TELECOMMUNICATION OPTICAL CABLE FOR GAS PIPELINE APPLICATION HAVING BUILT-IN LEAKAGE DETECTING DEVICE

摘要

It is disclosed a telecommunication fiber optic cable (11) for gas pipeline application and having a built-in leakage detecting device, the cable comprising: an optical core (16) including a number of telecommunication optical fibers (12) , an other jacket (13) covering the optical core, and one or more gas leakage detector optical fibers (15) , wherein said one or more gas leakage detector optical fibers are enclosed within the outer jacket. Preferably, the cable comprises a linearly extending rod reinforcing system (14) comprising strength rods that force the cable to bend in a preferential bending place. Profitably, the leakage detector optical fibers are located at, or close to, a plane that is substantially orthogonal to the preferential bending plane and passing through the cable neutral axis.