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The ability of a soil temperature gradient-based methodology to detect leaks from pipelines in buried district heating channels
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Perpar, Matjaž
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Rek, Zlatko
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We carried out several numerical experiments to analyze how different boundary conditions affect the ability to detect small pipeline leaks. Our method is based on determining the soil temperature gradient above a buried district heating channel. The equivalent thermal conductivity of a wet insulation (leq) value of 0.5 W/(m(middot)K) was used to mimic a small water leakage. To evaluate the heat loss through the channel cross section, the heat conduction model was used for the pipe insulation, the concrete, and the soil, while the convection model was considered within the channel. The following effects were used to simulate different operating conditions: heat convection at the soil surface, leakage only from the supply or return pipe, soil height above the channel, soil thermal conductivity, and pipe diameter. With the exception of leakage only from the return pipe and low soil thermal conductivity 0.4 W/(m(middot)K), the results showed a doubling of the soil temperature gradient when compared with the no-leakage case. This fact undoubtedly confirms the potential of the method, which is particularly suitable for leak detection in old pipelines that have priority for renovation. A key added value of this research is that the soil temperature gradient-based leak detection technique was found useful in most foreseeable DH operating situations.
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English
Keywords:
district heating network
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heat losses
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numerical experiment
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soil temperature gradient
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water leak
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detection method robustness
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Article
Typology:
1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:
FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
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Published
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Year:
2021
Number of pages:
Str. 1-12
Numbering:
Vol. 14, iss. 18, art. 5712
PID:
20.500.12556/RUL-130538
UDC:
696.46:628.8:519.6
ISSN on article:
1996-1073
DOI:
10.3390/en14185712
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76561155
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16.09.2021
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Title:
Energies
Shortened title:
Energies
Publisher:
Molecular Diversity Preservation International
ISSN:
1996-1073
COBISS.SI-ID:
518046745
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Slovenian
Keywords:
omrežje daljinskega ogrevanja
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toplotne izgube
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numerični eksperiment
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temperaturni gradient v zemljini
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puščanje vode
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robustnost detekcijske metode
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Funder:
ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
Project number:
P2-0162
Name:
Tranzientni dvofazni tokovi
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Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:
JP Energetika Ljubljana, d. o. o.
Project number:
JPE-SCV-49/11
Name:
Izdelava fizikalnega modela za določanje toplotnih izgub na vročevodnem omrežju sistema daljinskega ogrevanja v Ljubljani
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