TrackWater: Supporting High-Value, Low-Cost Rail Network Drainage Asset Management

TrackWater：支持高价值、低成本的铁路网排水资产管理

• 批准号: 103957
• 金额: $ 81.05万
• 依托单位: IN TOUCH LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=103957
• 关键词: TrackWater; Supporting; Value; Low; Cost

The rail network relies on an extensive system of trackside drains to remove surface water and minimise the risk of flooding and damage to the network. Failure to maintain the drainage infrastructure can have significant cost and safety implications for the parent asset; such as delay minutes, poor track geometry, line closures and the likelihood of earthwork failures. Our focus is on improving the performance of the rail infrastructure's drainage system - a critical, yet often overlooked element of the network infrastructure in order to help "design, build and operate railway infrastructure at reduced cost". Our approach is to leverage previous work on an innovative self-learning system for maintaining drainage networks in the highways sector and adapt this technology – including the IoT sensor network, data models and decision support system - for use in the rail sector. This represents a major advance in the state of the art as it will address key challenges identified by Network Rail and enable proactive maintenance of trackside drainage assets. Our consortium includes Network Rail as a challenge owner, InTouch Ltd as a technology supplier and primary route to market, and a strong science base consisting of the Transport Systems Catapult and Lancaster University. The resulting system will be tested on 14 miles of Network Rail test track.

铁路网依靠广泛的轨道边排水系统来清除地表水，并将洪水和对铁路网的损害风险降至最低。未能维护排水基础设施可能会对母资产产生重大的成本和安全影响；例如，延误几分钟、轨道几何形状差、线路关闭以及土方工程失败的可能性。我们的重点是改善铁路基础设施排水系统的性能--这是网络基础设施中一个关键但往往被忽视的元素，以帮助“以更低的成本设计、建造和运营铁路基础设施”。我们的方法是利用之前在公路部门维护排水网络的创新自学习系统方面的工作，并将这项技术-包括物联网传感器网络、数据模型和决策支持系统-应用于铁路部门。这代表着技术水平的重大进步，因为它将解决Network Rail确定的关键挑战，并能够主动维护轨旁排水资产。我们的联盟包括作为挑战赛所有者的Network Rail，作为技术供应商和进入市场的主要途径的InTouch有限公司，以及由运输系统弹射器和兰开斯特大学组成的强大的科学基础。最终的系统将在14英里的Network Rail测试轨道上进行测试。