Portable Indentation Plastometry for Safer Asset Integrity Management

便携式压痕塑性测量仪可实现更安全的资产完整性管理

• 批准号: 10006185
• 金额: $ 42.07万
• 依托单位: PLASTOMETREX LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10006185
• 关键词: Portable; Indentation; Plastometry; Safer; Asset

There are over 2 million miles of (gas and liquid) transport pipelines across the world. When these pipelines fail it can cause major (and lasting) environmental and economic damage to both operators and the public. On average, 85% of product released remains unrecovered, 53% of incidents contaminate soil, and 41% devastate fragile ecosystems. The economic cost is about $500m per year in the U.S. alone. There have been more than 250 deaths in the past 20 years.In response to this, a changing regulatory landscape is putting ever-increasing pressure on the testing and safe management of existing pipeline networks, as is their repurposing for use in hydrogen transport. In the US alone the new "Mega Rule" safety legislation is creating a $12.5 billion pipeline testing market over the next 15 years. To meet these new requirements there is now an urgent need for new technologies that can test onshore pipeline networks in a way that is simple, robust, and affordable.This project will design and develop a portable measurement system for the in-situ testing of pipelines. The solution will reimagine an innovative measurement methodology (Indentation Plastometry) which is currently benchtop-based, into a portable hand-held device (called P-PIP). The underlying technology uses advanced numerical methods to extract critical metal strength parameters in just 2.5 minutes (instead of hours) from a non-destructive test. It has also been shown to be 8/7 times more accurate than the nearest scientific competitor.P-PIP prototype sub-systems will be designed, developed, and tested with expert industry guidance from our project partner, ROSEN. A commercialisation roadmap will also be developed with ROSEN and other expert advisors (from Element Materials Technology and the National Physical Laboratory) to target hydrogen transport and natural gas pipeline markets. Successful exploitation post-project will create substantial regional and national economic impact, safer pipelines, and support the global transition to a sustainable hydrogen economy.

世界各地有超过200万英里的（天然气和液体）运输管道。当这些管道发生故障时，可能会对运营商和公众造成重大（和持久）的环境和经济损失。平均而言，85%的释放产品仍未恢复，53%的事件污染土壤，41%的事件破坏脆弱的生态系统。仅在美国，每年的经济成本就约为5亿美元。在过去的20年里，已有250多人死亡。为此，不断变化的监管环境给现有管道网络的测试和安全管理带来了越来越大的压力，因为它们被重新用于氢气运输。仅在美国，新的“超级规则”安全立法就在未来15年内创造了125亿美元的管道测试市场。为了满足这些新的要求，现在迫切需要新的技术，可以测试陆上管道网络的方式是简单的，强大的，负担得起的。本项目将设计和开发一个便携式测量系统，用于管道的现场测试。该解决方案将重新构想一种创新的测量方法（压痕塑性测量法），目前是基于台式机，到便携式手持设备（称为P-PIP）。其基础技术使用先进的数值方法，在2.5分钟（而不是数小时）内从无损检测中提取关键金属强度参数。P-PIP原型子系统将在我们的项目合作伙伴罗森的专业行业指导下进行设计、开发和测试。还将与罗森和其他专家顾问（来自元素材料技术和国家物理实验室）一起制定商业化路线图，以瞄准氢气运输和天然气管道市场。项目后的成功开发将产生重大的区域和国家经济影响，更安全的管道，并支持全球向可持续的氢经济过渡。