PIPEGUARD

"A novel technology for sewerage mapping, inspection and cleaning with integrated real-time self-audit capability"

Coordinatore	FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V    more  Organization address address: Hansastrasse 27C city: MUENCHEN postcode: 80686 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Walter Cognome: Krause Email: send email Telefono: +49 89 12052713 Fax: +49 89 12057534
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Germany [DE]
Totale costo	1˙498˙943 €
EC contributo	1˙174˙600 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2011
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-09-01   -   2013-08-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V  Organization address address: Hansastrasse 27C city: MUENCHEN postcode: 80686 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Walter Cognome: Krause Email: send email Telefono: +49 89 12052713 Fax: +49 89 12057534	DE (MUENCHEN)	coordinator	49˙306.00
2	JT-ELEKTRONIK GMBH  Organization address address: ROBERT BOSCH STRASSE 26 city: LINDAU postcode: 88131 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Sonja Cognome: Jöckel Email: send email Telefono: +49 8382967360 Fax: +49 83829673666	DE (LINDAU)	participant	365˙810.00
3	SINAPTEC  Organization address address: avenue Pierre & Marie Curie 7 city: LEZENNES postcode: 59260 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Pascal Cognome: Tierce Email: send email Telefono: +33 0 320 610389 Fax: +33 0 320 617298	FR (LEZENNES)	participant	328˙612.90
4	WIEDEMANN & REICHHARDT MASCHINEN- UND FAHRZEUGBAU GMBH  Organization address address: FREIWEG 4 city: ALTENMUNSTER postcode: 86450 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Marco Cognome: Dammer Email: send email Telefono: +49 8295 969319	DE (ALTENMUNSTER)	participant	210˙276.10
5	ALSITEL SL  Organization address address: CALLE PADRE FELIX FLORES 3 BAJO city: GUADALAJASRA postcode: 19002 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Juan Antonio Cognome: Atienza Herrera Email: send email Telefono: +34 949 213401 Fax: +34 949 248004	ES (GUADALAJASRA)	participant	193˙205.00
6	TECNOLOGIAS AVANZADAS INSPIRALIA SL  Organization address address: CALLE MIGUEL VILLANUEVA 2 6 PISO PUERTA 3 city: LOGRONO postcode: 26001 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Alfredo Cognome: Sanchez Email: send email Telefono: +34 914 170 457 Fax: +34 915 533 415	ES (LOGRONO)	participant	14˙190.00
7	Nome Ente NON disponibile  Organization address address: AVENIDA DIAGONAL 211 city: BARCELONA postcode: 8018 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Catalina Cognome: Balseiro Email: send email Telefono: +34 933124885 Fax: +34 933124801	ES (BARCELONA)	participant	13˙200.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Sewage systems are crucial to reduce the risks of water borne diseases and avoid flooding of cities. Cleaning processes are thus highly important to avoid health risks and environmental, economic and societal impacts which can be caused by damaged or blocked sewerage. European sewage networks are operated by over 20,000 municipalities and public entities which spend over €6.5 billion annually to clean and maintain over 2.25 million km of pipes that are constantly deteriorating. Over 10,000 SMEs are employed by network operators to keep the sewerage clean and operable. Recent budget cuts and the implementation of the water framework directive (2000/60 EC) that requires new measures for more efficient use of water resources have put pressure on municipalities and therefore on the service providing SMEs in the cleaning business in order to save water resources and find cheaper ways of maintaining efficient sewage networks. Current systems for sewer cleaning are highly inefficient. During the cleaning process, high amounts of water are used to clean the pipes regardless of the real cleaning demands. Hence, there is a high need to develop a system integrating a reliable inspection tool which efficiently varies the cleaning process according to the real demand. The PIPEGUARD system will consist of an ultrasonic inspection system, which will detect the degree of pollution and damages. The data captured will be used to adjust the cleaning through algorithms. After cleaning, the system will keep a record that will provide a reliable cleaning audit trail. Further, PIPEGUARD will monitor with inertial sensors the system position in real-time in order to obtain reliable position mapping for the creation of network maps. The solution will not only cut costs for cities due to the use of an integrated system which will eliminate various inspection and cleaning steps, it will also save ca. 35% of cleaning costs due to reduced fresh water usage thanks to the on-demand cleaning.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Keeping a sewerage system clean and functional is crucially important for public health and proper functioning of a city's infrastructure. Researchers have developed an automated sewerage inspection and cleaning device that will save time and money.