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    Seeking resources about crude oil flow in pipelines

    BigInch: The issue with that approach in the troublesome pipelines is that the flow trickles down to a crawl in between shipments, but it doesn't stop. I'll have to go back and look for any large gaps between shipments where the flow might come close enough to zero to be called "stopped", but I...
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    Seeking resources about crude oil flow in pipelines

    bimr: Thanks for the link, I'll spend some time with that! LittleInch: Sorry if I miscommunicated. The leak detection system we have works for "packed" lines, but does not currently work for lines that aren't "packed". What I'm trying to do is to predict how long it takes for a shipment to...
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    Seeking resources about crude oil flow in pipelines

    Hello! I've inherited a project where I have to modify an existing leak detection system for a crude oil pipeline. It's a Volume Balance system (if volume departing a site is different from the volume arriving at the destination, then the difference is seen as a leak). The problem is, the system...

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