Oil and gas pipeline inspection device
By optimizing the oil and gas pipeline inspection device with a lifting structure and stirring components, the problems of low sensor detection accuracy and coating sedimentation have been solved, enabling efficient marking of abnormal points and improving inspection efficiency.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-06-20
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-31
AI Technical Summary
Existing oil and gas pipeline inspection devices suffer from low sensor detection accuracy during flight, making it impossible to quickly and accurately locate anomalies, and the coating is prone to sedimentation, affecting the marking effect.
A lifting structure and stirring assembly were designed. The height is adjusted by the linkage of the threaded rod and the bevel gear, which increases the detection accuracy of the sensor. The stirring blades prevent paint from settling, and the nozzle is used to mark abnormal points.
It improves detection accuracy, facilitates marking of abnormal points, prevents paint sedimentation, and enhances inspection efficiency.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to oil and gas pipeline inspection device technical field, concretely is a kind of oil and gas pipeline inspection device. BACKGROUND
[0002] Oil and gas pipeline is the pipeline for transporting petroleum and petroleum products or natural gas, and is usually set in the wild, which increases the difficulty of manual inspection. Therefore, an inspection unmanned aerial vehicle for oil and gas pipeline protection can be used. The oil and gas pipeline inspection devices on the market have various styles and can meet certain needs.
[0003] A utility model patent with the authorization announcement number CN217935800U discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle for oil and gas pipeline inspection, which includes: a fuselage including a frame and a power device for driving the frame to fly; a control system for controlling the flight state of the power device; a picture transmission system including an image acquisition unit for acquiring the terrain and topography near the pipeline and providing pipeline monitoring images, a detection unit for detecting the leakage of the transmission medium in the pipeline, a storage unit for storing the monitoring images, terrain and topography, and leakage, and a transmission unit for transmitting the monitoring images, terrain and topography, and leakage stored in the storage unit to a terminal device; a mounting rack for fixing the picture transmission system on the fuselage. The picture transmission system carried on the unmanned aerial vehicle can inspect the pipeline, overcome the constraints of complex terrain on manual inspection, and quickly and long-term inspect the pipeline, thereby improving the inspection efficiency.
[0004] In combination with the existing scheme and actual production and processing, the current oil and gas pipeline inspection device still has some problems, such as: the propeller of the unmanned aerial vehicle can cause air disturbance during flight inspection, various sensors are close to the propeller of the unmanned aerial vehicle, which can affect the detection accuracy of the sensors due to air disturbance during detection, and when a problem pipeline section is found during inspection, it is difficult for the staff to quickly and accurately find the location of the problem pipeline section, which reduces the work efficiency. At the same time, the paint is prone to segregation during storage, which affects the use due to the light color during marking. Therefore, the present utility model provides an oil and gas pipeline inspection device to solve the above problems. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS
[0005] The utility model aims to provide an oil and gas pipeline inspection device to solve the problem of the existing oil and gas pipeline inspection device in the background art, which is inconvenient to adjust the height to increase the detection accuracy, inconvenient to mark the detected abnormal points, and the paint is prone to sedimentation.
[0006] To achieve the above object, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: an oil and gas pipeline inspection device, which comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle body and mounting arms fixedly connected to the left and right ends of the unmanned aerial vehicle body for support, and a wing is installed at the outer end of the mounting arm.
[0007] Also includes:
[0008] The inside of the unmanned aerial vehicle body middle position is provided with a liquid storage cavity, and the lower right end of the liquid storage cavity is fixedly connected with a first connecting pipe, and the right end of the first connecting pipe is boltedly connected with a micro liquid pump, and a rotatable stirring assembly is arranged on the liquid storage cavity;
[0009] The right lower end of the unmanned aerial vehicle body is fixedly connected with a support rod which is symmetrically arranged front and back, and the support rod is respectively nested and connected at the right end of the mounting seat, and the lower end of the mounting seat is sequentially provided with a methane sensor, a hydrogen sulfide sensor and a camera from left to right, and the left end of the mounting seat is threadedly connected with a threaded rod.
[0010] Preferably, the stirring assembly comprises a first connecting shaft, a stirring motor and stirring blades, the first connecting shaft is rotatably connected at the center of the liquid storage cavity, the top end of the first connecting shaft is provided with the stirring motor, and the outer surface of the first connecting shaft is embedded with the stirring blades at equal intervals.
[0011] Preferably, the stirring blades constitute a rotating structure in the liquid storage cavity through the first connecting shaft, and the upper rear end of the liquid storage cavity is threadedly connected with a sealing cover.
[0012] Preferably, the right end of the micro liquid pump is boltedly connected with a second connecting pipe, and the lower end of the second connecting pipe is provided with a spray head, wherein the liquid storage cavity, the first connecting pipe and the spray head constitute a communication structure.
[0013] Preferably, the threaded rods are rotatably connected on the front and back sides of the lower left end of the unmanned aerial vehicle body, and the upper ends of the threaded rods are fixedly connected with first bevel gears.
[0014] Preferably, the front end of the first bevel gear is meshedly connected with a second bevel gear, the center of the second bevel gear is fixedly connected with a second connecting shaft, and the second connecting shaft is respectively installed at the front and rear ends of the double-shaft motor.
[0015] Preferably, the second connecting shaft, the second bevel gear, the first bevel gear and the threaded rods constitute a linkage structure, and the mounting seat constitutes a lifting structure on the lower side of the unmanned aerial vehicle body through the threaded rods and the support rods.
[0016] Compared with the prior art, the oil and gas pipeline inspection device has the advantages that the height is easy to adjust, the detection accuracy is increased, the detected abnormal points are easy to mark, and the paint deposition is prevented.
[0017] 1. The support rod and the threaded rod are provided, and the structural design of the second connecting shaft, the second bevel gear, the first bevel gear and the threaded rods enables the second bevel gear to drive the front and back two groups of threaded rods to rotate through the first bevel gear when the second bevel gear rotates.
[0018] The mounting seat is designed through the threaded rod and the supporting rod on the structure of the unmanned aerial vehicle main body, so that the mounting seat is lowered through the supporting rod when the threaded rod rotates, thereby facilitating the height adjustment and increasing the detection accuracy.
[0019] 2. The liquid storage cavity and the first connecting pipe are arranged, the structure design of the liquid storage cavity, the first connecting pipe and the second connecting pipe and the spray head makes the paint in the liquid storage cavity enter the spray head through the first connecting pipe and the second connecting pipe, and the paint is sprayed on the abnormal point of the pipeline through the spray head, so that the detected abnormal point is marked.
[0020] 3. The liquid storage cavity and the stirring assembly are arranged, and the structure design of the stirring blade in the liquid storage cavity through the first connecting shaft makes the first connecting shaft rotate to drive the stirring blade to rotate.
[0021] The stirring blades arranged at equal intervals are rotated to stir the paint in the liquid storage cavity, so that the paint is prevented from precipitating. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0022] Figure 1 It is a front view cross-sectional structure schematic view of the utility model;
[0023] Figure 2 It is a left side view cross-sectional structure schematic view of the utility model that the threaded rod is connected with the mounting seat;
[0024] Figure 3 It is a left side view cross-sectional structure schematic view of the utility model that the supporting rod is connected with the mounting seat;
[0025] Figure 4 It is a bottom view cross-sectional structure schematic view of the utility model that the methane sensor is connected with the mounting seat;
[0026] Figure 5 It is a whole structure schematic view of the utility model that the first bevel gear is connected with the second bevel gear;
[0027] Figure 6 It is a whole structure schematic view of the utility model that the first connecting shaft is connected with the stirring blade.
[0028] In the drawing: 1, unmanned aerial vehicle main body; 2, mounting arm; 3, wing; 4, liquid storage cavity; 5, stirring assembly; 501, first connecting shaft; 502, stirring motor; 503, stirring blade; 6, first connecting pipe; 7, miniature liquid pump; 8, second connecting pipe; 9, spray head; 10, supporting rod; 11, mounting seat; 12, threaded rod; 13, first bevel gear; 14, second bevel gear; 15, second connecting shaft; 16, double-shaft motor; 17, methane sensor; 18, hydrogen sulfide sensor; 19, camera; 20, sealing cover. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0029] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of the utility model.
[0030] Please refer to Figures 1-6 The utility model provides a kind of technical scheme: a kind of oil and gas pipeline inspection device, including unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1, installation arm 2, wing 3, liquid storage cavity 4, stirring assembly 5, first connecting pipe 6, micro liquid pump 7, second connecting pipe 8, spray head 9, support rod 10, mounting seat 11, threaded rod 12, first bevel gear 13, second bevel gear 14, second connecting shaft 15, double-shaft motor 16, methane sensor 17, hydrogen sulfide sensor 18, camera 19 and sealing cover 20, unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1 and fixedly connected at its left and right ends for supporting installation arm 2, and the outer end of installation arm 2 is installed with wing 3;
[0031] Also include:
[0032] The inside of unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1 middle position is provided with liquid storage cavity 4, and the lower right end of liquid storage cavity 4 is fixedly connected with first connecting pipe 6, and the right end of first connecting pipe 6 is bolted with micro liquid pump 7, and rotatable stirring assembly 5 is arranged on liquid storage cavity 4;
[0033] The right lower end of unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1 is fixedly connected with support rod 10 in front and back symmetry, and support rod 10 is respectively nestedly connected in the right end of mounting seat 11, and the lower end of mounting seat 11 is sequentially installed with methane sensor 17, hydrogen sulfide sensor 18 and camera 19 from left to right, and the left end of mounting seat 11 is threadedly connected with threaded rod 12.
[0034] Embodiment: the existing coating storage is prone to segregation phenomenon, and the color is relatively light when marking, which affects use, so the embodiment is through the following technical scheme, such as Figure 1 、 Figure 3 And Figure 6 Since stirring assembly 5 includes first connecting shaft 501, stirring motor 502 and stirring blade 503, the outer surface of first connecting shaft 501 is embeddedly connected with stirring blade 503 at equal intervals, and stirring blade 503 constitutes a rotating structure in the inside of liquid storage cavity 4 through first connecting shaft 501;
[0035] Therefore, the inside of liquid storage cavity 4 stores coating, wing 3 works to make unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1 fly up to pipeline inspection through installation arm 2, and first connecting shaft 501 rotates in the inside of liquid storage cavity 4 when stirring motor 502 works;
[0036] When the first connecting shaft 501 rotates, the equidistantly arranged stirring blades 503 rotate in the interior of the liquid storage cavity 4, so that the equidistantly arranged stirring blades 503 stir the paint in the liquid storage cavity 4 in rotation, prevent the paint in the liquid storage cavity 4 from segregating, affect the quality during marking, and thus prevent the paint from precipitating;
[0037] The existing unmanned aerial vehicle causes air disturbance in the flight inspection process, various sensors are close to the propeller of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the detection accuracy of the sensors is reduced due to the air disturbance during detection. Therefore, the embodiment achieves the following technical solutions, such as Figure 1 、 Figure 2 、 Figure 3 、 Figure 4 and Figure 5 The front end of the first bevel gear 13 is connected with the second bevel gear 14, the second connecting shaft 15, the second bevel gear 14, the first bevel gear 13 and the threaded rod 12 form a linkage structure, and the mounting seat 11 forms a lifting structure on the lower side of the unmanned aerial vehicle body 1 through the threaded rod 12 and the support rod 10;
[0038] Therefore, when the unmanned aerial vehicle body 1 takes off and performs inspection, the double-shaft motor 16 is driven to rotate the front and rear groups of second connecting shafts 15, the second connecting shafts 15 are driven to rotate the front and rear groups of second bevel gears 14 when rotating, and the second bevel gears 14 are driven to mesh with the corresponding first bevel gears 13 when rotating;
[0039] The front and rear symmetrically arranged first bevel gears 13 are driven to rotate the front and rear groups of threaded rods 12 at the lower left end of the unmanned aerial vehicle body 1, the right end of the mounting seat 11 is driven to slide downward on the front and rear symmetrically arranged support rods 10, and the left end of the mounting seat 11 is driven to move downward on the front and rear groups of threaded rods 12;
[0040] The mounting seat 11 drives the methane sensor 17, the hydrogen sulfide sensor 18 and the camera 19 to descend, the methane sensor 17, the hydrogen sulfide sensor 18 and the camera 19 are away from the lower end of the unmanned aerial vehicle body 1, and the methane sensor 17, the hydrogen sulfide sensor 18 and the camera 19 are driven to detect and record the pipeline when working, so as to facilitate the adjustment of the height and increase the detection accuracy;
[0041] The existing unmanned aerial vehicle cannot quickly and accurately find the position of the problem pipe section when the problem pipe section is found during inspection, and the work efficiency is reduced. Therefore, the embodiment achieves the following technical solutions, such as Figure 1 and Figure 4 The liquid storage cavity 4 forms a communication structure with the spray head 9 through the first connecting pipe 6 and the second connecting pipe 8, and the rear upper end of the liquid storage cavity 4 is threadedly connected with a sealing cover 20;
[0042] Therefore, when the abnormal point is detected and needs to be marked, the micro liquid pump 7 is started to draw the paint in the liquid storage cavity 4 to the inside of the second connecting pipe 8 through the first connecting pipe 6, and the paint in the second connecting pipe 8 is sprayed on the abnormal point of the pipeline through the spray head 9, so that the abnormal point is more conspicuous, and the staff can find and repair the abnormal point, thereby facilitating the marking of the detected abnormal point.
[0043] Working principle: when the left and right wings 3 are working, the unmanned aerial vehicle body 1 is lifted by the left and right symmetrical mounting arms 2, the double-shaft motor 16 drives the front and rear second connecting shafts 15 to rotate, and the second taper gears 14 at the corresponding positions are rotated, so that the second taper gears 14 are engaged with the first taper gears 13 to drive the front and rear threaded rods 12 to rotate, the mounting seat 11 is stably lowered away from the lower end of the unmanned aerial vehicle body 1 through the front and rear symmetrical supporting rods 10, and the methane sensor 17, the hydrogen sulfide sensor 18 and the camera 19 work to inspect the pipeline.
[0044] When the stirring motor 502 works, the first connecting shaft 501 rotates in the inside of the liquid storage cavity 4, and the first connecting shaft 501 drives the stirring blades 503 to rotate, so that the stirring blades 503 at equal intervals rotate to stir the paint in the inside of the liquid storage cavity 4, and prevent the paint in the liquid storage cavity 4 from depositing.
[0045] When the micro liquid pump 7 works, the paint in the liquid storage cavity 4 enters the inside of the second connecting pipe 8 through the first connecting pipe 6, and the paint in the second connecting pipe 8 is sprayed on the abnormal point of the pipeline through the spray head 9, so that the abnormal point is more conspicuous, and the staff can find and repair the abnormal point, thereby facilitating the marking of the detected abnormal point.
[0046] When the paint in the liquid storage cavity 4 needs to be added, the sealing cover 20 is rotated to be separated from the inside of the rear end of the liquid storage cavity 4, the paint is poured into the inside of the liquid storage cavity 4 through the feed inlet at the rear end of the liquid storage cavity 4, and after the paint is filled, the sealing cover 20 is screwed into the feed inlet of the liquid storage cavity 4, so that the paint cannot leak.
[0047] The standard parts used in the utility model can be purchased from the market, the special-shaped parts can be ordered according to the description and the drawings, the specific connection mode of each part adopts the conventional means such as bolts, rivets and welding in the existing technology, the machinery, parts and equipment adopt conventional models in the existing technology, and the circuit connection adopts the conventional connection mode in the existing technology, which will not be described in detail here.
[0048] Although the utility model has been explained in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art can still modify the technical solutions recorded in the foregoing embodiments or make equivalent replacement to part of the technical features, and any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the utility model shall be included in the protection scope of the utility model.
Claims
1. An oil and gas pipeline inspection device, comprising a UAV body (1) and mounting arms (2) fixedly connected at both left and right ends thereof for support, and wings (3) mounted at outer ends of the mounting arms (2); characterized in that Further comprising: An internal liquid storage cavity (4) is formed at a middle position of the UAV body (1), a first connecting pipe (6) is fixedly connected to a lower right end of the liquid storage cavity (4), a micro liquid pump (7) is bolted to a right end of the first connecting pipe (6), and a rotatable stirring assembly (5) is arranged on the liquid storage cavity (4); A support rod (10) is fixedly connected to a lower right end of the UAV body (1) in a front-rear symmetry manner, the support rod (10) is respectively nestedly connected to right ends of mounting seats (11), methane sensors (17), hydrogen sulfide sensors (18) and cameras (19) are mounted on the mounting seats (11) in sequence from left to right, and a threaded rod (12) is threadedly connected to a left end of the mounting seat (11).
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: The stirring assembly (5) comprises a first connecting shaft (501), a stirring motor (502) and stirring blades (503), the first connecting shaft (501) is rotatably connected to a center of the liquid storage cavity (4), the stirring motor (502) is mounted at a top end of the first connecting shaft (501), and the stirring blades (503) are equidistantly embeddedly connected to an outer surface of the first connecting shaft (501).
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein: The stirring blades (503) constitute a rotating structure in the liquid storage cavity (4) through the first connecting shaft (501), and a sealing cover (20) is threadedly connected to an upper rear end of the liquid storage cavity (4).
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: A second connecting pipe (8) is bolted to a right end of the micro liquid pump (7), a spray head (9) is mounted at a lower end of the second connecting pipe (8), and the liquid storage cavity (4) constitutes a communication structure with the spray head (9) through the first connecting pipe (6) and the second connecting pipe (8).
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: The threaded rod (12) is rotatably connected to front and rear sides of a lower left end of the UAV body (1), and a first bevel gear (13) is fixedly connected to an upper end of the threaded rod (12).
6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein: A second bevel gear (14) is meshingly connected to a front end of the first bevel gear (13), a second connecting shaft (15) is fixedly connected to a center of the second bevel gear (14), and the second connecting shaft (15) is mounted at front and rear ends of a double-shaft motor (16).
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein: The second connecting shaft (15), the second bevel gear (14), the first bevel gear (13) and the threaded rod (12) constitute a linkage structure, and the mounting seat (11) constitutes a lifting structure on a lower side of the UAV body (1) through the threaded rod (12) and the support rod (10).
Citation Information
Patent Citations
Unmanned aerial vehicle for oil and gas pipeline inspection
CN217935800U