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ReviewMicromachines2020

A Comprehensive Review of Micro-Inertial Measurement Unit Based Intelligent PIG Multi-Sensor Fusion Technologies for Small-Diameter Pipeline Surveying.

Lianwu Guan, Xiaodan Cong, Qing Zhang, Fanming Liu, Yanbin Gao, Wendou An, Aboelmagd Noureldin

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Review in Micromachines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors.

Lianwu GuanCollege of Intelligent Systems Science and Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8803-910X
Xiaodan CongInstitute of Intelligent Manufacturing, Heilongjiang Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150008, China.
Qing ZhangCollege of Intelligent Systems Science and Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China.
Fanming LiuCollege of Intelligent Systems Science and Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China.
Yanbin GaoCollege of Intelligent Systems Science and Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China.
Wendou AnDepartment of Intelligent Manufacturing and Industrial Safety, Chongqing Vocational Institute of Safety & Technology, Chongqing 404020, China.
Aboelmagd NoureldinDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, ON K7K 7P7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6614-7783

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 61803118Post Doc. Foundation of Heilongjiang Province LBH-Z17053Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission KJZD-K201804701Special Project of Chongqing Technology Innovation and Application Development cstc2019jscx-msxmX0423
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Abstract

It is of great importance for pipeline systems to be is efficient, cost-effective and safe during the transportation of the liquids and gases. However, underground pipelines often experience leaks due to corrosion, human destruction or theft, long-term Earth movement, natural disasters and so on. Leakage or explosion of the operating pipeline usually cause great economical loss, environmental pollution or even a threat to citizens, especially when these accidents occur in human-concentrated urban areas. Therefore, the surveying of the routed pipeline is of vital importance for the Pipeline Integrated Management (PIM). In this paper, a comprehensive review of the Micro-Inertial Measurement Unit (MIMU)-based intelligent Pipeline Inspection Gauge (PIG) multi-sensor fusion technologies for the transport of liquids and gases purposed for small-diameter pipeline (D < 30 cm) surveying is demonstrated. Firstly, four types of typical small-diameter intelligent PIGs and their corresponding pipeline-defects inspection technologies and defects-positioning technologies are investigated according to the various pipeline defects inspection and localization principles. Secondly, the multi-sensor fused pipeline surveying technologies are classified into two main categories, the non-inertial-based and the MIMU-based intelligent PIG surveying technology. Moreover, five schematic diagrams of the MIMU fused intelligent PIG fusion technology is also surveyed and analyzed with details. Thirdly, the potential research directions and challenges of the popular intelligent PIG surveying techniques by multi-sensor fusion system are further presented with details. Finally, the review is comprehensively concluded and demonstrated.

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intelligent Pipeline Inspection Gauge surveying technologymulti-sensor fused systempipeline inspection gaugepipeline integrity managementsmall-diameter pipeline

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PMID32906816
PMCPMC7570340

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