Pipeline Safety for Colombia:

FlexSILon PMC
FLOWorX RDS

Pipeline Safety in 20 minutes

HIMA commitment to critical applications and their customers

Pipeline protection - Safety Concept FlexSILon PMC

FLOWorX Leak detection and pipeline management tool
FLOWorX RDS Liquid pipeline rupture detector

For:

Presented by:
Robert Hulk
r.hulak@hima.com

HIMA commitment to critical applications

and their customers

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More than 25,000 systems installed, 103 years of history

Countries with group

companies and offices
Countries with experienced
representatives (agents)

Customers

AFC
Agip
Air Liquide
Aventis
BASF
Bayer
Borealis
BP
Celanese
Chevron
Clariant
DOW
DSM
ENI
E.ON
Ecopetrol

ExxonMobil
Hoffmann-La Roche
HOLBORN
Huntsman
INEOS
KOC
LANXESS
LyondellBasell
MAN Turbo
Mauell
MERCK
MiRO
Momentive
Perfomance
Materials
OMV

PDO
Pemex
PETRONAS
QP
RWE
SABIC
Sanofi-Aventis
SASOL
Shell
Statoil
Thai Petrochemical
TOTAL
TIGF
UNICAL
Vinnolit
Yara

HIMA in Pipelines

Shell Connect project (Germany)

Cepro (Czech rep.) countrywide network over 1000 km.
Over 150 block valves (pipeline segments)
Slovnaft (Slovakia) - Refinery-port pipeline
Slovnaft (Slovakia) - 380 km multiproduct pipeline
Marsori (Mexico)
Botas (Turkey)
LukOil / Delta (Iraq)
Performance during transient conditions tested by TUV
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Shell AG, Germany

Interconnection of SHELL Godorf and SHELL Wesseling refineries
4x DN300 in the concrete protector
Two tunnels 15m under Rhein river (lengths 1300m and 1200m)
Total length ~3800m
Transported products:

Gasoil
Hydrowax (~90C)
Butan
Mogas

HIMA Pipeline Safety and Control

FlexSILon PMC concept

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Pipeline safety concept to maximize operators long

term profit

Pipeline operators interests:

Maximize utilization of the pipeline

Uninterrupted operation

No incidents

Minimize consequence if something bad happens

Recognize fast, no mistakes

Minimize the spill

What is the cost of incident which leads to negative

publicity or even deaths of people ?

FlexSILon PMC
Pipeline Management & Control

Control

ESD

LDS
(FLOWorX)

SCADA

Telecom

Operation
and
management
(FLOWorX)

FLOWorX Leak Detection System

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What is FLOWorX ?
Leak Detection and Location System
Pipeline Operation and Management Tool
Parcel Tracking
Pig Tracking

Leak detection during transient

conditions

Parcel Scheduler
Archiving and Analysis
Compliant to API 1130
Developed and supported by HIMA

Comprehensive leak detection

Leak type
Burst

Growing

Seepage

Shut off
Steady
Transient
pumping

Operation Mode

EPW
PDM

PDM

PDM

EPW
VBL

VBL

VBLA
EPW

VBLA

Volume
Balance

VBLA
VBLR
PDMA
PDMR

Pressurewave

EPW

FLOWorX Pipeline Leak Detection System principle

LEAK

ALARM

Leak Detection & Location

FLOWorX extensively tested product

Over 200 real field tests
Leak size from 300 liters down to 15 liters
Leak duration between 20s to 10min

All condition tests static, steady state, transient

Precise leak location, integrated

with GIS

Successfully tested by TUV in Germany

HIMA in pipeline leak detection

High quality leak detection and leak location
Eliminates problems with existing leak
detection system
Many false alarms
Failed to recognize the leak, low sensitivity
Failed to locate the leak

MAOP and slack line detection

Temperature profile calculation

High maintenance cost

Analysis of existing system and

improvement suggestion

System proof and Try before you buy

model
Off-line test
On-line test

FLOWorX RDS - Fastest and autonomous

pipeline protection

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Pipelines most economical (and safest?) means of

transport

Potential threats

Material defect

Land slides

Third party actions

Uninteded

Intended

Pipeline rupture and prerequisites for the detection

Pipeline rupture is sudden and dramatic release of the product from

the pipeline due to significant loss of pipeline integrity (For example
release of 30% of actual flow rate)
Event causing the rupture may affect auxiliary installations like:
telecom system, control system, leak detection system
Pipeline rupture is dramatic event where the speed of the reaction is
vital
Its purpose is not to detect small pipeline leaks
When can it be done ?
Pipeline is fully packed (no slack line)

Each pipeline is unique ! So must be a solution !

How to detect rupture

Before the rupture

Rupture is sudden event

300
p (sim)
Q (sim)

Hydraulic events propagates at the

speed of sound (1.2 km / sec) the
whole process is fast
RD detects the sudden flow increase
and pressure decrease due to the
rupture.

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10,000

20,000

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50,000

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Automatic valve closure will isolate

damaged segment
The size of the rupture that can be
detect is affected by:
Typical operating procedures, RD
location,

HIMA Rupture Detector

Implemented based on extensive knowhow on pressure wave leak detection

method

Operates on stand alone mode (no

communication ! ), pair mode or
centralized modes
Unique algorithm based on local
measurement of pressure and flow

FT

PT

PT

flow direction

Powerful HIMA SIL3 HW platform HIMax

enables safety application
Fast IO scan
Processing power

Protected against modifications (cyber

security)
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Successful filed test of rupture detector

Test on Cepro pipeline network

Pipeline segment 76km, 8 inch
Only local measurement, no communication to the
central station
Four ruptures tested
Total volume of leaked product before block valve
command initiated was 600 litres (average 150
liters)
Data was measured by HIMAX device, also
algorithm of RPD was running in the same device.

Process data whole day

pump stations

Process data RPD location

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Functional safety in pipeline segmentation

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Safety related implications of RDS

Segmentation project for functional risk reduction

Responsibility always stays with OPERATOR
FS project is successful, if OPERATOR risk is reduced to
tolerable level
What is a TOLERABLE RISK? (how many undetected or
incorrectly handled ruptures per year are acceptable? )

Example of safety function: Automatically close the

valve if the downstream pipeline is seriously damaged

Probability that rupture detector system doesnt provide

pipeline protection
PFD of the safety loop is the sum of the PFD of all elements:
1. Instrumentation
2. Logic solver
FT

3. Valve and actuator

PT

PT

flow direction

4. Ability of the algorithm/system to detect the dangerous

situation
1..1
1..2

1..1

1..1

1..1

Pressure
transmitter

Stand alone

In pair mode

What is the probability of comms. failure

Flow
transmitter

Logic
solver

Algorithm

Valve and
actuator

Pressure
transmitter

Why HIMA in pipelines

Extremely reliable business partner

World leading company in functional safety
Comprehensive portfolio of pipeline safety offering
Dedicated team of engineers and local partner

Proven solution for segmentation project for autonomous

operation with guaranteed performance
Solution will help User to react faster and locate incident
Satisfied customers on our reference list

Pipeline Control and

Management
from HIMA
Center of Excellence