This paper presents a custom designed in-pipe inspection robot that is developed for a pipe of diameter 0.203 m, commonly found in the oil and gas industry. Several pressure sensors are incorporated on board the robot that are used for detecting…
Leakage is the most important factor for unaccounted losses in any pipe network around the world. However, most state-of-the-art leak detection systems have limited applicability, lack in reliability and depend on user experience for data…
Combustion of fuels to produce heat or other forms of power has been the cornerstone of industrial processes. Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is an alternative fuel, which is used primarily as a fuel in most spark-ignited internal combustion engines.…
The monitoring of pipeline operation is an important research topic, especially for the detection and localization of leaks as well as for an efficient control. For these purposes, physical quantities in pipelines are calculated from measurement data…
Crude oil has become very important source of energy. It is used by industries for supplying energy, providing fuel for vehicles etc. It is carried by submarines pipelines, ships and tankers to industries. Due to carelessness of human beings or…
Corrosion related issues cost billions every year in the oil and gas industry. One consequence of corrosion is the wall thickness loss in pipelines, this issue could cause leaks and stop the production which leads to an economic slowdown. In-line…
Leakage is the most important factor for unaccounted losses in any pipe network around the world. However, most state-of-the-art leak detection systems have limited applicability, lack in reliability and depend on user experience for data…
This paper presents a custom designed in-pipe inspection robot that is developed for a pipe of diameter 0.203 m, commonly found in the oil and gas industry. Several pressure sensors are incorporated on board the robot that are used for detecting…
In this paper we introduce the development of dedicated hardware capable of controlling autonomous micro-scale robots for fault detection/repair in complex inaccessible fluidic environments. This work is part of a European Union funded project…
Underwater robots have had a significant contribution in the inspection, maintenance and repair of underwater structures related to the power and oil industry. Underwater robots have a big potential application in Mexico due to, the two federal…
Wireless sensor networks have a vast amount of applications including environmental monitoring, military, ecology, agriculture, inventory control, robotics and health care. This paper focuses on the area of monitoring, and protection of oil, gas, and…
Robotic sensor networks provide an effective approach for underground pipeline inspection. Such networks are comprised of sensor nodes (SNs) and relay nodes (RNs) carried by robots for information sensing and communication, and are able to perform…
Pipeline inspections are essential for an updated diagnosis in Oil and Gas Industry, but manual inspection in remote areas implies great expenses in the long term. Therefore, this process optimization requires autonomous and versatile systems, such…
Ad hoc and sensor networks is a new area of research which is rapidly growing due to the development of new technologies in inexpensive sensors. These electronic devices have increased capabilities in processing speed, memory, communication and…
A new type of oil pipe inspection robot will be presented and the structure and function movement of which will be described in this paper, what's more, the obstacle avoidance control system of the robot will be researched in the paper according to…
Robotics always used to have an extraordinary contribution into multiple parts of operations in process industries such as oil and gas industries, the one presently discussed in this research paper deals with the mathematical analysis and real-time…
Pipeline robot is a research hotspot in pipeline industry, as the same as research and application in petroleum pipeline .Because that the condition is special in downhole, the performance of downhole crawling robot is different from general pipeline…
The measuring accuracy factors of the influence vertical tank are briefly introduced in this text. Wall-climbing robot measurement is used to measure the radical deviation during the computation of the vertical tank, and the putting-into-type liquid…
Aquatic ecosystems and processes exhibit a high degree of spatial and temporal heterogeneity, which presents significant challenges for their monitoring. In this paper we report a novel underwater robot, called gliding robotic fish, as an emerging…
Osaka Gas Co. Ltd has utilized ultrasonic flaw detection systems (time of flight diffraction method) to externally inspect the inner and outer surfaces of weld seams on spherical storage tanks while the tanks are in use. In these systems, the vehicle…
There is a lot potential for mobile robots supporting responders mitigating various kinds of disasters ranging from manmade accidents with hazard materials to natural earthquakes with collapsed buildings. Although, there are many examples of…
The factors that affect measurement accuracy of vertical tank are briefly analyzed, and the method of measuring with wall-climbing robot is proposed to reduce the radial deviation that occurs in the process of measuring the tank bottom quantity.…
The storage tank anticorrosion quality seeming to be particularly important with the rapid development of the domestic oil. This design is used to detect the coating's thickness of storage tanks, PC and the console computer control the wall-climbing…
The inspection and maintenance of above ground storage tanks (AST) can be very time consuming and dangerous when performed manually. The motivation behind this paper is to simplify the task of nondestructive testing of above ground storage tanks in…
The Neptune system allows unmanned entry and sensor data collection in above-ground storage tanks (ASTs). The sensors are immersed in the petroleum product and uses video and ultrasonics to ascertain from the inside-out the state of corrosion of the…
The Neptune system is a mobile robot system used to remotely inspect above-ground storage tanks (ASTs) containing petroleum products. Neptune ascertains the state of corrosion of the floor and side-walls according to the guidelines laid out by the…
Corrosion related issues cost billions every year in the oil and gas industry. One consequence of corrosion is the wall thickness loss in pipelines, this issue could cause leaks and stop the production which leads to an economic slowdown. In-line…
The measuring accuracy factors of the influence vertical tank are briefly introduced in this text. Wall-climbing robot measurement is used to measure the radical deviation during the computation of the vertical tank, and the putting-into-type liquid…