Telescopic Protective Pipe for Dry Underground Line Components
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing protective pipe systems for underground fluid lines are prone to failure due to environmental influences like moisture and groundwater, causing operating and measuring components to deteriorate over time, leading to issues such as rusted shut-off valves that cannot function effectively years after installation.
Innovation Solution
A protective pipe system with a telescopic head pipe section and a receiving housing for electrical and electronic circuit parts, ensuring a liquid-tight connection to the fluid line components, which are kept dry and protected from environmental influences, allowing for long-term functionality and easy maintenance or replacement of components without exposing them to earthworks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If control and measuring components are installed underground near fluid lines, then they can detect or control fluid flow, but they are exposed to environmental influences like moisture and groundwater which cause deterioration over time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the control and measuring components from the underground environment by providing a protective pipe system that creates a separate, protected space. The components are housed within the protective pipe structure, isolating them from direct contact with moisture and groundwater while maintaining their operational connection to the fluid line through sealed penetrations.
Solution Approach 2:
The protective pipe system acts as an intermediary structure between the underground components and the harsh environmental conditions. It provides a protective barrier that allows the components to function while shielding them from damaging environmental influences through sealed connections and protective housing.
2Reliability
If components are sealed in underground protective pipes, then they are protected from environmental influences, but access for maintenance and replacement becomes difficult requiring earthworks
Solution Approach 1:
The protective pipe system is divided into modular sections with standardized connection elements. This segmentation allows the system to be assembled from separate components and enables individual sections to be accessed or replaced without disturbing the entire installation, facilitating maintenance while maintaining protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates movable or removable components such as telescopic head pipe sections and accessible sealing mechanisms that allow maintenance personnel to access internal components through controlled openings without requiring complete excavation or destruction of the protective structure.
3Ease of manufacture
If a fixed pipe structure is used, then installation is simple, but it cannot accommodate components of different sizes or future upgrades
Solution Approach 1:
The protective pipe system incorporates telescopic or adjustable sections that can change length or configuration. The head pipe section can be extended or repositioned to accommodate different component sizes and installation depths, providing adaptability while maintaining the overall simplicity of the pipe structure installation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses standardized, universal connection elements and modular components that can interface with various types of fluid line components and electrical components. This universality allows the same protective pipe structure to accommodate different component sizes and types, and enables future upgrades without requiring custom-designed pipe sections.
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AI summary
Protective pipe system consisting of a pipe section (1) with an upper and lower pipe end (10, 11) in the installed position and an electrical and/or fluid line component (2) which is connected to an underground fluid line (3). The lower end (11) of the pipe section is connected to the electrical and/or fluid line component (2) in a fluid-tight manner.