Extended Blockage Detection in Pipelines by Using the System Frequency Response Analysis
Publication: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 138, Issue 1
Abstract
This paper proposes a technique for the detection of extended blockages in pressurized water pipelines by using the system frequency responses under transient conditions. The impact of extended blockages on the system frequency responses is illustrated by using the analytical transfer matrix method, and the results indicate that extended blockages cause the resonant frequencies of the system to shift, and the blockage locations and sizes can be determined by analyzing the occurrences of the resonant peaks in the frequency axis. The analytical derivations of the blockage effect on the resonant frequencies are validated through different numerical experiments, and the applied results demonstrate that the extended blockages in pipeline can be detected by the proposed method as long as the system resonant frequencies are accurately determined. Practical implementations of the findings are discussed at the end of this paper.
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Acknowledgments
This research work is partially supported by the Hong Kong Research Grant Council (HKRGC) projects no. UNSPECIFIED620706 and no. UNSPECIFIED612908.
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Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 138 • Issue 1 • January 2012
Pages: 55 - 62
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© 2012 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jul 9, 2010
Accepted: Jan 14, 2011
Published online: Jan 17, 2011
Published in print: Jan 1, 2012
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