INTELLIGENT GAS LEAKAGE DETECTOR SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN VALVE FOR DISTRIBUTED CONTROL APPLICATION

Author(s): Nwiwure, D.B. E; Agbeb, N. S;Uebari, B
Page: 14 - 22
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Publisher: The Creek Journals
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Keywords: gas, detector, Leakages. Sensor, pipe network

Abstract:

The Leakage of gas or crude transportation in pipelines is a common problem of pipe network systems around Africa and other part of the world. Gas leakage is becoming a major concern in the industrial sector and residential areas. Safety has become a concern to researcher and industrial expert, due to increasing gas leakage problem across African nation and beyond. It is of great important to minimize the economic and environmental damage caused by leaks in pipe network systems, by introducing efficient leak detection methods and automatic shutdown. The use of Traditional methods are slow to rapid respond of leakage occurrence and very expensive to operate. The promising alternative to detecting leaks is to use controlled sensor (thermopiles) with an infrared light source that travel in a pipe network system at high speeds and pick up a substantial amount of information about the system condition. The infrared (IR) light source emits a broad spectrum of IR light at wavelengths which travel from the source to the sensor. The study presented in this paper is focused on to develop a gas detector system that can automatically senses gas leakage in pipe network system and at the same time shutdown the valve. This paper work also present a technique that uses leak-induced damping on fluid fluctuation in a pipeline under constant boundary conditions. However, this technique is capable of detecting, locating and synthesize a leak which is 0.1% of the cross-sectional area of the pipeline. The application of this paper work is aimed at solving the problem faced with gas transportation via pipeline network across African region.

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Nwiwure, D.B. E; Agbeb, N. S;Uebari, B "INTELLIGENT GAS LEAKAGE DETECTOR SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN VALVE FOR DISTRIBUTED CONTROL APPLICATION" Volume 1 Issue 1 Oct, 2025