SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING PIPE FAULTS BY TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY OF EMBEDDED RETURN CABLE

Description

TECHNIQUES FOR IMPLEMENTING AND / OR OPERATING A TEST SYSTEM INCLUDING A PIPE SEGMENT, WHICH INCLUDES PIPE HAVING AN INNER LAYER DEFINING A PIPE HOLE, WHERE AN INTERMEDIATE LAYER INCLUDES ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL IMPLEMENTED AROUND THE INNER LAYER AND AN OUTER LAYER IMPLEMENTED AROUND THE INTERMEDIATE LAYER, AND A RETURN CABLE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE PIPE.The test system includes a signal generator that supplies an electrical test signal to the electrically conductive material, a sensor electrically coupled to the return cable, in which the sensor determines a sensor signal indicative of an actual electrical return signal received from the return cable in response to supply the electrical test signal, and a control subsystem communicatively coupled to the signal generator and the sensor, in which the control subsystem determines an integrity status of a pipe in which the pipe segment is deployed based, at least in part, on the sensor signal.