A review of vibration detection methods using accelerometer sensors for water pipeline leakage

Ismail, Mohd Ismifaizul Mohd; Dziyauddin, Rudzidatul Akmam; Ahmad-Salleh, Noor Azurati; Muhammad-Sukki, Firdaus; Bani, Nurul Aini; Izhar, Mohd Azri Mohd; Latiff, L.A.

Abstract

Water pipeline leakage detection is still an important issue, particularly for the development of smart cities. Thus, this paper reviews water pipeline leakage detection techniques, which can be classified into three different categories, namely software-based, hardware-based and conventional methods. We compare the advantages and disadvantage for all methods in the groups and thoroughly discuss the hardware-based method, which is our focus. Specifications on water pipeline testbeds used in previous works are also highlighted. Since many recent techniques are based on accelerometer or vibration sensors, a comparative study that includes the cost and accuracy in identifying the pipeline leaks is presented. The theoretical computation of the vibration induced from our water pipeline testbed is also demonstrated and compared with the actual vibration data collected from experimental works using three different sensors, namely, MPU6050, MMA7361 and ADXL335.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 20, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Jan 30, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Deposit Date: Nov 24, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 25, 2020
• Journal: IEEE Access
• Electronic ISSN: 2169-3536
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 7
• Pages: 51965-51981
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2896302
• Keywords: Water pipeline, Pipeline leakage, Vibration leak detection, Accelerometer, Pipeline test bed
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2703127
• Publisher URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8629873