Remote Asset Vibration Monitoring

Completed

Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Refining, transport and storage of oil and gas)

Applied Research and Development

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting

Project Contact
Cadent Gas

Network Innovation Allowance

Ofgem

01 July 2017

01 October 2017

3 months

£64,500

Information Technologies

London

Network Innovation Allowance

Project Contact, Cadent Gas

Establish an effective vibration monitoring system on key assets that cover the full range of operational conditions: SpecificallyIdentified range of suitable equipment ready to trial on selected sites. Design a scalable system architecture to allow data collection analysis and visualisationEstablish cost benefit model for installation of vibration monitoring systems across all suitable assets Identified a suitable range of equipment compatible with a range of pipework architectureScalable cost efficient model identifiedCompliant (gas industry standards) and scalable system architecture to support data collection analysis and visualisation

Cadents’ Gas Distribution high pressure Network is comprised of circa 50 offtakes and circa 700 Pressure Reduction Stations (PRS) geographically dispersed - that serve 11 million customers. Increased flow rates during high demand periods induce vibration in the network components. This vibration has been acknowledged as the source of some system failures. Previous technical studies (DNVGL - Vibration Study/survey 2006) have informed our current approach to conduct prioritised proactive remedial work. However there is an opportunity to move to real time condition monitoring to inform the operating strategy for individual key sites. This will: Reduce operational risk of the systemReduce overall wear of key componentsPrevent system moving to failure modeImproved visibility of station performance The MTC will conduct research work to identify a range of suitable equipment to be installed on offtakes stations. MTC will also develop corresponding hardware/software solutions to manage data transmission to a central portal. The equipment identified (sensor, protection device, controller, transmitter, receiver and software solution for data visualisation) will be ranked against key operational conditions such as: -Physicality of pipework architecture-Range of operational conditions i. e. flow, temperature and hazardous areas-Test specification for the selected equipment. - Cost model (lifecycle cost).Note : Project Documents may be available via the ENA Smarter Networks Portal using the Website link above

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