Segmented mapboard replaces drawing for pipeline control

Journal Article · Mon Apr 08 04:00:00 EDT 1996 · Oil and Gas Journal

OSTI ID:218349

Personnel in Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas Pipeline`s control room in Sheffield, Ala., are monitoring operations by viewing a mosaic mapboard that supplants a less realistic schematic drawing. The mapboard allows replacement of tiles representing parts of the line as required by rehabilitation or expansion of the actual pipeline in the field. The pipeline`s 1,500 sq ft control center in Sheffield, Ala., displays a 13 ft 4 in. x 6 ft 4 in. mosaic mapboard produced by Mauell Corp., Dillsburg, Pa. In the control center, system operators monitor activities from a console in front of the mapboard. The dynamic mosaic mapboard provides operators with a detailed graphical interface that represents more than 300 miles of the gas pipeline`s activities. This paper briefly summarizes the flexibility, design and operation of this control system.

• OSTI ID: 218349
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal, Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal Journal Issue: 15 Vol. 94; ISSN 0030-1388; ISSN OIGJAV
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

03 NATURAL GAS
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
ALABAMA
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
DESIGN
GAS UTILITIES
NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
PERFORMANCE
PIPELINES