Cathodic
Protection
Rectifier Monitor
Cathodic
Protection Rectifier Monitor:
At the
request of a
major oil
& gas pipeline company,
StarTrak designed a system to monitor
pipeline Cathodic Protection
Rectifiers
for:
·
Incoming
Voltage
·
Voltage
to the Pipeline
·
Current
Consumption
·
Pipe
to soil potential
Data
is processed on a continuous basis in
order to provide alarms in the
event of
failure or for excessive voltage being
applied to the pipe under
protection.
The
system utilizes Low Earth Orbit
Satellite Communications to transmit
data to
control centers. StarTrak Back office
software is utilized to process
the
incoming data.
These
units are extremely cost
effective and may
be utilized anywhere in the
world. In the USA
it is claimed that the monthly cost of monitoring
each
rectifier
manually is $150.00, this
function can be carried out
for $12.00 per unit per month
regardless of times
it is
interrogated.
