Projects
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| Reference Number | NIA_NGGT0018 | |
| Title | Optimisation of severe winter strategy for pipeline isolation valves | |
| 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 | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Geography and Environmental Studies) 25%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 75%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Project Contact No email address given National Grid Gas Transmission |
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| Award Type | Network Innovation Allowance | |
| Funding Source | Ofgem | |
| Start Date | 01 July 2012 | |
| End Date | 01 January 2014 | |
| Duration | 18 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £115,000 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Technical Consultancy | |
| Region | London | |
| Programme | Network Innovation Allowance | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , National Grid Gas Transmission (100.000%) |
| Web Site | http://www.smarternetworks.org/project/NIA_NGGT0018 |
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| Objectives | This project will deliver a risk-based approach for the prioritization of retrofit measures to address isolation valve reliability during periods of sustained severe winter conditions. The project will be considered successful with the delivery of a geographical profile using the GIS-enabled package Uptime for the risk of persistent severe winter conditions. The project will provide a number of additional new attributes to the AGIs detail in Uptime. | |
| Abstract | During a Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) process carried out in November 2011 a potential hidden mode of failure was highlighted associated with the operation of Locally Operated and Remotely Operated Valves (ROVs). Due to the majority of valve maintenance that takes place during summer months there are a number of possible modes of failure associated with cold winter temperatures (water ingress and freezing conditions) that have previously been un-accounted for. This project therefore looks to initially assess the scale of the problem, together with physical testing of any components as an option at a later stage, together with development of design modifications to mitigate. The proposed Method consists of the following steps: Acquisition of temperature data and development of temperature risk criteria Addition of weather stations and attributes to Uptime*Development of AGI and valve attributes in Uptime Uptime, visualisation & export analysis International best practice review Analysis and report and workshop* Uptime is a GIS-enabled (geographic information system) package used in National Grid Gas Transmission, which already holds information of the location of above ground installations (AGIs), their high-level function and individual isolation valve references.Note : Project Documents may be available via the ENA Smarter Networks Portal using the Website link above | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 17/09/18 | |
