobile unit can be transmitted to a GPS system, which then generates a map identifying the locations of any detected coating faults.
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Gotoh Shinji
Masuda Toshikazu
Osada Toshio
Do Diep N.
Kawasaki Steel Corporation
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