Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Inspection of Unpiggable Natural Gas Pipelines Using In-Pipe Robot

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
AETA 2016: Recent Advances in Electrical Engineering and Related Sciences (AETA 2016)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering ((LNEE,volume 415))

Abstract

In order to overcome the unpiggable gas pipeline inspection problem which has been arisen as the most important issues to be solved in the gas industry, KOGAS has developed since 2011 a self-propelled In-pipe robot, which is capable of inspecting unpiggable pipelines with NDT (Non-Destructive Testing) devices such as MFL (Magnetic Flux Leakage) system or RFECT (Remote Field Eddy Current Testing) system.

This paper proposes the strategy of the development of the In-pipe robot able to be operated in the high pressure of natural gas and work together with various NDT systems according to the inspection purpose and the condition of pipelines. The safety and performance of the developed In-pipe robot was verified through the deployment into the unpiggable gas pipeline in governor station of KOGAS.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 259.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 329.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 329.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Kim, D.-K., Yoo, H.-R., Yoo, J.-S., Kim, D.-K., Cho, S.-H., Koo, S.-J., Woo, R.-Y., Jung, H.-K.: Development of MFL system for in-pipe robot for unpiggable natural gas pipelines. In: URAI 2013 (2013)

    Google Scholar 

  2. Zurko, D.D.: Completion of development of robotics systems for inspecting unpiggable transmission pipelines (2008)

    Google Scholar 

  3. Gomez, P., Lee, R.: Robotic ILI of unpiggable natural gas pipelines with explorer (2013)

    Google Scholar 

  4. Schempf, H., Mutschler, E., Goltsberg, V., Skoptsov, G., Gavaert, A., Vradis, G.: Explorer: untethered real-time gas main assessment robot system (2013)

    Google Scholar 

  5. Schempf, H.: Explorer-II: wireless self-powered visual and NDE robotic inspection system for live gas distribution mains, Technical report, Carmegie Mellon University

    Google Scholar 

  6. Choi, H.R., Ryew, S.M.: Robotic system with active steering capability for internal inspection of urban gas pipelines. Mechartronics 12, 713–736 (2002)

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Technology Support Center, Gas Research Institute, Korea Gas Corporation, Incheon, 406-130, Korea

    Dae-Kwang Kim, Hui-Ryong Yoo, Sung-Ho Cho, Sung-Ja Koo, Dong-Kyu Kim, Jung-Su Yoo & Yong-Woo Rho

Authors
  1. Dae-Kwang Kim
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Hui-Ryong Yoo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Sung-Ho Cho
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Sung-Ja Koo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Dong-Kyu Kim
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Jung-Su Yoo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Yong-Woo Rho
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Sung-Ho Cho .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Automatic Control, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Vo Hoang Duy

  2. International Cooperation, Research and Training Institute, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Tran Trong Dao

  3. Department of Mechanical Design Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan, Vietnam

    Sang Bong Kim

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hochiminh City University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Nguyen Tan Tien

  5. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VŠB-TUO, Ostrava, Czech Republic

    Ivan Zelinka

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2017 Springer International Publishing AG

About this paper

Cite this paper

Kim, DK. et al. (2017). Inspection of Unpiggable Natural Gas Pipelines Using In-Pipe Robot. In: Duy, V., Dao, T., Kim, S., Tien, N., Zelinka, I. (eds) AETA 2016: Recent Advances in Electrical Engineering and Related Sciences. AETA 2016. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 415. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50904-4_37

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50904-4_37

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-50903-7

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-50904-4

  • eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation