Patent ID: 11898705
Assignee: AQUARIUS SPECTRUM LTD.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC F  E  G  Y | IPC E  F  G

Claim 39:
40. A method for pipe network failure classification, said method comprising:
monitoring operation conditions of at least one pipe of a pipe network and logging related operation parameter values collected by one or more sensors deployed in, on or in proximity to the at least one pipe of the pipe network, the operation parameter values may be an indication of a failure of the at least one pipe;
monitoring environment conditions of the at least one pipe and collecting related environment parameter values;
intermittently receiving the operation parameter values collected by the one or more sensors;
receiving an indication of a failure of the at least one pipe, or learning of a failure in the pipe network of the at least one pipe by accessing a pipe network failures database that stores records of related operation parameter values collected by the one or more sensors and finding an indication of a failure of the at least one pipe;
referencing, upon receipt or finding the indication of the failure of the at least one pipe, records of a pipe network parts database that stores feature parameter value records of pipes in the pipe network;
retrieving one or more feature parameter value records associated with the at least one pipe; and
classifying the failure of the at least one pipe into one of two or more failure categories associated with different failure causes, based on at least one collected operation parameter values, one collected environment parameter values and one retrieved feature parameter value records
wherein said pipe network parts database stores: (1) historic records of leaks labeled by failure type including corrosion, ground movement, or leak location; and (2) attributes of the at last one pipe including at least one of material, diameter, year of installation, working pressure, pressure transients, temperature changes, wall thickness, ground corrosiveness, ground conductivity, or copper pipe connection density per unit length.