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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2002
John P. Spoonhower, Webster, NY (US);
Gustavo R. Paz-pujalt, Rochester, NY (US);
Janet M. Sherin, Walworth, NY (US);
Martin G. Graen, Pittsford, NY (US);
Steven V. Stearns, Pittsford, NY (US);
John P. Spoonhower, Webster, NY (US);
Gustavo R. Paz-Pujalt, Rochester, NY (US);
Janet M. Sherin, Walworth, NY (US);
Martin G. Graen, Pittsford, NY (US);
Steven V. Stearns, Pittsford, NY (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method for detecting failures in a natural gas returning radiation from the pipeline; determining that there is a failure in the pipeline when the spectral or thermal signature indicates that there is a plume of escaping natural gas from the pipeline emitted from a failure; and indicating to a customer that a failure in the pipeline has been detected at a predetermined coordinate position.