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Reference Number NIA_NGGD0091
Title Safe Digging Phased Array Feasibility Study
Status Completed
Energy Categories Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Refining, transport and storage of oil and gas) 100%;
Research Types Applied Research and Development 100%
Science and Technology Fields PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics) 25%;
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 25%;
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Civil Engineering) 25%;
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 25%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator Project Contact
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Cadent Gas
Award Type Network Innovation Allowance
Funding Source Ofgem
Start Date 01 January 2017
End Date 01 November 2017
Duration 10 months
Total Grant Value £86,753
Industrial Sectors Information Technologies
Region London
Programme Network Innovation Allowance
 
Investigators Principal Investigator Project Contact , Cadent Gas (100.000%)
Web Site http://www.smarternetworks.org/project/NIA_NGGD0091
Objectives To prove that electromagnetic phased array technology could be utilised to detect cables with a low magnetic signal, to enable progression to a further development phase. Documented tests conducted in a replicated field environment proving that the technology can detect and quantify the type of cable buried.
Abstract There is a significant risk of fatal or severe injury as a result of a cable strike when excavating in the highway. This is a major hazard for all utilities and specifically Gas Distribution Networks due to the frequency in which there is a requirement to access pipes in a built up environment. A critical step in the safe system of work for excavating in the highway is the detecting, identifying and marking of services. A key part of this is the utilisation of an avoidance tool by a competent person. This is a mandatory requirement in NGGD procedure and HSG47 (third edition). The existing services present in the ground may contain live power cables that have been capped off (called stubs/pot ends), cables may be live but not transmitting a magnetic signal or may be so well balanced that they cannot be detected by existing tools. Therefore, there is a need to develop a technology that is capable of detecting such cables with a high level of accuracy. A feasibility study will be undertaken that will: ; investigate a detector methodology based on a phased array Electromagnetic sensor configuration; investigate a detector based on pulsed Electromagnetic sensorConsisting of two aspects: ; Modelling potential arrangements and selecting the most suitable for building a laboratory test version, and;; Create the laboratory test setupNote : Project Documents may be available via the ENA Smarter Networks Portal using the Website link above
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