AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR INSPECTION, MEASUREMENT AND OPERATION ALERTS AND RIGHTS OF WAY INTEGRITY MAINTENANCE

The present disclosure is related to the operation and maintenance of pipeline systems as well as the hydrocarbon or other valuable or hazardous fluids transporting pipeline integrity, inspection and diagnosis. The present invention basically consists of an original automated system configured with meters, sensors, actuators and transmitters to be fixed at strategic points of underground, submerged or superficial pipelines facilities in the rights of way, combined with mobile units equipped with electronic receivers, and auxiliary computer systems for diagnosis and documentation. The strategic points to be implemented in the rights of way of underground, submerged or superficial pipelines are potential duct-soil test stations, cathodic protection coupons, ammeters and voltmeters for cathodic protection rectifiers, and potentials in anodic beds test stations. The automated integral system also considers units with internal corrosion monitoring equipment of the pipelines located in supe rficial installations including corrosion inhibitor injectors, flow meters and corrosometers. The present invention has relevance and feasibility because is contextualized in the emergence of two recent technological advances without which the application would be onerous and impractical: The development of very low energy consumption transmitters to perform communications in wireless networks at commensurate distances adjacent to the rights of way, and the development of unmanned aerial vehicles allowing the expeditious capture of critical direct data from the rights of way. The present invention has utility mainly to alert about service failure of cathodic protection systems caused by rectifiers and anodic beds operational deficiencies; affectations to the cathodic protection by deficiencies in the administration of change in the rights of way for repairs, beltways, introduction of new pipelines, pipelines that become disused; damage by metallic elements connections to the pipelines ; pipeline ruptures associated with nature or third parties forces; presence of leaked fluid from the pipelines in the ground of the right of way; and coating failure in the pipelines. La presente invención hace énfasis en el campo técnico de la operación y mantenimiento de sistemas de ductos de transporte, y al campo técnico de la inspección y diagnóstico de la integridad de ductos de transporte de hidrocarburos y otros fluidos valiosos o peligrosos. La presente invención consiste básicamente e