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A MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WELLSITE
EQUIPMENT
FIELD
[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of fault monitoring for
wellsite equipment.
Specifically, the present disclosure relates to a monitoring system and method
for wellsite
equipment, used for monitoring abnormities in the monitoring area of wellsite
equipment.
BACKGROUND
[0002] During the wellsite operation, in order to ensure safe operations of
wellsite equipment
used in fracturing construction process, it is necessary to arrange designated
inspectors to
conduct patrol inspections for wellsite equipment as well as pipelines in an
operating wellsite
so as to detect abnormities or dangers such as abnormities of wellsite
equipment and shake or
piercing of manifold in time. In some wellsite, the abnormities of wellsite
equipment may
likely lead to relatively serious safety accidents, thereby posing great risk
to safety of the
inspectors.
[0003] In order to reduce dangers encountered by the inspectors during
equipment patrol
inspections, video monitoring technology has been gradually applied to monitor
abnormities
of wellsite equipment. Video monitoring for key components and lines including
fracturing
equipment, wellheads, manifolds or engines, gearboxes, motors, transformers,
frequency
converters, and power supply cables can be carried out by installing an
appropriate number of
camera systems at proper locations in the wellsite. The video signals
generated during this
process can, for example, be transmitted to instrumentation or a monitoring
room, such that
the inspector can conduct real-time patrol inspections for important
equipment, important
areas or key components of the wellsite via the instrumentation or in the
monitoring room.
[0004] However, the foregoing video monitoring system relies heavily on the
inspector with
his/her experience to monitor and detect abnormities or malfunctions of the
equipment.
Meanwhile, since that there might be too many screens to monitor, the
inspector may miss
some abnormities or misjudge fault types.
SUMMARY
[0005] The objective of the present disclosure is to provide a monitoring
system and method
for wellsite equipment which can perform intelligent monitor malfunctions of
wellsite
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equipment efficiently with reducing labor costs at the same time.
[0006] According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is
provided a monitoring
system for wellsite equipment, used for monitoring abnormities in a monitoring
area of
wellsite equipment, comprising:
a dynamic capturing module comprising a video acquisition unit and a dynamic
analysis unit, wherein, the video acquisition unit acquires video signals in
the monitoring area
of wellsite equipment, and the dynamic analysis unit analyzes and determines
whether there is
abnormal dynamic activity in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment based
on acquired
video signals;
a temperature detection module comprising a temperature acquisition unit and a
temperature analysis unit, wherein the temperature acquisition unit acquires
temperature
distribution in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment, and the temperature
analysis unit
analyzes and obtains temperature information in the monitoring area of
wellsite equipment
based on acquired temperature distribution, and determines whether there is
temperature
anomaly in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment based on the temperature
information;
wherein the temperature information includes a highest temperature and/or a
lowest
temperature and/or an average temperature, as well as specific positions in
the monitoring
area of wellsite equipment corresponding to the highest temperature and/or the
lowest
temperature; and
an information processing module configured to determine fault type in the
monitoring area of wellsite equipment based on considering the conclusion of
the abnormal
dynamic activity from the dynamic capturing module and the conclusion of the
temperature
anomaly from the temperature detection module separately or both and output
corresponding
signals.
[0007] Optionally, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, with respect
to the
dynamic capturing module, the dynamic analysis unit calculates pixels of
currently acquired
video signal and determines there is abnormal dynamic activity when the pixels
of the
currently acquired video signal exceed a preset threshold of pixel.
[0008] Optionally, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the preset
threshold of
pixel is determined with reference to video pixels in the monitoring area of
wellsite
equipment under normal operations.
[0009] Optionally, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the dynamic
capturing
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module further comprises a video signal repository, in which the video signals
acquired by the
video acquisition unit are stored.
[0010] Optionally, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the dynamic
analysis unit
is configured to compare currently acquired video signal with that acquired at
a previous time
point or at several previous time points, and then analyze a pixel change of
the video signal at
corresponding position, and determines there is abnormal dynamic activity at
the
corresponding position when the pixel change at the corresponding position
exceeds a preset
threshold of pixel deviation.
[0011] Optionally, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, in the
temperature
detection module, the temperature analysis unit is configured to determine
there is
temperature anomaly in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment as well as
corresponding
specific position where the anomaly occurs when the highest temperature and/or
the lowest
temperature and/or the average temperature exceed a preset corresponding
threshold of
temperature.
[0012] Optionally, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the
corresponding
threshold of temperature is determined with reference to corresponding
temperature and
ambient temperature in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment under normal
operations.
[0013] Optionally, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the
temperature detection
module further comprises a temperature information repository, in which the
temperature
information analyzed by the temperature analysis unit is stored.
[0014] Optionally, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the
temperature analysis
unit compares currently acquired highest temperature and/or lowest temperature
and/or
average temperature with that acquired at a previous time point or at several
previous time
points stored in the temperature information repository, and determines the
temperature
anomaly in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment when a corresponding
temperature
difference exceeds a preset threshold of temperature deviation.
[0015] Optionally, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the
information processing
module further takes a relationship between a specific position of the
abnormal dynamic
activity and that of the temperature anomaly into consideration so as to
determine the fault
type.
[0016] Optionally, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the
monitoring system for
wellsite equipment further comprises an alarm module configured to sound an
alarm once the
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information processing module determines the fault type in the monitoring area
of wellsite
equipment.
[0017] Optionally, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the
monitoring system for
wellsite equipment further comprises a display unit configured to display the
acquired video
signals and the temperature distribution.
[0018] According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, there is
further provided a
monitoring method for wellsite equipment, used for monitoring abnormities in
the monitoring
area of wellsite equipment, the monitoring method includes the following
steps:
acquiring video signals in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment;
analyzing and determines whether there is abnormal activity in the monitoring
area of
wellsite equipment based on acquired video signals;
acquiring temperature distribution in the monitoring area of wellsite
equipment;
analyzing and obtaining temperature information in the monitoring area of
wellsite
equipment based on acquired temperature distribution, wherein, the temperature
information
includes a highest temperature and/or a lowest temperature and/or an average
temperature, as
well as specific positions in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment
corresponding to the
highest temperature and/or the lowest temperature;
determining whether there is temperature anomaly in the monitoring area of
wellsite
equipment; and
taking both the conclusion of the abnormal dynamic activity and the conclusion
of the
temperature anomaly into consideration, and determining fault type in the
monitoring area of
wellsite equipment.
[0019] Optionally, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, when
determining the
abnormal dynamic activity, calculating pixels of currently acquired video
signal, determining
there is abnormal dynamic activity when the pixels of the currently acquired
video signal
exceed a preset threshold of pixel.
[0020] Optionally, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the preset
threshold of
pixel is determined with reference to video pixels in the monitoring area of
wellsite
equipment under normal operations.
[0021] Optionally, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the method
further
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including when determining the abnormal activity, comparing currently acquired
video signal
with that acquired at a previous time point or at several previous time
points, then analyzing
pixel change of the video signal at the corresponding position, and
determining there is
abnormal dynamic activity at the corresponding position when the pixel change
at the
corresponding position exceeds a preset threshold of pixel deviation.
[0022] Optionally, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, when
determining the
temperature anomaly, determining there is temperature anomaly in the
monitoring area of
wellsite equipment as well as its corresponding specific position when the
highest temperature
and/or the lowest temperature and/or the average temperature exceed a preset
corresponding
threshold of temperature.
[0023] Optionally, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the
corresponding
threshold of temperature is determined with reference to corresponding
temperature and
ambient temperature in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment under normal
operation.
[0024] Optionally, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the method
further
including when determining the temperature anomaly, comparing currently
acquired highest
temperature and/or lowest temperature and/or average temperature with that
acquired at a
previous time point or at several previous time points, and determining the
temperature
anomaly in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment when a corresponding
temperature
difference exceeds a preset threshold of temperature deviation.
[0025] Optionally, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, a
relationship between
specific position of the abnormal dynamic activity and that of the temperature
anomaly is also
considered to determine the fault type.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0026] In order to better understand the above and other objectives, features
and advantages
of the present disclosure, preferred embodiments as shown in the accompanied
drawings are
provided. Throughout the drawings, the same or similar reference signs refer
to the same or
similar elements. It would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the
drawings are
provided to illustrate the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure,
without suggesting
any limitation to the scope of the present disclosure.
[0027] Fig.1 exemplarily shows the structural modules of monitoring system for
wellsite
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equipment disclosed in the present disclosure.
[0028] Fig. 2 exemplarily shows a flow chart of steps of the monitoring method
for wellsite
equipment disclosed in the present disclosure.
.. Reference signs
monitoring system for wellsite equipment 100
dynamic capturing module 10
video acquisition unit 11
dynamic analysis unit 12
video signal repository 13
temperature detection module 20
temperature acquisition unit 21
temperature analysis unit 22
temperature information repository 23
information processing module 30
alarm module 40
display unit 50
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
[0029] Reference will now be made to the drawings to describe in detail the
embodiments of
the present disclosure. The description here is only about preferred
embodiments of the
present disclosure, and those skilled in the art would envision, based on the
preferred
embodiments described herein, other manners that can implement the present
disclosure,
which also fall into the scope of the present disclosure.
[0030] Referring to Fig.1, a monitoring system 100 for wellsite equipment
according to the
present disclosure is exemplarily shown herein. It can be seen from Fig.1 that
the monitoring
system 100 for wellsite equipment may comprise: a dynamic capturing module 10
for
capturing whether there is abnormal dynamic activity in the monitoring area of
wellsite
equipment via video information, a temperature detection module 20 for
monitoring whether
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there is temperature abnormity through detecting temperature distribution in
the monitoring
area of wellsite equipment and an information processing module 30 for
determining the fault
type of the abnormity in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment through
combining the
output information of both the dynamic capturing module and the temperature
detection
module.
[0031] Within the scope of the present disclosure, the dynamic capturing
module 10 may
include a video acquisition unit 11 for acquiring video signals of the
monitoring area of
wellsite equipment and a dynamic analysis unit 12 for analyzing the acquired
video signals.
Specifically, the motion analysis unit 12 analyzes characteristic such as
pixel of current video
signal acquired by the video acquisition unit, for example, when the pixels of
the current
video signal exceed a preset threshold of pixel (of course, other analysis
methods may also be
adopted), it is determined that there is abnormal dynamic activity currently
in the monitoring
area of wellsite equipment.
[0032] In addition, the temperature detection module 20 may comprise a
temperature
acquisition unit 21 for acquiring temperature distribution of the monitoring
area of wellsite
equipment according to thermal imaging principle; and a temperature analysis
unit 22 for
obtaining the temperature information of the monitoring area of wellsite
equipment based on
the temperature distribution acquired by the temperature acquisition unit 21,
thus further
determining whether there is temperature anomaly based on the temperature
information.
Herein, the temperature information includes a highest temperature and/or a
lowest
temperature and/or an average temperature, as well as specific locations
corresponding to the
highest temperature and/or the lowest temperature in the monitoring area of
wellsite
equipment. Within the scope of the present disclosure, the temperature
acquisition unit 21
uses thermal imaging principle or in other words, infrared probes and other
equipment to
acquire infrared radiation energy of measured object. In principle, there is a
corresponding
relationship between radiation energy and temperature, so that the difference
between infrared
radiation energy can be displayed by different gray levels via correlative
algorithm, thus
further the temperature distribution of the measured object can be displayed
on the graph. On
this basis, the temperature analysis unit 22 can analyze the currently
acquired highest
temperature and/or lowest temperature and/or average temperature of the
monitoring area of
wellsite equipment and, for example, the positions corresponding to the
highest temperature
and/or lowest temperature, thus further determining whether there is
temperature anomaly
currently in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment. Specifically, when the
highest
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temperature and/or lowest temperature and/or average temperature exceed a
preset
corresponding temperature threshold (i.e. the current highest temperature
exceeds the
temperature threshold corresponding to the highest temperature, and/or the
current lowest
temperature exceeds the temperature threshold corresponding to the lowest
temperature,
and/or the current average temperature exceeds the temperature threshold
corresponding to
the average temperature), the temperature analysis unit 22 can determine there
is temperature
anomaly in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment as well as the specific
positions
corresponding to the temperature anomaly.
[0033] The information processing module 30 is configured to analyze and
determine the
abnormity, more exactly the fault type in the monitoring area of wellsite
equipment, based on
combining the conclusion of whether there is abnormal dynamic activity
determined by the
dynamic capturing module 10 and the conclusion of whether there is temperature
anomaly
analyzed and determined by the temperature detection module 20 in the
monitoring area of
wellsite equipment.
[0034] Within the scope of the present disclosure, the preset pixel threshold
is determined
with reference to video pixels in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment
under normal
operations. Similarly, the corresponding preset threshold of temperature is
determined with
reference to corresponding temperature and ambient temperature in the
monitoring area of
wellsite equipment under normal operations.
[0035] Within the scope of the present disclosure, the analysis and judgment
by the
information processing module 30 on the fault type specifically refers to that
the information
processing module 30 determines the fault type in the monitoring area of
wellsite equipment
according to different information respectively output by the dynamic
capturing module 10
and the temperature detection module 20. Herein, in other words, when the
dynamic capturing
module 10 determines that there is no abnormal dynamic activity in the
monitoring area of
wellsite equipment while the temperature detection module 20 determines that
there is
temperature anomaly in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment, the
information processing
module 30 may, for example, form a judgment that there may be operating
temperature
abnormity on some equipment in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment; when
the
dynamic capturing module 10 determines that there is abnormal dynamic activity
in the
monitoring area of wellsite equipment while the temperature detection module
20 determines
that there is no temperature anomaly in the monitoring area of wellsite
equipment, the
information processing module 30 may, for example, form a judgment that faults
such as
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abnormal vibrations may occur on some equipment in the monitoring area of
wellsite
equipment; and in addition, when the dynamic capturing module 10 determines
that there is
abnormal dynamic activity in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment and the
temperature
detection module 20 determines that there is also temperature anomaly in the
monitoring area
of wellsite equipment, the information processing module 30 may, for example,
form a
judgment that the monitoring area of wellsite equipment may have been broken
into or
malfunctions such as piercing may occur to the pipeline of wellsite equipment.
Of course, in
some other embodiments of the present disclosure, the information processing
module 30 can
also separately determine the fault type in the monitoring area of wellsite
equipment based on
different information output by the motion capturing module 10 and the
temperature detection
module 20 respectively. In other words, the information processing module 30
can determine
the fault type in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment according to the
abnormal dynamic
activity output by the dynamic capturing module 10 or according to the
temperature anomaly
information output by the temperature detection module 20, as long as one of
the two is
sufficient to identify the fault type.
[0036] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the dynamic capturing
module 10 may
further comprise, for example, a video signal repository 13, which is
configured to store a
series (i.e., in time series) of video signals acquired by the video
acquisition unit 11 of the
dynamic capturing module 10. In this case, the dynamic analysis unit 12
compares the current
video signal acquired by the video acquisition unit 11 in the monitoring area
of wellsite
equipment with that of a previous time point or several time points stored in
the video signal
repository 13, so as to determine whether there is abnormal activity in the
monitoring area of
wellsite equipment. For example, the dynamic analysis unit 12 can compare the
currently
acquired video signal with that of a previous time point or several previous
time points, and
analyze pixel change of the video signal at corresponding position, thus
further determining
abnormal dynamic activity occurs at the corresponding position when the pixel
change at the
corresponding position exceeds a preset threshold of pixel deviation. In other
words, the
dynamic analysis unit 12 can determine the specific position where abnormal
activity occurs
according to the position where the pixel of which exceeds the pixel deviation
threshold.
[0037] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the temperature
detection module 20
may further comprise a temperature information repository 23, which is
configured to store
temperature information in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment at a
previous time point
or previous time points calculated or analyzed by the temperature analysis
unit 22 (i.e. the
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highest temperature and/or the lowest temperature and/or the average
temperature with their
corresponding specific positions). The temperature analysis unit 22 is
configured to obtain
current highest temperature and/or lowest temperature and/or average
temperature through
calculating current temperature distribution in the monitoring area of
wellsite equipment
acquired by the temperature acquisition unit 21, and compare it with
corresponding
temperature information at a previous time point or several previous time
points stored in the
temperature information repository 23. Specifically, for example, when
temperature difference
between the current highest temperature and/or lowest temperature and/or
average
temperature and that of a previous time point or several time points exceeds a
preset
temperature deviation threshold, the temperature analysis unit 22 determines
there is
temperature anomaly in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment. Of course,
when analyzing
the highest temperature and/or the lowest temperature, the temperature
distribution acquired
by the temperature acquisition unit 21 can also be combined to determine the
specific position
where the temperature anomaly occurs.
[0038] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the information
processing module 30
also takes the relationship between the specific position of the abnormal
dynamic activity and
that of the temperature anomaly into consideration to determine the fault
type. That is, for
example, when the specific position of the abnormal activity coincides with
the specific
position of the temperature anomaly, the information processing module 30 may
determine
that piercing at pipelines or manifolds of the equipment occurs or someone
breaks into; when
there is no coincidence, abnormal vibrations of the equipment may occur and
someone breaks
into synchronously.
[0039] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the monitoring system
100 for wellsite
equipment may further comprise an alarm module 40, which is configured to
sound an alarm
once the information processing module 30 determines the fault type existed
the monitoring
area of wellsite equipment. In addition, the monitoring system 100 for
wellsite equipment
further comprises a display unit 50, which is configured to display the
acquired video signals
as well as the temperature distribution.
[0040] The present disclosure further relates to a monitoring method for
wellsite equipment,
used for monitoring abnormities in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment,
including the
following steps:
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S2: Analyzing and determining whether there is abnormal activity in the
monitoring area of
wellsite equipment based on the acquired video signals;
Specifically, through analyzing characteristics such as pixels of the
currently acquired video
signal, for example, when the pixels of the current video signal exceed the
preset threshold of
pixel (of course, other analysis methods can also be adopted), it can be
determined that there
is abnormal dynamic activity in the monitoring area of the wellsite equipment.
S3: Acquiring the temperature distribution in the monitoring area of wellsite
equipment;
S4: Analyzing and obtaining the temperature information in the monitoring area
of wellsite
equipment based on the acquired temperature distribution, wherein, the
temperature
information includes the highest temperature and/or the lowest temperature
and/or the average
temperature, as well as the specific positions in the monitoring area of
wellsite equipment
corresponding to the highest temperature and/or the lowest temperature;
S5: Determining whether there is temperature anomaly in the monitoring area of
wellsite
equipment based on the temperature information;
Specifically, thermal imaging principle or in other words, infrared probes and
other equipment
are used to acquire the infrared radiation energy of the measured object. In
principle, there is a
corresponding relationship between radiation energy and temperature, so that
the difference
between infrared radiation energy herein can be displayed by different gray
levels through
correlative algorithm, and then the temperature distribution of the measured
object can be
.. displayed on the graph. On this basis, analyzing the acquired current
highest temperature
and/or lowest temperature and/or average temperature of the monitoring area of
wellsite
equipment and, for example, the positions corresponding to the highest
temperature and/or
lowest temperature, to determine whether there is temperature anomaly in the
monitoring area
of wellsite equipment currently. Specifically, for example, when the highest
temperature
and/or lowest temperature and/or average temperature exceed the preset
corresponding
temperature thresholds (i.e. the current highest temperature exceeds the
temperature threshold
corresponding to the highest temperature, and/or the current lowest
temperature exceeds the
temperature threshold corresponding to the lowest temperature, and/or the
current average
temperature exceeds the temperature threshold corresponding to the average
temperature), it
.. can be determined that there is temperature anomaly in the monitoring area
of the wellsite
equipment as well as the specific location where the temperature anomaly
occur.
S6: Considering the conclusion of the abnormal dynamic activity and that of
the temperature
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anomaly simultaneously, so as to determine the fault type in the monitoring
area of wellsite
equipment.
[0041] Within the scope of the present disclosure, the preset pixel threshold
is determined
with reference to the video pixels in the monitoring area of wellsite
equipment under normal
operations. Similarly, the corresponding preset threshold of temperature is
determined with
reference to corresponding temperature and ambient temperature in the
monitoring area of
wellsite equipment under normal operations.
[0042] Within the scope of the present disclosure, the analysis and judgment
on the fault type
specifically refers to determining the fault type in the monitoring area of
wellsite equipment
according to different information of the abnormal dynamic activity and the
temperature
anomaly information. Herein, in other words, when no abnormal dynamic activity
is
determined in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment while temperature
anomaly is
determined existing in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment, for example,
it can be
determined that there may be operating temperature abnormity on some equipment
in the
monitoring area of the wellsite equipment; when abnormal dynamic activity is
determined
existing in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment while no temperature
anomaly is
determined in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment, for example, it can
be determined
that faults such as abnormal vibrations may occur on some equipment in the
monitoring area
of wellsite equipment; and in addition, when there is both abnormal dynamic
activity and
temperature anomaly determined in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment,
for example, it
can be determined that piercing at pipelines or manifolds of the equipment is
occurring or
someone breaks into. Of course, in some other embodiments of the present
disclosure, it is
also feasible to determine the fault type separately in the monitoring area of
wellsite
equipment based on different information of the abnormal dynamic activity and
the
temperature anomaly respectively. In other words, it is feasible to determine
the fault type in
the monitoring area of wellsite equipment according to the abnormal dynamic
activity or
according to the temperature anomaly information, as long as one of the two is
sufficient to
determine the fault type.
[0043] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, when determining the
abnormal
dynamic activity, the currently acquired video signal can be compared with
that of a previous
time point or several previous time points, which is followed by analyzing the
pixel change of
the video signal at the corresponding position with further determining there
is abnormal
dynamic activity at the corresponding position when the pixel change at the
corresponding
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position exceeds the preset threshold of pixel deviation. That is, the
specific position where
the abnormal activity occurs can be determined according to the position where
the pixel of
which exceeds the pixel deviation threshold.
[0044] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, when determining the
temperature
anomaly, the currently acquired highest temperature and/or lowest temperature
and/or average
temperature is compared with that of a previous time point or several previous
time points, so
as to determine the temperature anomaly in the monitoring area of wellsite
equipment when
the difference between the corresponding temperatures exceeds the preset
threshold of
temperature deviation. Of course, when analyzing the highest temperature
and/or the lowest
temperature, the acquired temperature distribution can also be combined to
determine the
specific position where the temperature anomaly occurs.
[0045] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the relationship between
the specific
position of the abnormal dynamic activity and the specific position of the
temperature
anomaly is also taken into consideration to determine the fault type.
Specifically, for example,
when the specific position of the abnormal activity coincides with that of the
temperature
anomaly, it might be determined that piercing at pipelines or manifolds of the
equipment is
occurring or someone breaks into; when there is no coincidence, abnormal
vibrations of the
equipment may occur and someone breaks into synchronously.
[0046] The monitoring system and method for wellsite equipment disclosed in
the present
disclosure is able to carry out dynamic comparison and detection of wellsite
equipment, and
perform fault monitoring by combining thermal imaging with dynamic capturing
for certain
key parts (such as manifolds or engines prone to vibrations, etc.), and
furthermore,
automatically sound an alarm when a fault occurs. This monitoring method
reduces labor
costs of wellsite monitoring and time improves efficiency meanwhile.
[0047] The foregoing description on the various embodiments of the present
disclosure has
been presented to those skilled in the relevant fields for the purpose of
illustration, but is not
intended to be exhaustive or limited to a single embodiment disclosed herein.
As
aforementioned, many substitutions and variations will be apparent to those
skilled in the art.
Therefore, although some alternative embodiments have been described above,
those skilled
in the art can envision or develop other embodiments according to the present
disclosure. The
present disclosure is intended to cover all substitutions, modifications and
variations of the
embodiments described herein, as well as other embodiments falling into the
spirits and scope
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of the present disclosure.
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