Radix-2 Design Ltd – Development of “Enhanced Pipeline Inspection system”

Radix-2 Design Ltd — 开发“增强型管道检测系统”

• 批准号: 710431
• 金额: $ 12.74万
• 依托单位: RADIX-2 DESIGN LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: GRD Proof of Concept
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=710431
• 关键词: Radix; Design; Ltd; Development; Enhanced

Inthe Offshore Oil and Gas production industry, there are many situations whereby a pipelinebecomes blocked and production is halted. The use of pipe rig inspection equipment invitesfurther use of recovery instrumentation.The Company has previously developed a Hybrid Optical/Acoustic Imaging Device Devicewith the support of the NWDA, which led an inspection system for pipelines, which consistedof an HD camera and high resolution sonars.Demand from the O&G industry for the pipeline inspection is growing as many of thepipelines are getting quite old. There is an environmental and industry requirement to servicethese pipelines on a regular basis because if the pipeline integrity is breached at any point itcan result in a spill or other contamination within the pipeline which can lead tocontamination and other environmental damage.The use of existing equipment with video and sonar pipe inspection functions is useful butlimited and there is a demand to develop additional functions to the sensor package to make itmore useful and provide more information on its location.The first priority is to incorporate an Odometer for measuring the distance that the crawler hastravelled down the pipe. It is proposed to develop a device that can be pointed at the pipe walland can pick up movement information, possibly similar to a computer mouse, which knowswhere it is by taking rapid snapshots of the surface it is moving on.The second function is the need of operator to be aware of the system’s orientation of thesensor through the development of a complete inertial navigation system, with ability tomonitor the shape of the pipe and provide an exact location of its position.The system will also highlighted any unsupported sections of pipeline, which need remedied

在海上油气生产行业中，有很多情况是由于管道堵塞导致生产停止。管道钻机检测设备的使用要求进一步使用回收仪器。该公司此前在NWDA的支持下开发了一种混合光学/声学成像设备，该设备领导了一种管道检测系统，该系统由高清摄像机和高分辨率声纳组成。由于许多管道老化，油气行业对管道检测的需求正在增长。环境和行业要求定期对这些管道进行维修，因为如果管道的完整性在任何一点被破坏，都可能导致管道内的泄漏或其他污染，从而导致污染和其他环境破坏。使用具有视频和声纳管道检查功能的现有设备是有用的，但有限，因此需要开发传感器包的附加功能，使其更有用，并提供有关其位置的更多信息。首先要考虑的是安装一个里程表来测量爬行器在管道中行驶的距离。有人建议开发一种设备，可以指向管壁，并可以收集运动信息，可能类似于电脑鼠标，通过快速拍摄其移动表面的快照来知道它在哪里。第二个功能是需要操作员通过开发一个完整的惯性导航系统来了解传感器的系统方向，具有监测管道形状并提供其位置的精确位置的能力。该系统还将突出显示任何不受支持的管道部分，需要进行补救