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Reference Number InnUK/102063/01
Title Noise and Vibration Data Compressor (NVCOMP) - embeddable health monitoring solution to assist in the capture and replay of events to identify deterioration / damage in nuclear plant
Status Completed
Energy Categories Nuclear Fission and Fusion(Nuclear Fission, Nuclear supporting technologies) 100%;
Research Types Applied Research and Development 100%
Science and Technology Fields PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics) 50%;
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 50%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator Project Contact
No email address given
Beran Instruments Limited
Award Type Collaborative Research & Development
Funding Source Innovate-UK
Start Date 01 May 2015
End Date 30 April 2018
Duration 36 months
Total Grant Value £565,319
Industrial Sectors
Region South West
Programme Competition Call: 1403_CRD2_ENE_GEN_DCNS - Developing the civil nuclear supply chain CRD. Activity Developing the civil nuclear supply chain ( CR&D)
 
Investigators Principal Investigator Project Contact , Beran Instruments Limited (52.972%)
  Other Investigator Project Contact , University of Bristol (40.976%)
Project Contact , EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Limited (6.052%)
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Objectives
Abstract The advancement of reliable and effective health monitoring technologies for nuclear plant is dependent on collecting the right data at the right time. There is often insufficient data after an event to make an informed decision or develop robust health monitoring algorithms that can be relied upon to detect repeat occurrences. The goal of this collaborative project is to develop new Noise and Vibration Data Compression (NVCOMP) and smart data acquistion technologies, which will result in embeddable health monitoring solutions that can assist in the capture and replay of events in order to identify potential nuclear plant damage / deterioration. Critically, the new NVCOMP data acquisition and compression technologies will be deployable at the sensor / data acquisition node, greatly reducing the size of stored data, which opens new opportunities for monitoring items in a nuclear power station, which have previously not been cost-effective. The de-skilling of configuration of such equipment simplifies rapid deployment, and the reduction in reliance on high speed infrastructure communication allows simple installation in response to a potential noise or vibration issue.The advancement of reliable and effective health monitoring technologies for nuclear plant is dependent on collecting the right data at the right time. There is often insufficient data after an event to make an informed decision or develop robust health monitoring algorithms that can be relied upon to detect repeat occurrences. The goal of this collaborative project is to develop new Noise and Vibration Data Compression (NVCOMP) and smart data acquistion technologies, which will result in embeddable health monitoring solutions that can assist in the capture and replay of events in order to identify potential nuclear plant damage / deterioration. Critically, the new NVCOMP data acquisition and compression technologies will be deployable at the sensor / data acquisition node, greatly reducing the size of stored data, which opens new opportunities for monitoring items in a nuclear power station, which have previously not been cost-effective. The de-skilling of configuration of such equipment simplifies rapid deployment, and the reduction in reliance on high speed infrastructure communication allows simple installation in response to a potential noise or vibration issue.The advancement of reliable and effective health monitoring technologies for nuclear plant is dependent on collecting the right data at the right time. There is often insufficient data after an event to make an informed decision or develop robust health monitoring algorithms that can be relied upon to detect repeat occurrences. The goal of this collaborative project is to develop new Noise and Vibration Data Compression (NVCOMP) and smart data acquistion technologies, which will result in embeddable health monitoring solutions that can assist in the capture and replay of events in order to identify potential nuclear plant damage / deterioration. Critically, the new NVCOMP data acquisition and compression technologies will be deployable at the sensor / data acquisition node, greatly reducing the size of stored data, which opens new opportunities for monitoring items in a nuclear power station, which have previously not been cost-effective. The de-skilling of configuration of such equipment simplifies rapid deployment, and the reduction in reliance on high speed infrastructure communication allows simple installation in response to a potential noise or vibration issue.
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