Wireless Technologies for Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) in Petroleum Plants

Wireless devices and systems have been deployed in many communication sectors but have not yet been adequately adapted to harsh industrial environments. Cost effective, reliable and scalable wireless technologies have yet to be introduced in industrial plants, including petroleum plants. At this time, there are very few, if any, cost-effective Commercial-Off-The-Shelf COTS) radios available that can be used to provide reliable data links under the very harsh conditions encountered in petroleum environments. This paper presents a strategic approach to research wireless system technologies and their application to the oil and gas industry, specifically for asset integrity and automated diagnostic CBM applications.Les dispositifs et syst\ue8mes sans fil ont \ue9t\ue9 mis en place dans de nombreux secteurs des communications, mais ils n'ont pas encore \ue9t\ue9 adapt\ue9s convenablement aux environnements industriels hostiles. On n'a pas encore mis en place dans les installations industrielles, y compris les raffineries de p\ue9trole, des technologies sans fil \ue9conomiques, fiables et \ue9chelonnables. Pour l'instant, il existe tr\ue8s peu, ou pas du tout, d'appareils radio commerciaux \ue9conomiques qui peuvent \ueatre utilis\ue9s pour fournir des liaisons de donn\ue9es fiables dans les conditions tr\ue8s hostiles que pr\ue9sentent les environnements p\ue9troliers. Le pr\ue9sent document traite d'une approche strat\ue9gique visant \ue0 identifier des technologies de syst\ue8mes sans fil et leurs applications \ue0 l'industrie p\ue9troli\ue8re et gazi\ue8re, en particulier les applications concernant l'int\ue9grit\ue9 des biens et les applications automatis\ue9es de maintenance selon \ue9tat et de diagnostic.Peer reviewed: YesNRC publication: Ye