ITC-PL Product Advantages
Product diameters ranging from 6 inch to 36 inch: Every project needs the right pipe diameter for the application to meet design requirements for flow, operating pressure, as well as other considerations such as line packing. The ITC-PL was designed for large diameters to fill the need in the distribution and transmission markets. Our novel design and manufacturing process allows us to apply the same materials, manufacturing techniques, quality assurance/quality control, and continuous operational health and risk monitoring to ITC-PL diameters as small as 6 inches, as large as 36 inches, and anywhere in between.
Pressure ranges exceeding 3,500 psig: With customizability at the heart of the design, we control the level of composite reinforcement needed to make the product for a given on-site manufacturing system. This allows us to target the optimal operating pressure requirements for the project, optimizing cost while maintaining the design safety factor. Whether your project requires moving low pressure liquids, high pressure flammable gases, or anything in between, ITC-PL is an attractive solution.
Optimized manufacturing process quality control with cutting edge proprietary automation: Computer vision-based machine learning algorithms are deployed in key areas of the manufacturing process, ensuring that ITC-PL meets BrainDrip’s high quality standards and industry leading specifications. ML based algorithms continuously monitor the liner polymer weld processes to ensure their integrity. In addition, vision systems provide closed-loop control of the precise application of our proprietary micro-rope fiber appointment, continuously optimizing reinforcement pitch, tension, and other key parameters as part of the fully automated manufacturing process.
Continuous segment lengths exceeding 10 miles in rehabilitation applications: Because the ITC-PL is manufactured on-site and is not a spooled product, the maximum continuous length of the product can exceed 10 miles and is dependent on the product diameter, pressure rating, and pathway of the host pipe in the segment.
Compatibility with a wide range of gases and liquids: ITC-PL is designed for compatibility with natural gas, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, water, NGL’s, gasoline and diesel fuel, methanol, and many other gases and liquids. With changing markets especially prevalent in the energy sector, installing a product designed for a gas or liquid today should also meet the needs of the markets in 2045. For this reason, the ITC-PL was designed to provide broad fluid compatibility. Our composite liner combines base polymer materials with novel coextrusions and materials to not only provide fluid compatibility, but also to mitigate the effects of permeation. The ITC-PL has been specifically designed to meet the challenging and unique requirements of hydrogen which includes natural gas/hydrogen blends, allowing for seamless future transition from natural gas to gas blends all the way to pure hydrogen.
Small footprint on-site manufacturing, with ITC-PL production rates exceeding 1 mile per day: Whether your project includes rehabilitation of a buried pipe running through a sensitive environmental area, or you are direct burying a new pipe in a greenfield application, our on-site manufacturing provides significant benefits. When combined with continuous segment lengths exceeding 10 miles, rehabilitation of the buried pipe through the sensitive environmental area can be completed without its disruption through a two-point access on either side of the area. With a compact 53-foot footprint, on-site manufacturing is accomplished at production rates of 10 ft/min ensure the project is completed quickly and at low cost, while minimizing the time and physical disruption to the surroundings.
Embedded health and risk monitoring system: BrainDrip’s health and risk monitoring system is designed for and fully integrated into ITC-PL. This system combines distributed fiber optic sensing, traditional sensors, and advanced algorithms to detect third party threats such as encroachment, disruptions from events such as landslides, product health monitoring through composite strain measurement, leak detection, as well as performance metrics such as operating pressure, temperature, and flow conditions. ITC-PL is continuously monitored over the entire lifetime of the asset, providing you with unparalleled operational confidence.
