Early detection of pipeline fractures in aged infrastructure in the water industry
conference contribution
posted on 2025-06-12, 13:37 authored by Matthias Fabian, Shailendra Singh, Richard ScottRichard Scott, Tong SunTong Sun, Kenneth T. V. Grattan, Heriberto Bustamante, Timothy Hill, James McCullochThis paper introduces a ruggedised, highly sensitive optical fibre-based pressure sensor for use in pumped sewer mains. Tests reported were carried out for different leak sizes on a plant scale test rig using water. The pressure drop resolution achieved is better than 100Pa (1mbar) which corresponds to a leak size of 2mm (in a pipe of 100mm in diameter and a flow rate of 16 litres per second).
Funding
UKCRIC: National Water Infrastructure Facility: Distributed Water Infrastructure
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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Publication
20th Sensors and Their Applications Conference, 2024, Paper No: 81Publisher
University of LimerickOther Funding information
The authors acknowledge the funding support of Sydney Water and the material assistance provided by Integrated Civil and Infrastructure Research Centre, which was part funded by EPSRC Grant EP/R010420/1. This project is funded through an enforceable undertaking with the Australian New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (NSW EPA) following a discharge of untreated sewage from a Sydney Water rising main in Shellharbour in July 2020. As part of this undertaking, Sydney Water will contribute funds towards environmental projects.Also affiliated with
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