Preliminary measurement and analysis of microwave transmission attenuation in small gas pipeline

• Published in: 2017 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics (ICM) pp. 342 - 347
• Main Authors: Wen Zhao, Kamezaki, Mitsuhiro, Yoshida, Kento, Sugano, Shigeki, Konno, Minoru, Toriumi, Ryoichi
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.02.2017
• Subjects: 2.4GHz/5.8GHz; gas pipeline; Inspection; Loss measurement; Microwave communication; Microwave measurement; Pipelines; Propagation losses; RSSI (received signal strength indication); transmission loss; Transmitters

The gas pipelines need to be inspected in the case of existence of pipeline's inner problems. Usually, inspection for leakage of gas pipeline has been carried out by wired probes or wired robots equipped with a CCD camera. However, the above inspection approaches are restricted by the cable in...