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13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials

University of Manchester : B - Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Output 18 of 179 in the submission

Article title

An evaluation of acoustic reflectometry for leakage and blockage detection

Type

D - Journal article

DOI

10.1243/09544062jmes873

Title of journal

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C-Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Article number

Volume number

222

Issue number

First page of article

959

ISSN of journal

2041-2983

Year of publication

2008

URL

Number of additional authors

Additional information

Detecting and locating blockages in pipelines is an unsolved problem. This paper describes an acoustic technique for detecting blockages and other features in pipes ranging in length from 1 m to 10 km. The work is protected by two patents (US7266992 and EU EP1448970B1) and two commercial products have been developed and applied to subsea pipelines, gas distribution networks and heat exchanger tubing in Europe, the US and Asia. The technology won the IET Measurement in Action award in 2010, generated industrial/EPSRC funding in excess of £1.3M and provides an income of £100k/annum to Pipeline Engineering (contact details available).

Interdisciplinary

Cross-referral requested

Research group

8 - Control Systems

Proposed double-weighted

Double-weighted statement

Reserve for a double-weighted output

Non-English

English abstract