Leak Detection, Size Estimation and Localization in Pipe Flows

• Published in: IEEE transactions on automatic control Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 246 - 251
• Main Author: Aamo, Ole Morten
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Boundary conditions; Convergence; Leak detection; Mathematical model; Observers; Pipelines; fluid flow systems; linear systems; Distributed parameter systems; leak detection

We design a leak detection system consisting of an adaptive observer based on a set of two coupled one dimensional first order hyperbolic partial differential equations governing the flow dynamics. It is assumed that measurements are only available at the inlet and outlet of the pipe. Convergence pr...