Trapped air and gas pockets can have a detrimental impact on the operational costs of managing and maintaining water and wastewater pipelines. They can affect flow rates, efficiency, production and can cause significant damage such as broken pumps, valves and pipes.
Gas pockets in rising sewer mains are highly corrosive and cause localised deterioration of the main and premature failure. Air pockets present in pumped water and wastewater pipelines, can greatly reduce the ability to maintain demand and increase pumping. The financial implications can be significant. p-CAT™ Obstruct employs an advanced algorithm based on the speed of a transient signal to determine the locations of the air pockets with a +/- 10 m accuracy and is suitable for all metallic, concrete and AC pipes.
- Reduce pumping costs
- No risk of water contamination
- No requirement for mains shutdown
- Minimising corrosion in wastewater mains
- Identifying incorrectly operating air valves
- No loss of invasive equipment in the pipelines
- Locating potential corrosion failures in advance
- Improving pump performance, delivery and efficiency
