CPC G01M 3/2807 (2013.01) [F16L 55/134 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A test head comprising:
an end cap assembly, wherein the test head is configured to be secured to an open end of a pipe segment such that the open end of the pipe segment is sealed therein and the end cap assembly comprises:
a cap end plate configured to cover the open end of the pipe segment;
a cap sleeve configured to be disposed circumferentially around the pipe segment; and
a reusable cap fastener mechanism configured to:
run circumferentially along an inner surface of the cap sleeve; and
expand radially inward such that the reusable cap fastener mechanism circumferentially engages a tubing outer surface of the pipe segment to facilitate securing and sealing the open end of the pipe segment within the test head;
a bore plug assembly comprising a reusable plug fastener mechanism that comprises a plug fluid bladder, wherein the plug fluid bladder is configured to be disposed within a pipe bore of the pipe segment and to expand radially outward such that the plug fluid bladder circumferentially engages a tubing inner surface of the pipe segment to facilitate securing and sealing the open end of the pipe segment within the test head;
an inflation fluid port that opens through the end cap assembly;
an internal inflation fluid conduit that fluidly connects the inflation fluid port to the plug fluid bladder to enable inflation fluid to be supplied to the plug fluid bladder, extracted from the plug fluid bladder, or both; and
an annulus fluid port that opens through the end cap assembly, wherein the annulus fluid port is configured to facilitate testing integrity of the pipe segment at least in part by enabling annulus test fluid to be supplied to a tubing annulus of the pipe segment, enabling annulus fluid to flow out from the tubing annulus of the pipe segment, or both.
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