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

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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