Remote monitoring system for pipeline integrity
This company is partnering with Axess-Corrosion, a U.K. provider of corrosion monitoring sensors, in integrating its Ranger cellular transmitter in a new pipeline-corrosion monitoring system. The new pipeline-corrosion monitoring system from Axess-Corrosion (photo) combines the Ranger internet of things (IoT) transmitter with a sacrificial sensing probe to provide data and alarms on pipeline corrosion levels. In operation, the probe, which is inserted into the pipe, is equipped with a depleting “sacrificial” membrane and can detect corrosion or erosion of the membrane as finite as 0.0001 in. By measuring depletion rate, the probe provides feedback on the predicted rate of corrosion on the pipeline wall. Utilizing the latest cellular LTE CAT M1 with MQTT/SparkPlugB technology for remote locations, the battery-powered Ranger cellular transmitter powers the corrosion sensors, then gathers and transmits data from the sacrificial probe to the cloud for remote monitoring control, and alarm from any web browser including mobile devices. By publishing over cellular networks using MQTT and TLS security, the Ranger IoT cellular transmitter is isolated from local area networks to offer a more secure connection, the company says. — SignalFire Wireless Telemetry, Marlborough, Mass.