DocumentCode
2893155
Title
Underwater inspection experiment for a long tunnel of EDF´s hydroelectric facilities
Author
Loisy, F. ; François, P. ; Douchet, G. ; Hope-Darby, P. ; Shimmin, K. ; Bonner, T. ; Laurent, E. ; Colin, R.
Author_Institution
EDF R&D, Chatou, France
fYear
2010
fDate
5-7 Oct. 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
Robots are now routinely used for underwater inspection of hydroelectric generation facilities such as dam heels. A first experiment aimed at evaluating the possibilities of inspecting long hydraulic tunnels has been performed in France and has been found to be promising.
Keywords
dams; hydroelectric power stations; inspection; mobile robots; underwater vehicles; EDF hydroelectric facilities; dam heels; hydroelectric generation facilities; long tunnel; underwater inspection experiment; Companies; Inspection; Instruments; Maintenance engineering; Robot kinematics; Sonar equipment; Hydraulic equipment; Hydroelectric power generation; Testing; Underwater acoustics; Underwater vehicles;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Applied Robotics for the Power Industry (CARPI), 2010 1st International Conference on
Conference_Location
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-6633-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CARPI.2010.5624461
Filename
5624461
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