Abstract
To solve a series of problems, such as damage, increased impurities and obstacles caused by medium corrosion, and erosion in the long-term use of the pipeline, a multi-body distributed adaptive pipeline plugging and repairing robot with good driving performance and strong reliability is proposed by using the modular design method. By establishing the obstacle-crossing model of the robot, the traction equation and obstacle-crossing equation of the driving wheel and supporting wheel are studied. It can be seen from the equation that reducing the deflection angle of the driving wheel or reducing the speed of the motor spindle can improve the obstacle-crossing ability. The driving unit model is established in ADAMS software, and its running speed, driving force, and obstacle-crossing height are simulated and analysed. The model prototype is established and verified with experiments. When the deflection angle of the robot driving wheel is set to 20° to 35°, it meets the design requirements. When the deflection angle of the driving wheel is set to 20°, the robot has large traction, good running stability and high obstacle-crossing height. The maximum obstacle-crossing height is 6 mm. At this time, the robot reaches the best running state. The design of an adaptive leakage plugging robot for buried pipelines provides an important reference for the research and development of pipeline emergency prevention and control equipment.
Highlights
As the fifth-largest transportation method, pipeline transportation has the advantages of low cost, safety, and reliability and is widely used [1] to [3]
Under the optimal deflection angle, the pipeline robot runs smoothly and has a good ability to pass over obstacles
This paper focuses on the single-point leakage, multipoint leakage, and multipoint long-spacing scattered section leakage of diameter 150 mm buried pipeline, aiming to design a new type of pipeline leakage adaptive plugging robot that integrates in-pipe plugging and quick repair
Summary
As the fifth-largest transportation method, pipeline transportation has the advantages of low cost, safety, and reliability and is widely used [1] to [3]. Liu of Southwest Petroleum University in China designed a spiraldriven pipeline robot He reduced the torque of the spindle motor through the bevel gear and acted on the robot driving wheel. Many scholars have studied different pipeline leakage situations and proposed different plugging and repair methods to achieve the effect of rapid plugging and repair, but at present, few combine pipeline robots with plugging and repair devices In this context, this paper focuses on the single-point leakage, multipoint leakage, and multipoint long-spacing scattered section leakage of diameter 150 mm buried pipeline, aiming to design a new type of pipeline leakage adaptive plugging robot that integrates in-pipe plugging and quick repair. This article aims to study and analyse the walking stability and obstacle-crossing performance of the robot device, which can lay a theoretical foundation for the in-depth research of a future blockage repair robot
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