METHOD FOR REMOTE MONITORING OF VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENT OF VERTICAL STEEL TANK FOUNDATION Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC G01C1/04 G01C9/02 G01C15/02 

FIELD: oil and gas industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to methods of monitoring the state of vertical steel tanks. Proposed method of monitoring vertical and horizontal displacement of a vertical steel tank foundation consists of the following stages: fixing infrared (IR) radiation sources equipped with an autonomous power source on vertical posts along the perimeter of the tank; installation of pillars around the tank, as well as a reference geodetic pillar, with photo fixation devices mounted on them; recording the position of point sources of infrared radiation along the perimeter of the tank using photographic fixation devices mounted on the pillars; fixing the position of the infrared radiation source located on the pillar using the photographic fixation device of the geodesic reference post; fixing the position of the infrared radiation source located on one of the pillars using an infrared camera of the adjacent pillar; correction of the angle of photographing photographic recording devices based on the obtained information on change in the position of infrared radiation sources.

EFFECT: providing remote independent monitoring of displacement of a vertical steel tank foundation.

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