Pipeline Intrusion Avoidance Solutions
Léon olde Scholtenhuis
Research duration
Dec 2019- May 2021
Research team
Dr. Jan Hayes & Dr. Nader Naderpajour (RMIT Melbourne)
Dr. Ts. Kai Chen Goh, Dr. Ir. Léon olde Scholtenhuis & Prof. André Doree (University of Twente)
Funded by
Future Fuels CRC Australia, grant RP2.4-01
Description
Transportation pipeline incidents such as excavation strikes cause injuries, fatalities, monetary loss and environmental issues. Pipeline infrastructure owners thus need to select adequate pipeline intrusion avoidance systems. The existence, complementarity, and effectiveness of such technologies depend on their maturity and robustness, their alignment with the local situation surrounding the infrastructure, and their user-friendliness. Expertise and tools that aid the evaluation of those options would help to assess the suitability of these systems in the context of a specific network. Therefore this research aims to identify existing intrusion avoidance technologies and understand industrial stakeholders’ needs to enable better evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of pipeline intrusion avoidance solutions.
