Harmonic Footprinting Reduces Downtime in Oil Rigs During Hurricanes/Tropical Storms and Environment

Aug. 27, 2008 - PRLog -- Harmonic Footprinting LLC. and its founder, Frank Masyada, today announces the release of Harmonic Footprinting and Thermal Cycling for oil rig joints, new science for the early detection of metal fatigue.  For more detailed explanation, see Frank Masyada's website:
http://www.harmonicfootprinting.com/oil_and_gas

Let us examine the problem:  Metal Fatigue is one of the most destructive factors leading to the catastrophic failure of infrastructure components in: Bridges, Roadways, Tunnels, Towers, Pipelines, Water mains, Oil rigs, Weapon systems, Vehicle brakes, Critical machine parts, Ships, Aircraft, Trains

How much time and money could be saved if we were able to monitor an entire oil derrick before, during, and after a hurricane or tropical storm. The exact replacements could be identified and made without undue downtime immediately after the storm passed.

Imagine monitoring an entire oil rig 24 / 7 with alerts issued identifying the exact location(s) on the derrick whenever a joint fractured or the derrick’s metal was so corrosive it could no longer function.

Harmonic Footprinting and Frank Masyada have developed “Smart Sensors” and software that have the ability to analyze, measure and monitor the condition of structures at risk of faulty performance due to Metal Fatigue.

Metals have a molecular structure that when exposed to environmental stimulants (hurricane, wind, snow), create a dominant resonant Frequency, a number of minor resonant Frequencies and Amplitude that can be graphically recorded. These Frequencies and Amplitudes are dependent on a number of factors such as the forming process, heat treatment and quench, machining, elemental exposure and other outside factors.

"SmartSensors" are placed on metal joints throughout the oil rig.  When the joint is struck by a stimulant, the resulting Amplitude is transmitted by the SmartSensor to be cataloged in the resident software database.  This transmission provides a unique Harmonic Footprint for that particular metal joint.  

Once an entire set of Harmonic Footprints is recorded, the joints are monitored 24/7, with new Footprints constantly being transmitted.  Should the new Footprint fail to match the cataloged Footprint (within an acceptable range), an alert is issued by the software displaying the exact location of the metal in question for manual inspection.

Oil Rig Assistance: How could Harmonic Footprinting assist oil rig operations? Harmonic Footprints would be available before, during, and immediately after a tropical storm or hurricane.  Instead of waiting until the storm passes to manually inspect the entire rig before placing it back online, rig operators would know exactly what needed to be inspected and/or replaced, even before the storm finished.

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Harmonic Footprinting LLC provides new science to retard metal fatigue.. Metal fatigue is one of the most destructive factors leading to the eventual catastrophic failure in vehicle brakes, bridge joints, oil rigs, pipelines, high rises, etc.