No Dig Water Pipe Repair Technology

免开挖水管修复技术

• 批准号: 93743
• 金额: $ 18.14万
• 依托单位: ORIGIN TECH LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 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=93743
• 关键词: No; Dig; Water; Pipe; Repair

Everyday in England and Wales around 3,000,000,000 litres of water are wasted through leaking pipes. This is a vast waste of a natural resource and as demand could be 40% greater than supply by 2030 then a solution is urgently needed.We have developed and tested (lab scale) technology that can repair water pipeline leaks without digging up the pipe to repair it. We are working with Yorkshire Water to develop this technology in order to signi?cantly reduce over 2 billion litres of water that leaks out of pipes every day in the UK.Water companies have many options for ?nding leaks on their mains, however there are limited methods for repair. Current approaches require excavation to expose the water main, regardless of the size of the leak, and then either installation of a clamp or cutting out and ?tting a new pipe.This technology will repair any type of pipe and most types of leak, we don't even need to know where the leak is. Its use in the industry will have the following bene?ts:* Save water, prevent wastage, prevent water scarcity* Solve the industry challenge of halving leakage by 2050* Reduce power required to pump water, reducing carbon emissions* Reduce disruption (road works etc)* Reduce number of people required to ?x leaks* Allow social distancing by reducing human to human interaction during repairs* Reduce domestic water bills* Export potential is signi?cant for regions of water scarcityThe outcome of successfully delivering this project will result in a product that will enable the following to be achieved by its deployment:* Reduce resource (water) wastage* Reduce water scarcity* Reduce energy demand* Open up a signi?cant export market for reducing water leakage in countries with water scarcity issues, which in turn signi?cantly reduced energy usage (desalination and reverse osmosis plant)* Take people out water poverty by reducing household bills and allow water companies to divert expenditure on leaks to protecting their most vulnerable customers

在英格兰和威尔士，每天大约有30亿升水因管道泄漏而被浪费。这是对自然资源的巨大浪费，到2030年，需求可能比供应高出40%，因此迫切需要一个解决方案。我们已经开发并测试了（实验室规模的）技术，可以修复水管泄漏，而无需挖掘管道进行修复。我们正在与约克郡水务公司合作开发这项技术，以便签署？在英国，每天有超过20亿升水从管道中泄漏。自来水公司有很多选择？在他们的管道上发现泄漏，但是有有限的修复方法。目前的方法需要挖掘暴露总水管，而不管泄漏的大小，然后安装一个夹子或切断和？修一根新管子。这项技术可以修复任何类型的管道和大多数类型的泄漏，我们甚至不需要知道泄漏在哪里。它在行业中的使用会有以下好处？ts:*节约用水，防止浪费，防止缺水*解决到2050年将泄漏量减半的行业挑战*减少抽水所需的电力，减少碳排放*减少干扰（道路工程等）*减少所需的人数？*在维修期间减少人与人之间的互动，从而保持社会距离*减少家庭水费*出口潜力巨大？为缺水地区提供服务成功交付本项目的结果将产生一种产品，通过其部署将实现以下目标：*减少资源（水）浪费*减少缺水*减少能源需求*打开一个信号？在有水资源短缺问题的国家，能否出口减少漏水的市场，这反过来又意味着什么？减少能源使用（海水淡化和反渗透工厂）*通过减少家庭账单使人们摆脱用水贫困，并允许水务公司将泄漏的支出转移到保护最脆弱的客户上