Sustainable Smart Self-Sensory Infrastructures for Leakage Detection

Abstract

The study aims to develop sustainable smart self-sensory infrastructures with leakage detection capabilities. To answer this goal the study offers to combine two advanced technologies, namely: smart textile reinforcement (TR) and magnesium phosphate cement (MPC). The TR is produced with AR-glass and carbon yarns, in which the electrical conductivity of the carbon yarns enables them to be used also as smart self-sensory agents. The study presents the feasibility of the TR-MPC smart pipe concept by demonstrating its production possibilities, as well as its sensory capabilities to detect and distinguish between the magnitude of leakage events.