University of Twente Student Theses
Route optimization for gas leak detection
Hendriksen, L. van der (2024) Route optimization for gas leak detection.
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| Abstract: | Every year, 5000 gas leaks are reported in the Netherlands (Netbeheer Nederland, 2022). This can be dangerous, since methane is flammable. Furthermore, gas leaks lead to a loss of gas and thus a loss of money. Therefor it is important to check the pipelines for gas leaks. These checks are carried out by gas leak seekers. Gas leak seekers are people that walk over the location of the underground pipelines with equipment that measures the methane content of the air. They have to walk over each pipeline of the gas network and in the ideal situation they only walk over each pipeline once. At the moment, there are no tools or programs to determine the fastest route over the pipelines. This means the routes that the gas leak seekers walk have to be created by hand. At Siers Infraconsult for example, the gas leak seekers can see on a digital map where the pipelines are located. They then have to decide themselves what the fastest route is. While experienced gas leak seekers are able to walk close to optimal routes, this is more difficult for beginning gas leak seekers. They might walk longer distances then necessary, and generally spend more time planning their routes. It can take years for gas leak seekers to learn how to walk optimal routes. For this reason, it can be beneficial to create a tool that generates optimal routes. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | ET: Engineering Technology |
| Programme: | Civil Engineering BSc (56952) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/103858 |
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