Restoration of dilapidated pipeline networks using polymer hoses

Abstract

The paper considers a set of issues affecting the actual problems of operational repair and restoration work on underground pressure water and drainage pipelines made of various materials that have exhausted their standard service life and are subject to numerous defects in the form of cracks, joint divergences, rust growths, fistulas and others. The aim of the work is to consider trenchless technology as a promising method of repairing dilapidated pipelines, which uses the application of polymer hoses to the inner surface of pipeline networks. The general requirements for flexible polymer sleeves and their characteristics, the scope of application of sleeves, as well as requirements for structural materials used in the production of flexible polymer sleeves are considered as the subject of research. The result of the work is an analysis of the sequence and essence of preparatory operations, including in-line diagnostics and a coding system for the results of visual inspection of pipelines. As conclusions, examples of calculating energy savings during water transportation before and after repair and restoration work at an exemplary facility are given, depending on the technical characteristics of the hoses used, as well as their thickness, depending on the depth of the pipeline.