Towards detection of pipeline integrity threats using a smart fiber optic surveillance system: PIT-STOP project blind field test results

25th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 2017, Jeju, Corea del Sur.
This paper presents the first report on on-line and final blind field test results of a pipeline integrity threat surveillance system. The system integrates a machine+activity identification mode, and a threat detection mode. Two different pipeline sections were selected for the blind tests: One close to the sensor position, and the other 35 km away from it. Results of the machine+activity identification mode showed that about 46% of the times the machine, the activity or both were correctly identified. For the threat detection mode, 8 out of 10 threats were correctly detected, with 1 false alarm.
European Commission
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
Comunidad de Madrid