Leakfinder module: Real-time leak detection, sizing and location

RTTM-based Leak Detection System with advanced state estimation technology

Powered by Synergi Pipeline Simulator, Leakfinder analyzes and calculates pipeline state in real-time, providing one of the industry’s leading Computational Pipeline Modeling (CPM) solutions for leak detection. Designed to provide the most comprehensive leak analysis, Leakfinder uses advanced fluid hydraulics and complex arithmetic modelling, ensuring accurate results even during partial data outages.

Synergi Pipeline Simulator Leakfinder builds on our industry-leading state estimation software technology, Statefinder. It continually analyses the calculated pipeline state and searches for anomalies that suggest a leak. Using two concurrent techniques, Leakfinder provides truly effective leak detection and location.

Leakfinder protects thousands of miles of pipelines worldwide, delivering unmatched benefits, including:

• Unparalleled Accuracy: Two concurrent leak detection techniques combined with industry-leading state estimation technology provide superior leak detection.
• Real-time Leak Detection, Sizing, and Location: Fast detection times over all operating ranges together with accurate location and leak size estimation to minimize downtime and production losses.
• Advanced Data Handling: Leakfinder compensates for errors and uncertainties in your data, ensuring accurate results even with missing information.
• State Estimation: State Estimation adjusts SCADA data and pipeline friction within user-defined limits to calculate an overall model state that is as consistent as possible with all the data.
• Autocalibration: Biases in the State Estimation results are fed back into the model so that the model improves over time.
• Fewer False Alarms: Leakfinder can compensate for uncertainties related to density, elevation and instrumentation, and apply the statistical likelihood ratio test to give confidence in leak alarms and minimize wasted resources investigating non-existent leaks.
• Cost-Effective Performance: Upfront leak sensitivity studies identify the most cost-effective way to optimize Leakfinder for your specific pipeline.
• API RP 1174 Compliance: Demonstrate your commitment to pipeline safety with Leakfinder's compliance support.
• Retrofit-friendly: Easy-to-install on existing buried, subsea or above-ground pipelines. Leakfinder is able to deliver results using existing instrumentation.

Ideal for:

• All Pipeline Types: LeakFinder is suitable for all liquid and gas pipelines, whether buried, subsea or above ground, regardless of configuration, and irrespective of fluid types whether water, oil, natural gas, LPG, CO2, or H2 blends.
• Long-Range Detection: Monitor pipeline networks of any size, from a few kilometers to over 15,000 km.
• Dependable Data: LeakFinder ensures accuracy by evaluating all available SCADA data against the entire network hydraulic solution to determine the most likely pipeline state.

Leakfinder Lite: Low maintenance leak detection for short simple lines

A simple, cost-effective leak detection solution for short, operationally straightforward pipelines. Designed for short lines with a single inlet and outlet, single fluid and limited instrumentation, it uses machine-learning techniques to continuously analyze inlet and outlet flow data, automatically adapting to changing operating conditions while minimizing configuration effort. Built on the Synergi Pipeline Simulator (SPS) platform, Leakfinder Lite integrates with existing SCADA infrastructure and delivers rapid leak detection through an intuitive dashboard-style interface, making advanced leak monitoring accessible without the complexity of a full real-time transient model.

Ideal for:

• When a fully tuned transient leak detection model is overkill
• Short single fluid lines nominally up to 15 miles long
• Flow metering available at inlet & outlet
• Can provide inventory calculations if a pressure meter is also available