Project manager
Prof. Anna Timofiejczuk, PhD, DSc, Eng.
R&D manager
Sebastian Rzydzik, PhD, Eng.
Project/contract number
POIR.04.01.01-00-0054/19
Financing source
The project is co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund under the Intelligent Development Program and the Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S. A. The project is carried out under the competition of the National Center for Research and Development: 4/4.1.1/2019 as part of the INGA joint venture.
Start date: 2021-04-01
End date: 2023-12-31
Project value: 15 490 000,00 PLN
Co-financing value by GAZ-SYSTEM S.A.: 7 048 982,00 PLN
Consortium
Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice (leader)
Oil and Gas Institute – National Research Institute, Cracow (consortium member)
TechnoVis sp. z o.o., Olsztyn (consortium member)
Vortex sp. z o.o., Gdańsk (consortium member)
Description
The dynamic growth of demand for natural gas in Poland results in the necessity to expand the gas network. The transmission infrastructure requires constant control and checking of the environment in which it is located. A larger number of gas pipelines therefore means increased operational activities, including the need for mobile and remote systems to monitor the operation of the natural gas transmission network.
The aim of the project is to develop a non-invasive system to diagnose the integrity of gas pipelines. By defining the area of research – gas pipelines extend over most of Poland – it was assumed that the task would be carried out by a system consisting of an airborne subsystem – a manned helicopter with a mounted infrared spectroradiometer – and consisting of the implementation of methods of hyperspectral data analysis that enable the detection of the presence of methane. The infrared spectroradiometer together with specialized software for methane detection will be placed on a stabilization platform suspended under the helicopter. Apart from the research equipment, the airborne subsystem will also include a measurement mission planning module in the form of a computation and recording set installed onboard the helicopter. The ground subsystem, in turn, will consist of the hyperspectral data analysis module, the module for managing, processing and storing data from inspection raids and generating inspection reports. It should be emphasized that in addition to the system described above, the project will include the construction of a testing ground to simulate gas pipeline leaks for the purpose of testing by an aerial platform.
The capabilities of the research apparatus mounted on the helicopter and the specialized ground software will also allow monitoring of other hazards potentially occurring in the vicinity of transmission pipelines. This task will be performed by automatic interpretation of data from environmental maps (orthophotomaps), performed simultaneously with pipeline leakage monitoring by the aerial platform.
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