Abstract: This paper introduces an Intelligent Model for Real-Time Pipeline Monitoring and Maintenance Prediction to enhance infrastructure integrity and operational efficiency in Nigeria's oil and gas sector. Given the country's economic dependence on oil and gas revenue, efficient pipeline transportation is crucial. However, pipelines face challenges such as corrosion, mechanical failures, vandalism, and theft, leading to economic losses and environmental risks. Current monitoring systems are mainly reactive, lacking timely anomaly detection and predictive maintenance capabilities. To tackle these challenges, the study utilized sophisticated machine learning methods by combining the Random Forest classifier for real-time anomaly detection with the Prophet model for predictive maintenance forecasting. Datasets from Kaggle were used. The Random Forest classifier demonstrated robust performance with an accuracy of 93.48%, precision of 93.75%, recall of 96.77%, and an F1-score of 95.24%. The Prophet model provided accurate hourly forecasts of operational parameters, aiding proactive maintenance scheduling. Despite some errors encountered (RMSE: 21.48 and MAE: 18.17), the Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) of 14.87% indicates relatively minor discrepancies compared to actual values. In conclusion, the Intelligent Model shows significant advancements in pipeline monitoring and maintenance prediction by leveraging machine learning for early anomaly detection and timely maintenance interventions. This proactive approach aims to reduce downtime, prevent environmental damage, and optimize operational efficiency in Nigeria's oil and gas infrastructure. Future research could focus on enhancing system scalability across diverse terrains, employing advanced deep learning techniques such as Transformer Networks and Autoencoders for improved prediction accuracy, and exploring cybersecurity measures like blockchain integration to ensure data integrity and protect critical infrastructure from cyber threats.
Abstract: This paper introduces an Intelligent Model for Real-Time Pipeline Monitoring and Maintenance Prediction to enhance infrastructure integrity and operational efficiency in Nigeria's oil and gas sector. Given the country's economic dependence on oil and gas revenue, efficient pipeline transportation is crucial. However, pipelines face challenges such ...Show More
Abstract: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) visual tracking is an important research direction. The tracking object is lost due to the problems of target occlusion, illumination variation, flight vibration and so on. Therefore, based on a Siamese network, this study proposes a UAVs visual tracker named SiamDFT++ to enhance the correlation of depth features. First, the network width of the three-layer convolution after the full convolution neural network is doubled, and the appearance information of the target is fully utilized to complete the feature extraction of the template frame and the detection frame. Then, the attention information fusion module and feature deep convolution module are proposed in the template branch and the detection branch, respectively. The feature correlation calculation methods of the two depths can effectively suppress the background information, enhance the correlation between pixel pairs, and efficiently complete the tasks of classification and regression. Furthermore, this study makes full use of shallow features to enhance the extraction of object features. Finally, this study uses the methods of deep cross-correlation operation and complete intersection over union to complete the matching and location tasks. The experimental results show that the tracker has strong robustness in UAVs short-term tracking scenes and long-term tracking scenes.
Abstract: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) visual tracking is an important research direction. The tracking object is lost due to the problems of target occlusion, illumination variation, flight vibration and so on. Therefore, based on a Siamese network, this study proposes a UAVs visual tracker named SiamDFT++ to enhance the correlation of depth features. Fi...Show More