A thermal imaging based wireless sensor network for automatic water leakage detection in distribution pipes

2013 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies, CONECCT 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Parida, Rakhel Kumar ^a   Thyagarajan, Vidhya ^a   Menon, Sreeja ^a  

^a Rambus Inc   (India)

Author keywords

Automatic water leakage detection; Thermal imaging; Water distribution pipe; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; MANUAL INTERVENTION; SENSOR NETWORK SYSTEMS; THERMAL IMAGING SENSORS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION PIPES; WATER LEAKAGE; WATER PIPE NETWORKS;

COMMUNICATION; DAMAGE DETECTION; INFRARED IMAGING; LOSSES; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; WATER PIPELINES; WATER POLLUTION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 84875480941     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CONECCT.2013.6469289     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (22)

1. A. Stampolidis, P.Soupios, F.Vallianatos, and G.N.Tsokas, "Detection of leaks in buried plastic water distribution pipes in urban places - a case study," 2nd International Workshop on Advanced GPR, 2003.
2. L. S. McNeill and M. Edwards, "Review of iron pipe corrosion in drinking water distribution systems," American Water Works Association, pp. 24-35, 2000.
3. S. Burn, D. DeSilva, M. Eiswirth, O. Hunaidi, A. Speers, and J. Thornton, "Pipe leakage - future challenges and solutions," Pipe wagga wagga, 1999, proceedings of the conf 1999 Pipe wagga wagga.
4. A. N. Tafuri, J. J.Yezzi, D. J. Watts, and J. M. Carlyle, "Leak detection and leak location in underground pipelines," DATE, 2009.
5. M. Pal, N. Dixon, and J. Flint, "Detecting and locating leaks in water distribution polyethylene pipes," WCE, vol. 1, 2010, proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering 2010 Vol II.
6. O. Hunaidi, Leak Detection Methods for Plastic Water Distribution Pipes, 1st ed. American Water Works Association, 1999.
7. M. Fahmy, P. Eng., M. ASCE, O. Moselhi, P. Eng, and F. ASCE, "Detecting and locating leaks in underground water mains using thermography," ISARC, pp. 61-67, 2009, proceedings of the 26th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction 2009.
8. S. Eyuboglu, H. Mahdi, and H. Al-Shukri, "Detection of water leaks using ground penetrating radar," CSN, 2006, proceedings of the Communication Systems and Networks.
9. J. Tyson, "How night vision works," 2001, howStuffWorks.
10. D. A. Richards, "Thermal imaging:how far can you see with it?" technical Note.
11. A. Molnar, B. Lu, S. Lanzisera, B. W. Cook, and K. S. J. Pister, "An ultra-low power 900 mhz rf transceiver for wireless sensor networks," IEEE, 2004, proceedings of the IEEE 2004 CUSTOM INTEGRATED CIRCUITS CONFERENCE.
12. K. Bult, A. Burstein, D. Chang, M. Dong, M. Fielding, E. Kruglick, J. Ho, F. Lin, and T. H. Lin, "Low power systems for wireless microsensors," ISLPED, 1996.
13. D. Zito, D. Pepe, and B. Neri, "Low-power rf transceiver for ieee 802.15.4(zigbee) standard applications," IEEE, 2006.
14. "AA battery," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAbattery.
15. S. Microelectronics, "Ultralow power ARM-based 32-bit MCU with up to 128 KB Flash, RTC, LCD, USB, USART, I2C, SPI, timers, ADC, DAC, comparators(STM32L Datasheet)," http://www.st.com/internet/com/TECHNICAL RESOURCES TECHNICALLITERATURE/DATASHEET/CD00277537.pdf, 2012.
16. Thermoteknix, "Thermoteknix launch MicroCAM 640x480 17micron model at SPIE DSS 2011," http://www.thermoteknix.com/content/english/stories/ microcamlowpowerthermalimager/index.html, 2011.
17. B. W. Cook, A. Molnar, and K. S. J. Pister, "Low power rf design for sensor networks," IEEE, 2005, radio Frequency integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2005.
18. N. Y. C. G. Partners, "Best Practice:Water Leakage Prevention Controls," http://www.nyc.gov/html/unccp/gprb/downloads/pdf/ TokyoEnergyWater%20Leakage%20Controls.pdf, 2012.
19. T. Instruments, "CC2590 2.4GHz RF Front End," http://www.ti.com/product/cc2590, 2012.
20. D.-K. Corporation, "STM32L," http://www.digikey.com/product- detail/en/STM32L-DISCOVERY/497-11152-ND/2640507, 2012.
21. B. Ackerly, "AA Battery Selection and Storage for Portable Operation," http://www.foxhunt.com.au/misc/batteries/aabatteries.pdf.
22. T.Akin, "CMOS-based Thermal Sensors," http://www.eee.metu.edu. tr/-tayfuna/BookChapter/CMOS-MEMSCh10.PDF.