Analysis and Design of an In-Pipe System for Water Leak Detection
In most cases the deleterious effects associated with the occurrence of leaks may present serious problems and therefore, leaks must be quickly detected, located and repaired. The problem of leakage becomes even more serious when it is concerned with the vital supply of fresh water to the community....
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| author | Ben-Mansour, Rached Chatzigeorgiou, Dimitrios Youcef-Toumi, Kamal Khalifa, Atia |
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| description | In most cases the deleterious effects associated with the occurrence of leaks may present serious problems and therefore, leaks must be quickly detected, located and repaired. The problem of leakage becomes even more serious when it is concerned with the vital supply of fresh water to the community. In addition to waste of resources, contaminants may infiltrate into the water supply. The possibility of environmental health disasters due to delay in detection of water pipeline leaks has spurred research into the development of methods for pipeline leak and contamination detection. Leaking in water networks has been a very significant problem worldwide, especially in developing countries, where water is sparse. Many different techniques have been developed to detect leaks, either from the inside or from the outside of the pipe; each one of them with their advantages, complexities but also limitations. To overcome those limitations we focus our work on the development of an in-pipe-floating sensor. The present paper discusses the design considerations of a novel autonomous system for in-pipe water leak detection. The system is carefully designed to be minimally invasive to the flow within the pipe and thus not to affect the delicate leak signal. One of its characteristics is the controllable motion inside the pipe. The system is capable of pinpointing leaks in pipes while operating in real network conditions, i.e. pressurized pipes and high water flow rates, which are major challenges. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1079932022-09-26T16:48:53Z Analysis and Design of an In-Pipe System for Water Leak Detection Ben-Mansour, Rached Chatzigeorgiou, Dimitrios Youcef-Toumi, Kamal Khalifa, Atia Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Chatzigeorgiou, Dimitrios Youcef-Toumi, Kamal Khalifa, Atia In most cases the deleterious effects associated with the occurrence of leaks may present serious problems and therefore, leaks must be quickly detected, located and repaired. The problem of leakage becomes even more serious when it is concerned with the vital supply of fresh water to the community. In addition to waste of resources, contaminants may infiltrate into the water supply. The possibility of environmental health disasters due to delay in detection of water pipeline leaks has spurred research into the development of methods for pipeline leak and contamination detection. Leaking in water networks has been a very significant problem worldwide, especially in developing countries, where water is sparse. Many different techniques have been developed to detect leaks, either from the inside or from the outside of the pipe; each one of them with their advantages, complexities but also limitations. To overcome those limitations we focus our work on the development of an in-pipe-floating sensor. The present paper discusses the design considerations of a novel autonomous system for in-pipe water leak detection. The system is carefully designed to be minimally invasive to the flow within the pipe and thus not to affect the delicate leak signal. One of its characteristics is the controllable motion inside the pipe. The system is capable of pinpointing leaks in pipes while operating in real network conditions, i.e. pressurized pipes and high water flow rates, which are major challenges. Center for Clean Water for Clean Energy at MIT & KFUPM 2017-04-10T13:18:52Z 2017-04-10T13:18:52Z 2011-08 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper 978-0-7918-5482-2 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107993 Chatzigeorgiou, Dimitris M. et al. “Analysis and Design of an In-Pipe System for Water Leak Detection.” Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE 2011, Washington, DC, USA, August 28-31, 2011, pp. 1007–1016. © 2011 by ASME en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/DETC2011-48395 Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE 2011 Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
| spellingShingle | Ben-Mansour, Rached Chatzigeorgiou, Dimitrios Youcef-Toumi, Kamal Khalifa, Atia Analysis and Design of an In-Pipe System for Water Leak Detection |
| title | Analysis and Design of an In-Pipe System for Water Leak Detection |
| title_full | Analysis and Design of an In-Pipe System for Water Leak Detection |
| title_fullStr | Analysis and Design of an In-Pipe System for Water Leak Detection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis and Design of an In-Pipe System for Water Leak Detection |
| title_short | Analysis and Design of an In-Pipe System for Water Leak Detection |
| title_sort | analysis and design of an in pipe system for water leak detection |
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