Dual threshold setting in CPM (Computational Pipeline Monitoring) systems is a concept to apply two kind of thresholds, namely steady state threshold and transient threshold setting to improve sensitivity during steady state operating period and reduce false alarm rate during transient operating period. Dual threshold implementation in CPM systems is not a trivial task since a real time pipeline may go through very complicated hydraulic scenarios. During design phase of dual threshold, the data set evaluated needs to cover on operational scenario long enough to represent the typical operation of the pipeline. The design process needs to include the design of transient/steady state switching, transient and steady state threshold, waiting time etc and tuning of those design parameter to achieve the optima. This calls for effective analysis to ensure its validity and a tuning tool development with user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI) to facilitate the tuning efforts from leak detection engineers.
This paper details the process from dual threshold design and analysis to tuning tool development and application of the tool in real time CPM systems. At first, the concept of dual threshold and its design process being employed in CPM systems are reviewed; Secondly the paper discusses an analysis approach in testing and evaluation of dual threshold design in current CPM systems with identification of room for improvement. Next, the paper elaborates the design and development of a dual threshold tuning tool to simplify the process with intensive application of the tool during the threshold tuning of real time CPM systems to improve the detectability of the current leak detection system, finally concludes with some closing remarks.
