Pervasive Sensing for Buried Pipes

埋地管道的普遍传感

• 批准号: EP/S016813/1
• 负责人: Kirill Horoshenkov
• 金额: $ 929.01万
• 依托单位: University of Sheffield
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FS016813%2F1
• 关键词: Pervasive; Sensing; Buried; Pipes

In Europe, the total value of sewer assets amounts to 2 trillion Euros. The US Environmental Protection Agency estimates that water collection systems in the USA have a total replacement value between $1 and $2 trillion. Similar figures can be assigned to other types of buried pipe assets which supply clean water and gas. In China alone 40,000 km of new sewer pipes are laid every year. However, little is known about the condition of these pipes despite the pressure on water and gas supply utility companies to ensure that they operate continuously, safely and efficiently. In order to do this properly, the utility operator must identify the initial signs of failure and then respond to the onset of failure rapidly enough to avoid loss of potable water supply, wastewater flooding or gas escape. This is attempted through targeted inspection which is typically carried out through man-entry or with CCTV approaches, although more sophisticated (e.g. tethered) devices have been developed and are used selectively. Nevertheless, and in spite of the fact that the UK is a world leader in this research area, these approaches are slow and labour intensive, analysis is subjective, and their deployment disrupts traffic. Moreover, because these inspections are necessarily infrequent and only cover a small proportion of the pipe network, serious degradation is often missed and pipe failures occur unexpectedly, requiring emergency repairs that greatly disrupt life of the road and adjacent buried utility infrastructure.This Programme Grant proposes a radical change in terms of buried pipe sensing in order to address the issues of pipe inspection and rehabilitation. It builds upon recent advances in sensors, nano- and micro-electronics research, communication and robotic autonomous systems and aims to develop a completely new pervasive robotics sensing technology platform which is autonomous and covers the entire pipe network. These robots will be able to travel, cooperate and interrogate the pipes from the inside, detect the onset of any defects continuously, navigate to and zoom on sub-millimetre scale defects to examine them in detail, communicate and guide any maintenance equipment to repair the infrastructure at an early sign of deterioration. By being tiny, they do not present a danger of being stuck, blocking the pipe if damaged or run out of power. By being abundant, they introduce a high level of redundancy in the inspection system, so that routine inspection can continue after a loss of a proportion of the sensors in the swarm. By making use of the propagation of sonic waves and other types of sensing these robots can monitor any changes in the condition of the pipe walls, joints, valves and lateral connections; they can detect the early development and growth of sub-millimetre scale operational or structural faults and pipe corrosion. An important benefit of this sensing philosophy is that it mimics nature, i.e. the individual sensors are small, cheap and unsophisticated, but a swarm of them is highly capable and precise. This innovation will be the first of its kind to deploy swarms of miniaturised robots in buried pipes together with other emerging in-pipe sensor, navigation and communication solutions with long-term autonomy. Linked to the related previous work, iBUILD (EP/K012398), ICIF (EP/K012347) and ATU's Decision Support System (EP/K021699), this Programme Grant will create the technology that has flexibility to adapt to different systems of governance globally.This work will be done in collaboration with a number of industry partners who will help to develop a new set of requirements for the new pervasive robotic sensing platform to work in clean water, wastewater and gas pipes. They will support the formation and operation of the new research Centre of Autonomous Sensing for Buried Infrastructure in the UK and ensure that the results of this research have strong practical outcomes.

在欧洲，下水道资产的总价值达到2万亿欧元。美国环境保护署估计，美国的水收集系统的总替代价值在1万亿至2万亿美元之间。类似的数字可以分配给其他类型的埋地管道资产，供应清洁的水和天然气。仅在中国，每年就铺设4万公里的新下水管道。然而，人们对这些管道的状况知之甚少，尽管供水和供气公用事业公司面临着确保管道持续、安全和有效运行的压力。为了正确地做到这一点，公用事业运营商必须识别故障的最初迹象，然后对故障的发生做出足够迅速的反应，以避免饮用水供应的损失，废水泛滥或气体泄漏。这是通过有针对性的检查来尝试的，通常是通过人工进入或闭路电视方法进行的，尽管已经开发出更复杂的（例如系留的）设备，并有选择地使用。然而，尽管英国在这一研究领域处于世界领先地位，但这些方法速度缓慢，劳动密集型，分析主观，而且它们的部署会扰乱交通。此外，由于这些检查不一定频繁，而且只覆盖管网的一小部分，因此经常会遗漏严重的退化和意外发生的管道故障，需要进行紧急维修，这极大地破坏了道路和邻近的地下公用设施基础设施的使用寿命。该计划赠款提出了一个根本性的变化，埋地管道传感，以解决管道检查和修复的问题。它建立在传感器，纳米和微电子研究，通信和机器人自主系统的最新进展基础上，旨在开发一种全新的自主和覆盖整个管网的普适机器人传感技术平台。这些机器人将能够从内部移动，合作和询问管道，不断检测任何缺陷的发生，导航并放大亚毫米级缺陷以详细检查它们，沟通并指导任何维护设备在早期出现恶化迹象时修复基础设施。由于很小，它们不会出现被卡住的危险，如果损坏或耗尽电力，它们会阻塞管道。由于数量丰富，它们在检测系统中引入了高水平的冗余，因此在群中的一部分传感器丢失后，可以继续进行常规检测。通过利用声波的传播和其他类型的传感，这些机器人可以监测管壁、接头、阀门和横向连接的任何变化;它们可以检测到亚毫米级操作或结构故障和管道腐蚀的早期发展和增长。这种传感理念的一个重要好处是它模仿自然，即单个传感器很小，便宜且不复杂，但它们的集群具有很高的能力和精确度。这项创新将是第一个在埋地管道中部署成群的机器人以及其他新兴的管道传感器，导航和通信解决方案的创新。与以前的相关工作相联系，iBUILD（EP/K012398），ICIF（EP/K 012347）和ATU的决策支持系统（EP/K021699），这项计划拨款将创造具有灵活性的技术，以适应全球不同的治理体系。这项工作将与一些行业合作伙伴合作完成，他们将帮助制定一套新的要求，无处不在的机器人传感平台，在清洁的水，废水和天然气管道工作。他们将支持英国新的地下基础设施自主传感研究中心的成立和运营，并确保这项研究的结果具有强大的实际成果。

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