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NewResearchEffortstoImprovePipelineSafety
ChrisHoidal
PipelineSafetyTrustConferenceOctober18-19,2018
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THANKS!
• ThankstothePSTfortheinvite!• Webelievetechnologysolutionsandnewknowledgefromresearchplayamajorroleinpipelinesafety;and
• Lookingforwardtothediscussionssincewestrivetoexpandourresearchenterprisetoanyinterestedstakeholder
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Pipeline Safety RD&T PipelineSafetyRD&TProgramMission:Tosponsorresearchanddevelopmentprojectsfocusedonprovidingnear-termsolutionsthatwillimprovethesafety,reduceenvironmentalimpact,andenhancethereliabilityoftheNation’spipelinetransportationsystem.
KeyPoints• Weemployacollaborativeapproachtoaddressmutualchallenges• Wehelpremovetechnicalbarriersonagivenchallenge• Wemeasureourresearchresults/outputs/outcomes• Wearetransparent–Interactiveprogramwebsitehttp://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/rd
Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 established our modern R&D program 3
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RD&T Program Objectives
Developing Technology
Strengthening Consensus Standards
Promoting Knowledge
Fostering the development of new technologies so that pipeline operators can improve safety performance and more effectively address regulatory requirements.
Targeting and feeding new knowledge into the process of keeping standards relevant to their purpose.
Generating and promoting general knowledge to decision makers.
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Program Performance: Developing Technology
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Program Performance: Promoting Knowledge Since2002,awarded291Projects$121millionPHMSA+$107millionResourceSharing
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Transparent/Public Research Reporting
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Web-Based Debriefs
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2016 Pipeline R&D Forum • Nov16-17,2016Cleveland,OH• Approximately330attendees• WorkingGroups:
1. Threat/DamagePrevention2. LeakDetection/Mitigation3. AnomalyDetection/Characterization4. UndergroundNaturalGasStorage5. LiquefiedNaturalGas
• 13StudentPosterPapers,14Students• 33ResearchGapsIdentified
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New Research Summary 2016 R&D Forum
• WhitePapersReceived/Reviewed: 131• ProposalsReceived/Reviewed: 27• AwardsMade: 17• PHMSAFunding: $10.2million• ResourceSharing $5.3million
NOTE:ResearchDevelopingTechnologyisresource-shared50/50withanystakeholderNOTE:ResearchInherentlyGovernmentalisfullyfundedbyPHMSA
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New Research: Threat Prevention
No. Contractor ProjectTitle PHMSAResourceSharing Start
Time(mo)
1.OperationsTechnologyDevelopment
"ORFEUSObstacleDetectionforHorizontalDirectionalDrilling"
$993,970 $2,442,476 Sep2018 30
2.GasTechnologyInstitute
"ImprovedToolstoLocateBuriedPipelinesinaCongestedUnderground"
$502,000 $500,000 Aug2018 27
3.ArizonaStateUniversity
"RiverScourMonitoringSystemforPipelineThreatPrevention"
$400,000 $400,000 Sep2018 30
4.PipelineResearchCouncilInternational
"ModernizetheAssessmentofRiverCrossings"
$386,204 $381,204 Sep2018 36
5.ColoradoSchoolofMines
"ToolsforPredictingGasMigrationandMitigatingitsOccurrence/Consequence"
$787,298 Sep2018 24
Totals: $3,069,472 $3,723,680
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New Research: Leak Detection
No. Contractor ProjectTitle PHMSAResourceSharing Start
Time(mo)
1.C-FERTechnologies "CostBenefitAnalysisofDeployingorRetrofittingExternalBasedLeakDetectionSensors"
$349,396 Sep2018 15
2.GasTechnologyInstitute
"ExternalLeakDetectionBodyofKnowledge"
$399,821 Aug2018 36
Totals: $749,217
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New Research: Anomaly Detection-Characterization
No. Contractor ProjectTitle PHMSAResourceSharing Start
Time(mo)
1.GasTechnologyInstitute
"ImprovementstoPipelineAssessmentMethodsandModelstoReduceVariance"
$1,619,065 Aug2018 36
2.NortheastGasAssociation
"On-BoardPowerandThrustGenerationfortheExplorerFamilyofRobotsfortheInspectionofUnpiggableNaturalGasPipelines"
$741,295 $737,295 Aug2018 24
3.OperationsTechnologyDevelopment
"ValidatingNon-DestructiveToolsforSurfacetoBulkCorrelationsofYieldStrength,Toughness,andChemistry"
$489,515 $565,001 Aug2018 33
Totals: $2,849,875 $1,302,296
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New Research: LNG
No. Contractor ProjectTitle PHMSAResourceSharing Start
Time(mo)
1.GasTechnologyInstitute
"ConsistencyReviewofMethodologiesforQuantitativeRiskAssessment"
$858,587 Aug2018 24
2.GasTechnologyInstitute
"PerformanceGapComparisonofProcessSafetyManagementConsensusStandardsandRegulatoryRequirementsforLNGFacilities"
$295,529 Aug2018 18
3.CH-IVInternational "ReviewofControlSystemTestingFrequency"
$149,966 Aug2018 12
Totals: $1,304,082
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New Research: Underground Gas Storage
No. Contractor ProjectTitle PHMSAResourceSharing Start
Time(mo)
1.PipelineResearchCouncilInternational
"EvaluationofWellCasingIntegrityManagementforUndergroundStorageWells"
$207,955 $207,955 Sep2018 12
2.BattelleMemorialInstitute
"TubingandPackerslife-cycleanalysisforUGSapplications"
$785,513 Sep2018 24
3.BattelleMemorialInstitute
"ReliabilityofSubsurfaceSafetyValves"
$749,080 Sep2018 24
4.C-FERTechnologies "RiskAssessmentandTreatmentofWells"
$394,396 Sep2018 12
Totals: $2,136,944 $207,955
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Competitive Academic Agreement Program (CAAP) Objectives
1. Spurinnovation,highrisk/highrewardresearch– Feedhand-offsintoPHMSA’scoreresearchprogram
2. Involvestudentswithtechnical/engineeringpipelinechallenges
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Footnotes: (a) Denotes the number of internships offered by engineering firms, research organizations, government agencies or pipeline operators to students involved with CAAP research projects. (b) Denotes the number of full time career employment/jobs offered by engineering firms, research organizations, government agencies or pipeline operators to students involved with CAAP research projects. NOTE: CAAP initially awarded projects at up to 24 month duration with $100 K PHMSA + 30% academic resource sharing. CAAP now awarded at up to 36 month duration using $300 K PHMSA + 20% academic resource sharing.
CAAP: Historical Summary
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New Research Summary 2018 CAAP
• ProposalsReceived/Reviewed: 31• AwardsMade: 13• PHMSAFunding: $3.86million• ResourceSharing $1.03million
NOTE:CAAPprojectsareresource-shared20%byuniversities
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CAAP 2018 Program Summary: Detecting, Mitigating, and/or Locating Internal
Pipeline Corrosion ProjectTitle Recipient PHMSA Resource
Sharing
1."Developmentofalow-powerwirelesssensornetworkofconductivityprobesforthedetectionofcorrosivefluidsinsidepressurevesselsandpiping."
UniversityofAlaskaAnchorage $299,982 $78,322
2."SmartFluidsforDetectingInternalCorrosionLocationsinOilandGasPipelines" TheOhioStateUniversity $299,037 $118,162
3."Developmentofanelectrochemicalapproachtodetectmicrobiallyinfluencedcorrosioninnaturalgastransmissionlines"
TheUniversityofAkron$256,902 $64,212
4."InternalCorrosionMonitoringinPipelinesbyusingHelicalUltrasonicWaves" TheUniversityofTexasatAustin $299,686 $75,751
5."NewBio-Inspired3DPrintingFunctionalizedLatticeCompositesforActivelyPreventingandMitigatingInternalCorrosion"
NorthDakotaStateUniversity$300,000 $75,000
6."FluorescentChemicalSensorArrayforDetectingandLocatingPipelineInternalCorrosiveEnvironment"
NorthDakotaStateUniversity$300,000 $75,000
7."Magnet-assistedFiberOpticSensingforInternalandExternalCorrosion-inducedMassLossesofMetalPipelinesunderOperationConditions"
UniversityofMissouri(TheCurators-Rolla) $299,988 $77,271
8."PredictingRemainingFatigueLifeofaDentwithCorrosionusingAdvancedMeasurementsandModelling"
GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology$300,000 $90,000
9."Anovelstructuredlightbasedsensingandprobabilisticdiagnostictechniqueforpipeinternalcorrosiondetectionandlocalization"
MichiganStateUniversity$300,000 $75,000
Totals: $2,655,595 $728,71821
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CAAP 2018 Program Summary: Engineering Improvements to Pipeline Computational
Models to Reduce Variance
ProjectTitle Recipient PHMSA ResourceSharing
1."Brain-InspiredLearningFrameworktoBridgingInformation,UncertaintyandHuman-MachineDecision-MakingforDecodingVarianceinPipelineComputationalModels"
NorthDakotaStateUniversity
$300,000 $75,000
2."AFastandLow-costMethodtoAutomateDetecting,Locating,andMappingInternalGasPipelineCorrosionusingPig-mountedThermalandStereoCameras"
BoardofRegentsoftheUniversityofNebraskafortheUniversityofNebraska-Lincoln
$299,980 $74,996
Totals: $599,980 $149,996
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CAAP 2018 Program Summary: Develop Advanced Knowledge Base Models from Root
Cause Failure Analysis of Past Pipeline Incidents
ProjectTitle Recipient PHMSA ResourceSharing
1. "DevelopmentofaPredictionModelforPipelineFailureProbabilitybasedonLearningsfromPastIncidentsandPipelineSpecificDatausingArtificialNeuralNetwork(ANN)"
TexasA&MEngineeringExperimentStation
$300,000 $75,000
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2018 Pipeline R&D Forum • September11-12,2018Baltimore,MD• Approximately200attendees• WorkingGroups:
– ImprovingAssessmentMethodsforDents&Cracks– RemoteSensing/LeakDetection-Mitigation– Locating&PreventingDamagetoDistributionPipelines– ExpandingIn-LineInspectionCapabilities&Application– LiquefiedNaturalGas
• 11StudentPosterPapers&13Students• 19ResearchGapsIdentified• EventSummaryPagehttps://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/
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2018 R&D Forum Next Steps
• Reviewingoutputsfromthe5workinggroups• Buildingtheresearchsolicitation• Seekingapprovalstorelease/post• Notimelinecanbeprovidedtoreleaseoforawardof
newresearch
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New Technology & Compliance
• NewTechnologycanfindacceptancethroughfourdifferentpaths:– SpecialPermits– StateWaivers– OtherTechnologyNotifications– RevisedRegulationunderTitle49Sub.BChap.IParts190-199
PublicreviewviatheFederalRegister
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New Technology & Compliance “Ultimate Goal”
• Whencannewtechnologyhavecomplianceoutsideofanypermitornotificationprocess?– Rulemakingisrequired
• NumerousOtherTechnologyNotificationsongiventech
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PHMSA Inspections & Drones/UAS
• PolicyVision:Toenhancepipelinesafetyinspectionsandinvestigationsbygivinginspectorstheabilitytosafelygainvisualaccesstoareasthatwouldotherwisebeinaccessible.
• Primarybenefits:1. Identifyingpotentialrisks;and2. Determiningregulatorycompliance
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PHMSA Inspections & Drones/UAS
• Rights-of-way/clearings– Generalcondition– Landmovement– Floodingimpact– 3rdpartyexcavation
• RiverCrossings• Classlocationverification• AccidentResponseAssessments
– Spillsize– Spilltrajectory
• Tankinspections• NationalPipelineMappingSystemaccuracyverification• DevelopmentofInspectorTrainingMaterials
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Drone/UAS Compliance • DroneusagegrowingwithPipelineOperators
– PHMSAgenerallyfinewithusageforgeneralorvisualinspections– IntegrityInspectionsgovernmoredialogwithPHMSAoncompliance– FAAawardedprojecttoUniversityofAlaskainconjunctionwithAlyeskatoexploredroneuse“beyondlineofsight”.Fall2018
• Sensorresearchstillneeded• Demonstrationsandvalidationneededtoimproveregulatorconfidence
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Thank You!/RD&T Program Contacts Kenneth Lee Director – Engineering & Research Department of Transportation Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Office of Pipeline Safety P(202) 366-2694 Email [email protected]
PHMSA RD&T Providing/Supporting:
Joshua Arnold Department of Transportation Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Office of Pipeline Safety P(202) 366-6085 Email [email protected]
Robert Smith Department of Transportation Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Office of Pipeline Safety P(919) 238-4759 Email [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-smith-935aa033
Zhongquan “ZZ” Zhou Department of Transportation Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Office of Pipeline Safety Email [email protected]
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