Projects
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| Reference Number | NIA_NGGT0062 | |
| Title | EPRG - European Pipeline Research Group -2014 | |
| 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 National Grid Gas Transmission |
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| Award Type | Network Innovation Allowance | |
| Funding Source | Ofgem | |
| Start Date | 01 April 2014 | |
| End Date | 01 April 2015 | |
| Duration | 12 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £56,000 | |
| 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_NGGT0062 |
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| Objectives | National Grid wants to establish best practice technologies and techniques to allow safe, reliable, efficient and economic use of the gas network with a reducing impact on the environment. By participating in EPRG, National Grid has and will continue to benefit from the international experience of the other member companies’ representatives, while benefiting from significant leverage on project activity from the other member companies. National Grid assesses the collaboration through individual projects against the ability to develop improvements to how we build, manage and operate the network. Success is also determined by the level of influence we can exert on each research programme and the financial leverage available compared to self-funding the research. | |
| Abstract | EPRG (European Pipeline Research Group) undertakes a wide range of research directed to increased integrity and safety of gas transmission pipelines. Corrosion, fit-for-purpose assessment and rehabilitation will constitute the major topics for existing pipelines, whereas for new pipelines in the ever-expanding European gas transmission grid, higher strength steels and higher hoop stress factors provide new challenges and opportunities for cost-effective pipeline construction and operation. The EPRG mission is to use the combined expertise of gas transmission and pipe manufacturing companies to address common issues concerning the technical integrity of gas transmission pipelines in the fields of pipe manufacturing, pipeline design, construction, operation and maintenance. To achieve this EPRG will: Identify methods and practices for improving the integrity of existing and new pipelines and protecting health, safety and the environment. Establish research programmes in response to the needs and priorities of the member companies using the services of contractors which are "best-in-class" in the relevant areas of expertise. Develop recommendations and guidelines based on the results obtained. Promote the acceptance and implementation of the recommendations and the guidelines. The research work conducted by EPRG is established by the Plenary Group and managed by three Technical Committees, "Corrosion", "Design" and "Materials". The exchange of experience among the member companies and with other relevant institutions is an important feature of the EPRG activities. There is, for example, a regular exchange of research results with the Pipeline Research Council International (PRCI) at Joint PRCI/EPRG Biennial Meetings. Projects underway at EPRG are as follows: PROJECT CODE PROJECT TITLE Corrosion 149 HIC Assessment of low alloy steel line pipe for sour service application (phase 2)Corrosion 150 HIC Assessment of low alloy steel line pipe for sour service application (phase 3)Corrosion 151* Assessment of sensitivity to hostile environments of damaged pipe, under cathodic protection and internal pressure. Corrosion 163* Long term resistance to adhesion loss of 3-layer polyolefin coatings Corrosion 174* Effects of hostile environments on residual mechanical strength of pipeline (stage 3)Design 147a* Development of an improved model for the burst strength of dent-gouge damage under sustained internal pressure loading (phase 2 part 1)Design 147b* Development of an improved model for the burst strength of dent-gouge damage under sustained internal pressure loading (phase 2 part 2)Design 162* Revision of EPRG weld defect guidelines Design 164* Assessment of bending wrinkles (phase 2)Design 169* Monitoring of buried pipelines in areas subjected to ground movement Design 173* Discrimination of (repaired) pipe mill features identified during ILI Materials 137* Assessment of delayed failure under constant pressure Materials 155* Assessment of delayed failure under constant pressure (Materials tests - collaborative with EPRG & APIA)Materials 160 Pipelines transporting anthropogenic CO2 - fracture control and corrosion (Large scale JIP - SARCO2)Materials 161 CO2 pipelines - Shock tube testing (Collaborative with APIA & PRCI - Awaiting PRCI report)Materials 166* The effect of toughness on the integrity of HFI pipe seam welds Materials 168* Large scale project revising EPRG recommendations for crackarrest toughness for high strength steels Materials 170* Evaluation of the ductile fracture propagation resistance for high grade steel pipelines. Model verification by full scale testing (Follow up to project 146)Materials 172* DWTT inverse fracture II Projects of particular interest to National Grid are identifiable by the asterisk (*). Detailed information on these projects is presented as supplemental information, EPRG project information.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 | 09/08/18 | |
