Smart pipes—instrumented water pipes, can this be made a reality?

N Metje, DN Chapman, D Cheneler, M Ward… - Sensors, 2011 - mdpi.com
Several millions of kilometres of pipes and cables are buried beneath our streets in the UK.
As they are not visible and easily accessible, the monitoring of their integrity as well as the …

Real time condition monitoring of buried water pipes

N Metje, DN Chapman, R Walton… - … and Underground Space …, 2012 - Elsevier
Asset owners are continually investigating advances in real time condition monitoring
systems with a high spatial resolution in order to improve the management of their assets …

On the acoustic filtering of the pipe and sensor in a buried plastic water pipe and its effect on leak detection: an experimental investigation

F Almeida, M Brennan, P Joseph, S Whitfield, S Dray… - Sensors, 2014 - mdpi.com
Acoustic techniques have been used for many years to find and locate leaks in buried water
distribution systems. Hydrophones and accelerometers are typically used as sensors …

Contactless sensing of water properties for smart monitoring of pipelines

C Riboldi, DAC Castillo, DM Crafa, M Carminati - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
A key milestone for the pervasive diffusion of wireless sensing nodes for smart monitoring of
water quality and quantity in distribution networks is the simplification of the installation of …

[HTML][HTML] SmartPipes: Smart wireless sensor networks for leak detection in water pipelines

AM Sadeghioon, N Metje, DN Chapman… - Journal of sensor and …, 2014 - mdpi.com
Asset monitoring, specifically infrastructure monitoring such as water distribution pipelines,
is becoming increasingly critical for utility owners who face new challenges due to an aging …

State-of-the-art in sensor technologies for pipe inspection

SK Sinha - New Pipeline Technologies, Security, and Safety, 2003 - ascelibrary.org
The United States is critically dependent on natural gas and petroleum liquids transported
through pipelines. The infrastructure that currently transports these energy resources is …

An accelerometer-based real-time monitoring and leak detection system for pressurized water pipelines

SE Zahab, F Mosleh, T Zayed - Pipelines 2016, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
Aging infrastructure, and pipelines installed and operated under poor conditions in
pressurized drinking water networks are highly susceptible to the threat of leaks; these leaks …

The design and instrumentation of an experimental rig to investigate acoustic methods for the detection and location of underground piping systems

JM Muggleton, MJ Brennan - Applied Acoustics, 2008 - Elsevier
A major UK initiative, entitled 'Mapping the Underworld', is seeking to improve our capability
of locating buried utility service infrastructure without resorting to extensive excavations. One …

Acoustic and ultrasonic techniques for defect detection and condition monitoring in water and sewerage pipes: A review

Y Yu, A Safari, X Niu, B Drinkwater, KV Horoshenkov - Applied Acoustics, 2021 - Elsevier
Condition monitoring for water and sewerage pipes is essential for the safety of the
environment, energy conservation and human health. This paper focuses on the application …

A new method for detecting leaks in underground water pipelines

A Cataldo, G Cannazza, E De Benedetto… - IEEE sensors …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In most water distribution systems, a fairly sizable amount of water is lost because of leaks
and faults in pipes. For this reason, the individuation of leaks is extremely important for the …