Characterization of a fiber-optic system for the distributed measurement of leakages in tanks and pipelines

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1283-1298

  Sensfelder, E ^a   Burck J ^a   Ache, H J ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical sensor; Distributed sensing; Evanescent wave; Fiber optics; Hydrocarbons; Optical time domain reflectometry; Pipelines

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; FLUORESCENCE; LASER PULSES; LEAK DETECTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PIPE; PLASTIC FILAMENTS; REFLECTOMETERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TANKS (CONTAINERS); THERMAL EFFECTS;

DISTRIBUTED LEAKAGE MEASUREMENT; EVANESCENT WAVES; OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (OTDR);

FIBER OPTIC CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0032183124     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/0003702981942799     Document Type: Article

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