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Oil pipeline vandalism is the ugly act of drilling or cutting into the pipelines with the intent to steal its contents. Between 2010 and 2012, a total of 2,787 pipeline line breaches were reported on pipelines belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), resulting in a loss of 157.81 metric tons of petroleum products worth about N12.53 billion naira, not even
mentioning the loss of human lives, and environmental pollution. Hence there is a dire need for Nigeria's Oil pipelines to be monitored constantly and remotely, so as to checkmate these said acts of vandalism. An Arduino Uno board, a GSM/GPS module, and a Lithium ion battery pack enclosed in a sealed anti-corrosion container makes up the surveillance system. The prototype was tested on a 10m pipeline, buried 2m deep with piezo-electric pickup sensors of threshold range from 21 to 210 attached to the pipeline. The acquired analog signals are processed by the Arduino Uno controller board into a digital signal, using a customized algorithm that quantifies the vibrational activities going on at the surface. The results obtained contain sensor node positions in a pipeline network, geographic coordinates (longitude and latitude), date, time and distance. Which are transmitted as an SMS alert (using the GSM/GPS module shield) to the control station or relevant security officials for the proactive interception of vandalism activities.
mentioning the loss of human lives, and environmental pollution. Hence there is a dire need for Nigeria's Oil pipelines to be monitored constantly and remotely, so as to checkmate these said acts of vandalism. An Arduino Uno board, a GSM/GPS module, and a Lithium ion battery pack enclosed in a sealed anti-corrosion container makes up the surveillance system. The prototype was tested on a 10m pipeline, buried 2m deep with piezo-electric pickup sensors of threshold range from 21 to 210 attached to the pipeline. The acquired analog signals are processed by the Arduino Uno controller board into a digital signal, using a customized algorithm that quantifies the vibrational activities going on at the surface. The results obtained contain sensor node positions in a pipeline network, geographic coordinates (longitude and latitude), date, time and distance. Which are transmitted as an SMS alert (using the GSM/GPS module shield) to the control station or relevant security officials for the proactive interception of vandalism activities.
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