US 11,859,486 B2
System and method using sensors embedded on tape for corrosion monitoring
Mohamed Larbi Zeghlache, Al Khubar (SA); and Wael O. Badeghaish, Al Khubar (SA)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/453,173.
Prior Publication US 2023/0135104 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 47/12 (2012.01); G01N 17/02 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01)
CPC E21B 47/006 (2020.05) [E21B 47/12 (2013.01); G01N 17/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a structure including a window adjacent to an element under test;
a spool;
a flexible tape retained by the spool;
a sensor embedded in the tape, the sensor being configured to detect a corrosion of the element and to generate corresponding sensor data;
a spool driver coupled to the spool and operative to advance the tape from the spool to position the sensor adjacent to the window, thereby to position the sensor adjacent to the element to detect the corrosion; and
a processor configured by code stored therein to receive the sensor data and to generate and output an alert of the detected corrosion.