Condition Assessment in Hydraulically Noisy Pipeline Systems Using a Pressure Wave Splitting Method

For the past couple of decades, researchers have been investigating the use of hydraulic transients (pressure surge waves) to investigate the condition of a pipeline system, and detect anomalies such as leaks, blockages, or pipe wall condition. The use of controlled hydraulic transients, combined wi...

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Published in:Procedia engineering 2014, Vol.89, p.1336-1342
Main Authors: Zecchin, A.C., Gong, J., Simpson, A.R., Lambert, M.F.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Hydraulic transients
Pipeline condition assessment
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Summary:For the past couple of decades, researchers have been investigating the use of hydraulic transients (pressure surge waves) to investigate the condition of a pipeline system, and detect anomalies such as leaks, blockages, or pipe wall condition. The use of controlled hydraulic transients, combined with signal processing methods on measured pressure responses, have had a demonstrated utility for pipeline condition assessment, largely owing to the sensitivity of the hydraulic transient waves to the said anomalies. This paper presents a simple extension to these existing methods by proposing a technique that does not require a controlled hydraulic transient input, but utilizes existing hydraulic noise (in the form of wide-sense stationary hydraulic signals) within the system of interest to perform the diagnosis.
ISSN:1877-7058
1877-7058
DOI:10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.452