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Buried Pipe InfrastructureResearchers: Gavin Sailor, Ali Hassan-Zahraree,
Juanjuan Zhu, Michele Schirru, Mark Ke Ma
Academics: Richard Collins, Robin Mills, Sean Anderson, Tony Dodd, Rob Dwyer-Joyce and Joby Boxall
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The challenges:• Ageing and deteriorating
pipe infrastructure• Increasing failure rates• Cost and disruption of
maintenance and repair• Inaccurate / uncertain
location of buried infrastructure
The need:• Effective and efficient
low cost asset condition assessment and location
Introduction
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Introduction
Current approaches:• Size of devices – larger mains only• Internal surface for plastic and cast
iron pipes• Some external surface (wall
thickness) - approach and pipe material dependent
• Voids not detected - loss of support a major precursor to failure
• Limited location accuracy - often requires surface tracking
Opportunities / requirements:• Through bore hydrants for
deployment• Keyhole repair techniques• System to remain live /
operational
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Sensor arrays and signal processing• Pipe wall thickness, cracks and geometry• External ground conditions - detection of voids• Initial focus on plastic, metal now developing
Location and mapping• Algorithms to simultaneously localise and map the pipe network
Small robotic platform • Capable of operating submerged, in confined spaces, transport
sensor arrays
Aims
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The team
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Demonstrated the potential for external ground measurement from inside pipesExperimentally investigated a range of plastic pipe materials and external media
Sensing – ultrasound
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Sensing – pipe wall
x
y
Slots – machined, full and partial depth
Cracks – impact induced
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Ultrasonic transducer
Water bath
Determined optimum ultrasound sensor properties, i.e. frequency and focal lengthTested sensitivity to sensor position and orientationRange of voids and external media
Sensing – void detection
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Saturation effects• Saturation level an
important ground condition parameter
• Testing the potential to detect external ground saturation using ultrasound measurement
Metal Pipes• Metal makes up the greatest
percentage of buried pipes• Metal poses challenges for
ultrasound techniques• Developing novel processes
to extend the void detection techniques to metal pipes
Sensing – current activity
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Developing mechanisms for robot navigation in the unique challenges of pipeline environment:
• feature sparse• limited to proximity sensors• limited routes through environment, single perspective on
featuresDeveloped sensor fusion technique to make optimal use of motor data and a priori map of features to locate robot, high accuracy in laboratory
Simultaneous Location And Mapping (SLAM)
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Development of robotic inspection device• target 50mm diameter pipe
upwards• Design specification• Conceptual designs• Prototyping• Deployment • Sensor package• Processing• Communications
Robotic platform
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Robotic platform• Develop a robust platform for
sensors and potentially a payload
• Prevent release of discolouration material from pipe walls
• Capable of carrying multiple sensors
• Steerable• Modular
Navigation and mapping• Improve navigation
techniques • Implement additional
navigation sensors to allow for pipeline mapping as well as localisation
• Improve accuracy of localisation
Robotic platform & location – current activity
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Integrate the sensors into the robotic platform and testInitially in facilities at UoSThen testing at field site(s)
Where next - integration and testing
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Thank you
Please come and see the demonstration