Sustainability Through the Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Aerial Plant Inspection

Abstract

ROBOTS in Oil & Gas production! No, this is not science-fiction it is a reality. Robots have served in various industries for many years, but now the science of robots, or should we say ЉRoboticsЉ, is developing at such a rapid pace that robots have become far more diverse, infinitely smarter and are being used in ways that we would not have dreamt possible a few years ago, especially in the E&P and Petrochemical industries. In keeping with modern trends, PTTEP engineers have developed a multipurpose Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), complete with ЉPlug and PlayЉ imagery options, to perform a wide range of aerial monitoring and inspection applications. We call it a ЉMultipurpose Plant Inspection OctocopterЉ (MPIO). The MPIO project focuses on areas that are considered high-risk for human intervention and subsequently financially high-cost too. The MPIO has been designed and tested to perform various kinds of plant inspection; from offshore riser platform storage tank roofs to cooling tower observations, to name a few. But, in order to put the MPIO to the ultimate challenge and prove its viability, our engineers have been utilizing it to perform live flare-stack inspections, where radiated heat and turbulent air-conditions prevail.To date, there have been many successful demonstrations providing quality high resolution pictures and proving the techniques applied. However, knowledge gained and ongoing development-effort will ultimately lead to the next step, a ЉFully Automated MPIOЉ that will include; Auto Take-off, Auto Flight Control, Auto Landing, etc.

Targetless Photogrammetry Network Simulation for Inspection Planning in Oil and Gas Industry

“…In recent years, the use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) has been growing quickly across many areas, such as military, security, civil engineering, archaeological, agronomy, forestry, geomatics, and telecommunications (Shakhatreh et al, 2019). Some characteristic applications in these areas are the aerial mapping, rescue operations, geophysics explorations, traffic monitoring, and finally, industrial inspection (Kridsada et al, 2016) (Jordan et al, 2018).…”

Desenvolvimento de um ambiente de simulação ROS/Gazebo para inspeção fotogrametrica 3D de risers com RPAs

“…Nosúltimos anos, graças ao constante crescimento da microeletrônica e a eficiência computacional, a utilizacão de aeronaves pilotadas remotamente (RPAs 1 ), tem aumentado rapidamente em diversasáreas de aplicação, tais como a militar, segurança, engenharia civil, arqueologia, agronomia, silvicultura, geomática e telecomunicações (Shakhatreh et al, 2018). Dentre as atividades realizadas pode-se destacar o mapeamento aéreo, operações de resgate, explorações geofísicas, monitoramento de trafego e inspeção de infraestruturas tanto civis quanto industriais (Kridsada et al, 2016) (Jordan et al, 2018). A inspeção industrial visa a redução de três importantes fatores: risco humano, tempo e custo (Kridsada et al, 2016) (Shakhatreh et al, 2018) (Jordan et al, 2018).…”

“…Dentre as atividades realizadas pode-se destacar o mapeamento aéreo, operações de resgate, explorações geofísicas, monitoramento de trafego e inspeção de infraestruturas tanto civis quanto industriais (Kridsada et al, 2016) (Jordan et al, 2018). A inspeção industrial visa a redução de três importantes fatores: risco humano, tempo e custo (Kridsada et al, 2016) (Shakhatreh et al, 2018) (Jordan et al, 2018). A maioria das pesquisas nestaárea tem sido focadas na inspeção de 1 RPAs também conhecidas como veículos aéreos não tripulados (VANTS) ou informalmente como drones instalações elétricas, linhas de transmissão e distribuição de energia, pontes, edificações e turbinas eólicas (Jordan et al, 2018).…”