City gas pipeline safety management service using drones and IoT

business overview

Program Name City gas pipeline safety management service using drones and IoT
company name Mirae IT Consortium draft type Smart demonstration project
type of exception Demonstration special case service type Platform
Approval date 2020-09-14 Business start date 2020-09-14
Department in charge Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Regulatory Department Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Demonstration area 세종 시
Regulatory exceptions
(Related regulations)
Article 26 of the City Gas Business Act;
City gas safety management integrated notice (MOTIE Notice No. 2015-149) Paragraphs 4 and 5
Article 24, Article 25, Article 36 of Standard Safety Management Regulations for General City Gas Businesses
business conditions
  • IoT, drone-based city gas pipeline safety inspector on-site visit replacement

– Not a complete replacement, but limited to excavation site tour inspection
– Items to be checked during the circuit inspection under Chapter 25, Paragraph 2 of the Standard Safety Management Regulations (gas leaks from pipes exposed due to excavation work, verification of unauthorized excavation work, etc.) and cycle inspection period (1 per day for pipes exposed through excavation work times) compliance
– Establishment of immediate dispatch system for abnormal situations such as gas leakage and unauthorized excavation detection during circuit inspection

  • Establishment of a safety system for gas-using facilities using smart meters

– Set the area where the gas boiler is not installed as the demonstration target
– The smart meter shall have the same or higher function than the multifunctional gas safety meter specified in Attached Table 11 of the Travel Regulations for the Safety Management of Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Business Act;
– In the case of facilities using smart meters, the safety inspection cycle is relaxed (once a year → once every 1 years)

Main Content
  • 목적 : Circulating inspection of city gas pipelines, which were previously operated by vehicles, using drones, and building a regular safety monitoring system for gas supply pipelines and gas receiving facilities using IoT devices and smart meters and intelligent risk prediction
  • Contents : Using drones to monitor legal and illegal excavation work and the risk of gas leakage at construction sites, collect gas consumption from customers through smart meters and automatically shut off valves in case of gas leaks
concept diagram

담당자

Department in charge Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Urban Economics Department 044-201-3738
Regulatory Department Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy Energy Safety Division 044-203-6482
Dedicated organization Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA) Smart City Infrastructure Development Room 031-389-6583