Projects
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| Reference Number | NIA_NGGT0055 | |
| Title | Above Ground Installation Integrity Decision Support Tool | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Other oil and gas) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | SOCIAL SCIENCES (Business and Management Studies) 50%; PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Applied Mathematics) 50%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 50%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy) 50%; |
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| 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 May 2014 | |
| End Date | 31 January 2016 | |
| Duration | 21 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £125,000 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Manufacturing | |
| Region | London | |
| Programme | Safety | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , National Grid Gas Transmission (100.000%) |
| Web Site | http://www.smarternetworks.org/Project/NIA_NGGT0055 |
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| Objectives | To develop a decision support tool for above ground installations, which would be fully validated and used to prioritise resources to the highest risk installations. Delivery of the model, report and supporting guidance on how to use the model to make informed decisions. |
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| Abstract | The project scope is designed to develop a risk based model for prioritisation of high pressure gas above ground installation integrity management and maintenance activities. Taking into account the threats posed by different damage mechanisms such as corrosion, vibration, over pressure, low temperature, fatigue assessments on individual installations; this type of prioritisation system is a new concept and will better enable the prioritisation of resources to the highest risk installations. This work will determine how National Grid can best make decisions for prioritising maintenance and inspection for high pressure gas installations to maintain their availability for use by customers whilst meeting our safety obligations. The project will use information from around the world including Europe, US and Asia from research bodies such as EPRG and PRCI to define the appropriate risk profile and consider the various options for above ground installation inspection and management. The work will consider the location, the failure mechanism likelihoods for installation assets and the prevention and mitigation measures in place for individual assets and the entire installation. The National Grid expenditure on the inspection and maintenance of its National Transmission System above ground assets is in the region of 4M Pounds per annum. The tool will be able to rank installations against each other for their propensity for failure and will help National Grid make informed choices for investing funds in maintenance and/or inspection activities for higher risk installations and ensure that we can continue to meet our customer and safety obligations in the most efficient way. The project will therefore deliver both a specific piece of new equipment and also a novel operational practice |
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| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | Final Report (PDF 1590 KB) |
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| Added to Database | 15/03/16 | |
