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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Dimitrios Chatzigeorgiou, Somerville, MA (US);
Samir Mekid, Dharhan, SA;
Rached Ben-Mansour, Dhahran, SA;
Atia Khalifa, Dhahran, SA;
Kamal Youcef-Toumi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
Leak detection apparatus for deployment in a pipe. The apparatus includes a carrier disposed for motion along the pipe and a detector connected to move with the carrier in an axial direction. The detector comprises a drum mounted for rotation about pitch and yaw axes. A flexible material is mounted on, and extends from, the drum and at least two sensors responsive to drum rotation are provided. The flexible material will be drawn into contact with a wall of the pipe at a leak location, thereby producing a torque on the drum, causing the drum to rotate, and the at least two sensors to generate signals from which leak location is determined.