Real-Time Multiple Utility Detection During Pipe Installation Using Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) System

This project will integrate acoustic and radar technologies to detect buried pipes/objects in front and adjacent to the drill-head during installation of pipes using the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) machine.

• Record URL:
  http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/matrix/prjHome.rdm?prj=493
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: Pipeline Safety Research, Pipeline Safety

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $512119
• Contract Numbers:

  DTPH56-13-T-000002

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

  U.S. Department of Transportation
  East Building, 2nd Floor 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Causey, Frank

• Performing Organizations:

  Operations Technology Development NFP

  1700 South Mount Prospect Road
  Des Plaines, IL  United States  60018
• Principal Investigators:

  Droessler, Maureen

• Start Date: 20130901
• Expected Completion Date: 20150228
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustic detectors; Drilling machines; Installation; Radar detectors; Technology; Underground utility lines
• Subject Areas: Construction; Pipelines;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01578084
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: DTPH56-13-T-000002
• Files: RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 9 2015 12:27PM