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The LineGuard 2200
Electronic Linebreak Detection System is a self-contained pipeline
monitoring and linebreak detection device intended to be installed
at a pipeline valve site and is designated to provide data
acquisition and supervisory control (both locally and remotely
through telemetry/SCADA) of a single valve actuator. The LineGuard
2200 guards your pipeline in three ways - rate of pressure drop
(ROD), low pressure protection and high pressure protection.
Further it records data for future analysis.
The LineGuard 2200
samples pressure and calculates a rate of pressure drop from the
pressure samples. The LineGuard 2200 samples readings taken every
second and calculates the average pressure. The number of pressure
samples, or averaging rate, contained in the moving pressure
average can be configured from one to 12 readings and defines the
window used to filter instantaneous variations of the analog
readings.
The LineGuard
continuously monitors pipeline pressure and detects static
pressure conditions and ROD conditions. These configurable
conditions are classified as "major" or "minor" events. The
LineGuard keeps a log of pressure and ROD at regular configurable
intervals when these events are detected. It initiates a valve
closure when a major event persists for a predetermined length of
time, exceeding the "event duration" set point. The valve closure
may be selectively disabled depending on the source of the major
event. A date and time stamped "event" and "alarm" log is also
kept in memory.
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