Serial entrepreneur Hans-Christian Stuber left SwissCopter AG at the end of 2010 to set up a new business at the beginning of 2011, Rainbow Services, one of the first European consultants in the field of Unmanned Aircraft Systems applications.
Today the Swiss company offers a variety of General Commercial Applications (Aerial Surveying, Pipeline Control, Power Line Inspection) as well as Homeland Security, Land Management, and Police and Fire Fighting services.
Rainbow Services has now teamed with Athens-based Aratos Technologies S.A. to provide a customised Pipeline Surveillance System which includes:
- Image operation in different spectral bands
- Real-Time Monitoring of the pipeline system
- GIS system for the visualization of the pipeline system
The system uses high-resolution satellite data and processing of satellite images and/or Unmanned Aircraft Systems for real time monitoring of the pipeline system at close range. It also offers a Geographic Information System (GIS) for the visualization of the pipeline systems with the necessary Software for the processing of satellite images. It can be used to detect damage and to monitor earthquake activity.
Aratos has developed a unique GIS System which depicts the current state of the pipeline system. This GIS system consists of Digital maps of the area of interest with a Visualization of the pipeline system. It can then depict the point where a damage has taken place, create alerts and warnings and Send out alerts via SMS or e-mail.
The system receives satellite images of high resolution (1-2 m) and monitors environmental changes and current weather conditions and creates land cover maps. Image operation in different bands is essential in pipeline monitoring, so the company has also developed its own software for the processing images in different spectral bands (visible, infrared, thermal, etc.).
The system uses UAS supplied by Rainbow Services to monitor the area of interest. UAS are easily controlled and can fly at a low altitude and carry a special camera which detects areas of high temperature (e.g. in case of a leakage). The operator can use the camera in order to monitor the area from his office. UAS are today emerging as highly effective tools for confronting pipeline monitoring. Oil and gas leaks show up well in infrared because of the temperature differences between the fluid and the soil.
Advantages of the system are:
- Development based on remote sensing techniques and satellite technologies
- Increased probability of detection
- Environmental benefits
- Cost savings
- GIS applications
- Automated tracking of changes
- Automatic alerts and warnings
- Intelligent decision-taking system
- Integrated Monitoring System
- Combination of various technologies Reliable results
- Easy to use by non-experts
Click to download:Pipeline Surveillance Presentation
Source: Press Release
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