Experimental Investigation of Gas Transmission Pipeline Blockage Detection Based on Dynamic Pressure Method
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Theory and Calculation
3.2. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
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- The blockage detection based on pressure wave method has the advantages of high detection accuracy, simple operation, short detection time, low cost;
- (2)
- It was suitable for complex plugging conditions and has good reliability and practicability;
- (3)
- The data selection method and model establishment and calculation method adopted in this paper are more accurate for blocking location, but the prediction model for blocking percentage needs to be reasonably optimized.
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Case | Blockage Location | Blockage Percentage | ||||
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Pred. (m) | Real. (m) | %Err | Pred. | Real. | %Err | |
1 | 61.4 | 59.4 | −3.4 | 48.1% | 50.1% | −4 |
2 | 60.2 | 59.4 | −1.5 | 51.2% | 61.8% | −20.6 |
3 | 62.3 | 59.4 | −4.9 | 61.2% | 71.9% | −17.5 |
4 | 61.9 | 59.4 | −4.2 | 70.1% | 80.5% | −14.8 |
5 | 60.7 | 59.4 | −2.3 | 81.7% | 87.5% | −7.1 |
6 | 61.1 | 59.4 | −2.8 | 88.7% | 93.0% | −4.8 |
7 | 60.5 | 59.4 | −1.9 | 93.6% | 96.9% | −3.6 |
Case | Blockage Location | Blockage Percentage | ||||
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Pred. (m) | Real. (m) | %Err | Pred. | Real. | %Err | |
1 | 79.9 | 76.7 | −4.1 | 41.6% | 26.9% | 35.4 |
2 | 79.5 | 76.7 | −3.6 | 46.5% | 34.4% | 26.1 |
3 | 79.9 | 76.7 | −4.1 | 51.1% | 42.3% | 17.2 |
4 | 79.9 | 76.7 | −4.1 | 58.9% | 50.6% | 14.1 |
5 | 77.1 | 76.7 | −0.4 | 70.8% | 59.2% | 16.3 |
6 | 77.8 | 76.7 | −1.4 | 76.1% | 68.1% | 10.6 |
7 | 77.8 | 76.7 | −1.4 | 85.2% | 77.1% | 9.5 |
8 | 77.4 | 76.7 | −0.9 | 92.1% | 86.2% | 6.5 |
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Yan, K.; Xu, D.; Wang, Q.; Chu, J.; Zhu, S.; Zhao, J. Experimental Investigation of Gas Transmission Pipeline Blockage Detection Based on Dynamic Pressure Method. Energies 2023, 16, 5620. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16155620
Yan K, Xu D, Wang Q, Chu J, Zhu S, Zhao J. Experimental Investigation of Gas Transmission Pipeline Blockage Detection Based on Dynamic Pressure Method. Energies. 2023; 16(15):5620. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16155620
Chicago/Turabian StyleYan, Kele, Dianqiang Xu, Qiong Wang, Jiawei Chu, Shengjie Zhu, and Jiafei Zhao. 2023. "Experimental Investigation of Gas Transmission Pipeline Blockage Detection Based on Dynamic Pressure Method" Energies 16, no. 15: 5620. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16155620