Pipe Leakage Detection Tech

SCMS Water Institute signed a MoU with German Company Sewerin Gmbh, who are experts in sensor technology which helps in detecting leakage in water pipes and also their location 

As per the MOU, Sewerin will also provide leak and pipe location detection instruments which will be installed at the training centre of Water Institute for students and anyone who is interested in leak and pipe detection. Prof Pramod Thevannoor, vice chairman, SCMS and Dr Hermann Sewerin, CEO of SEWERIN Gmbh, Germany signed on behalf of both the organisations. A training centre will be developed at SCMS Water Institute, Karukutty, for leak and pipe detection which will be a model for Academia- Industry tie up.

The principle of leak detection which is now going to by introduced by SCMS Water Institute and Sewerin is based on acoustic principles. “In water leak detection noise is used. The noise is caused by turbulence similar to that produced when you allow air to flow over an open bottle neck. This sound is easily detected by a very sensitive sensor. The sound waves transmitted by the water column and that through the material are called structural- borne noise. The sensor is capable of differentiating them,” said Dr Sunny George from SCMS Water Institute who obtained training in leak detection in Germany.

“Whereas in pipe detection, electromagnetic force field is used. Pipelines are located using alternating currents of varying frequencies. These frequencies are created in a transmitter and transported in the pipe. This is then detected with a receiver.”

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• Technology
• IT
• Leakage Detection
• Hydrological Modelling
• Leakage
• Hydrological Modelling
• Remote Sensing
• IT
• Pipes and Pipelines