Patent ID: 9671068
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: F17D,Y10T

Claim:
1. A pipeline protection vault system for protection of a pipeline in an event of a leakage of fluid flowing in the pipeline or in an event of a security breach along the pipeline, the pipeline protection vault system, comprising: a plurality of protection vault modules adapted to be circumferentially disposed to portions of the pipeline and to communicate to each other to generate a plurality of real time data relating to the pipeline, each of the modules having a retrofittable configuration adapted to include at least two sub-modules coupled to be snugly disposed circumferentially around the portion of the pipeline, wherein each of the sub-modules comprises: at least one protective casing adapted to compliment the portion of the pipeline to be fitted thereover to protect the pipeline in the event of the leakage of the fluid or the security breach of the pipeline, spacer rings disposed circumferentially over the protective casing in spaced relationship from each other, wherein each of the spacer rings comprises a plurality of components adapted to monitor a plurality of parameters associated with the pipeline to generate the plurality of real time data related to the pipeline, and a vault door disposed over the protective casing of at least one of the sub-modules and rest over the spacer rings at a distance from the protective casing to cover the at least one sub-module and defining a space between a top of the protective casing and the vault door itself, wherein the vault door is capable of withholding the fluid in the defined space in the event of leakage of the pipeline, thereby blocking the fluid that would otherwise escape to a surrounding environment; and a central control unit adapted to communicate to the plurality of modules to receive the plurality of real time data based on the plurality of parameters relating to the pipeline to generate a plurality of related information of the pipeline, wherein the plurality of parameters comprise parameters related to the leakage of the pipeline or the security breach in the pipeline.