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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2017
Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
ExxonMobile Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system for monitoring a line comprising a line, such as a mooring line, umbilical, pipeline, or riser. connected to an offshore structure including a control processor located on the offshore structure, a wireless network comprising a plurality of communication nodes positioned along the line, and a plurality of measurement devices embedded within the communication nodes. When the line is being monitored, the output of each of the measurement devices is in continuous wireless communication with the wireless network via at least one of the communication nodes positioned along the line and the wireless network is in continuous communication with the control processor.