Projects
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| Reference Number | NIA_CAD0024 | |
| Title | In Pipe Drone Feasibility | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research 50%; Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Refining, transport and storage of oil and gas) 50%; |
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| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Computer Science and Informatics) 5%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Civil Engineering) 25%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 70%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Project Contact No email address given Cadent Gas |
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| Award Type | Network Innovation Allowance | |
| Funding Source | Ofgem | |
| Start Date | 01 July 2018 | |
| End Date | 01 April 2019 | |
| Duration | ENA months | |
| Total Grant Value | £73,333 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Energy | |
| Region | London | |
| Programme | Network Innovation Allowance | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , Cadent Gas (100.000%) |
| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , Cadent Gas (0.000%) |
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| Web Site | https://smarter.energynetworks.org/projects/NIA_CAD0024 |
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| Objectives | Cadent are seeking to undertake a programme of work to identify solutions or technologies that can be used to map the network or pipes without the need for significant operator intervention, and act as a technology platform to enable rapid inspection internally in future operations. The focus of the work will be untethered devices such as, but not limited to, drones and will evaluate all appropriate existing and available technologies, and identify any possible solutions to take forward for future development. This project will be split into the following 4 phases of work:Phase 1 (3 weeks): Problem statement to outline understand of the problem from Cadents perspective and establish detailed requirements and factors affecting solutions Outline full scope of challenge, identifying limits of the problem space, factors affecting solution and key requirements MTC to use discovery process tools such as VOTC, QFD and Function analysis to explore and fully define problem space and understand critical success factors from customers perspective Deliverable: PowerPoint presentation with supporting technical appendicesPhase 2 (4 weeks): Market review and technology survey State of the art review of current solutions, including established and emerging technologies and any background IP, to ensure Cadent is aware of currently available capabilities and if an appropriate solution exists it can be pursued. All solutions to be scored against performance requirements identified in Phase 1 Functional analysis from Phase 1 used to identify appropriate technologies across a wide range of engineering and scientific sectors, using horizontal innovation to obtain a high degree of innovation in the solution space If no existing solution can be identified a concept must be generated and tested to fill the space, scored against performance requirements identified in Phase 1 Deliverable: PowerPoint presentation with supporting technical appendicesPhase 3 (12 weeks): Concept generation, simulation, prototyping and selection Generate numerous solutions for each area of the problem, creating selection criteria in conjunction with requirements identified in Phase 1 and 2 Each proposed solution is explored for feasibility, trials or prototypes may be explored if deemed appropriate Test ideas using rapid development techniques and down select the most suitable concepts based on agreed criteria and performance. Deliverable: CAD models, subscale prototypes, PowerPoint presentations with supporting concept sketches, morphological charts, trials videos, performance dataPhase 4 (7 weeks): Concept refinement and system visualisation The most successful concepts/output(s) from Phase 3 will be further refined into high level CAD models for packaging and spatial analysis Various deployment scenarios and operational modes to be explored in a virtual pipe network, including insertion, removal, recover, simple pipe transit, complex pipe transit, junction transit and power generationDeliverable: High level CAD model and simulation video of the virtual mapping system This project aims to identify solutions for further development to inspect and map Cadents gas network without the need for significant operator intervention or the addition of frequent service ports on the network. The identified solution will focus on untethered devices which will include, but not be limited to, drones. If a solution can be identified, and further developed, Cadent will be able to realise significant improvements in time, efficiency and cost for inspection activities as well as improvement in future asset management models. | |
| Abstract | Cadent are seeking to undertake a programme of work to identify solutions or technologies that can be used to map the network or pipes without the need for significant operator intervention, and act as a technology platform to enable rapid inspection internally in future operations.The focus of the work will be untethered devices such as, but not limited to, drones and will evaluate all appropriate existing and available technologies, and identify any possible solutions to take forward for future development. | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 02/12/22 | |
