A Novel Fiber Optic Based Surveillance System for Prevention of Pipeline Integrity Threats

This paper presents a novel surveillance system aimed at the detection and classification of threats in the vicinity of a long gas pipeline. The sensing system is based on phase-sensitive optical time domain reflectometry (ϕ-OTDR) technology for signal acquisition and pattern recognition strategies...

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Main Authors: Javier Tejedor, Javier Macias-Guarasa, Hugo F. Martins, Daniel Piote, Juan Pastor-Graells, Sonia Martin-Lopez, Pedro Corredera, Miguel Gonzalez-Herraez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-02-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/2/355