Transmission, Distribution, & Refining
Pipelines - Inspection Technologies
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Robotic pipeline inspection platform and sensors
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The goal of the Inspection Technologies Area is to develop and integrate innovative sensors to provide enhanced assessments of the status of transmission and distribution facilities. These sensors will be applied in or near the pipe. This includes sensors to detect corrosion defects, stress corrosion cracking, plastic pipe defects, physical damage areas, gas content, gas contamination, and 3rd party intrusion near gas line right-of-ways and facilities as well as development and enhancement of robotic platforms used for pipeline inspection and other related activities.
There are three sub-areas related to Inspection Technologies.
Automation
This sub-area includes technologies focused on extending the range and data rate of communication between advanced sensors and gas system operators. A separate effort addresses the collection, manipulation, and analysis of extremely large quantities of data from different sensor systems in order to more effectively access the status and integrity of the gas transportation system.
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Long range untethered live gasline inspection robot system
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Sensors
Included in this sub-area are a suite of advanced sensors being developed to provide enhanced pipeline inspection resolution and the ability to more accurately and effectively detect defects, such as stress corrosion cracking, that are not currently detectable with current sensor technologies. These sensors will later be integrated with robotic platforms creating next generation inspection systems.
Robotic Platforms
Robotic platforms are being developed within this sub-area with the task of inspection of both piggable and unipiggable pipelines. These platforms will serve as advanced sensors required for pipeline inspection and will provide a means of communicating in real-time with a human operator.
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