Projects
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| Reference Number | NIA_SGN0141 | |
| Title | Stent Bag 2 | |
| 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 | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Project Contact No email address given SGN |
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| Award Type | Network Innovation Allowance | |
| Funding Source | Ofgem | |
| Start Date | 01 June 2020 | |
| End Date | 30 April 2022 | |
| Duration | ENA months | |
| Total Grant Value | £942,431 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Energy | |
| Region | South East | |
| Programme | Network Innovation Allowance | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , SGN (100.000%) |
| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , SGN (0.000%) |
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| Web Site | https://smarter.energynetworks.org/projects/NIA_SGN0141 |
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| Objectives | The project aims to develop a method to ensure our Operatives and others affected can safely and remotely deal with the main failure whilst maintaining the gas supply to customers. The scope of this project is to design, develop and test an innovative stent bag system that can remotely stop the escape of gas whilst maintain gas supplies during high volume gas escapes and reduce the potential loss of supply to customers on PE gas pipe (90mm to 355mm diameter at pressure up to 4bar) and metallic gas pipe (up to 12” diameter at pressure up to 2bar). The project will:Design concepts for the 4 project streams – 8” metallic, 10-12” metallic, 90mm-180mm PE and 250mm – 355mm PEDesign and complete offsite testing of all four concept prototypes to ensure their performance and fitness for purposeDesign and build final prototypes for all four streams which will be tested in live environmentsProduce a final project report detailing all the project outputs and providing conclusions and recommendations as to the fitness for use of the equipment. The aim of this project is to design and field trial prototype pieces of equipment that will facilitate the repair of a damaged gas main whilst maintaining the supply of gas with focus on PE gas pipe (90mm to 355mm diameter at pressure up to 4bar) and metallic gas pipe (up to 12” diameter at pressure up to 2bar). The objectives of the project are:Produce concept designs to be evaluatedProduce a report recommending which concepts are viable, highlighting and potential gap actions to move forwardProduce initial prototypes and Testing equipment.Produce test programme to be evaluated and agreed to provide suitable evidence of equipment performance and usabilityProduce a report detailing the suitability of the 4 prototypesProduce the final field trial prototype and evaluate the equipment in a live environmentProduce a final detailed report providing conclusions and recommendations for the equipment developed during the project. | |
| Abstract | Damage or failure of a pipeline or a gas main can lead to a significant escape of gas, a loss of supply and incur a significant financial cost with considerable environmental damage and inconvenience to both gas customers and members of the public.This project is a continuation of the NIA project Stent Bag (NIA_SGN0031) which focused on metallic pipe 4” and 6”, where this project Stent Bag 2 will be designed for use on PE gas pipe (90mm to 355mm diameter at pressure up to 4bar) and metallic gas pipe (up to 12” diameter at pressure up to 2bar).The project aims to develop a method to ensure our Operatives and others affected can safely and remotely deal with the main failure whilst maintaining the gas supply to customers. | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 02/11/22 | |
