SBIR Phase II: Pipeline Integrity in Natural Gas Distribution and Transmission Systems

Information

• NSF Award
• 0422171

Owner

• Flow Metrix, Inc.

• Award Id

  0422171

• Award Effective Date

  9/1/2004 - 20 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  8/31/2006 - 18 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 499,984.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II research project will solve challenging problems in processing, tracking, and communicating vibration recordings from remote locations in pipelines to determine whether a pipeline has suffered an integrity breach. The solutions include design of new battery-powered, wireless-enabled, rugged field instruments for the harsh pipeline environment, and the development of advanced signal processing methods to characterize and interpret the complex acoustic <br/>energy in pipelines. <br/><br/>The broader impact of this research project will be to provide the industry with state-of-the-art, cost-effective equipment that will allow owners and operators to protect their investment in pipeline infrastructure and to meet the mandated pipeline integrity management regulations safely, efficiently and effectively. The societal impact will be increased personal safety through faster and more accurate inspection methods and the preservation of continued affordable energy transportation into the future.

• Program Officer

  Muralidharan S. Nair

• Min Amd Letter Date

  8/13/2004 - 20 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  8/13/2004 - 20 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Flow Metrix, Incorporated

• City

  Maynard

• State

  MA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  2 Clock Tower Place, Suite 425

• Postal Code

  017542539

• Phone Number

  9788972033

• First Name

  Paul

• Last Name

  Lander

• Email Address

  paul.lander2006@gmail.com

• Start Date

  8/13/2004 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Trace Contaminants

• Code

  316000

• Name

  Information Systems

• Code

  522400