A COST EFFECTIVE MULTI-SPECTRAL SCANNER FOR NATURAL GAS DETECTION

Sivathanu, Yudaya ; Lim, Jongmook ; Narayanan, Vinoo

En'Urga Inc. (United States)

关键词: Natural Gas;    Pipelines;    Detection;    Design;    Plumes;   

DOI  :  10.2172/835182
RP-ID  :  NONE
RP-ID  :  FC26-03NT41857
RP-ID  :  835182

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this project is to design, fabricate and field demonstrate a cost effective, multi-spectral scanner for natural gas leak detection in transmission and distribution pipelines. During the first year of the project, a laboratory version of the multi-spectral scanner was designed, fabricated, and tested at En'Urga Inc. The multi-spectral scanner was also evaluated using a blind DoE study at RMOTC. The performance of the scanner was inconsistent during the blind DoE study. However, most of the leaks were outside the view of the multi-spectral scanner. Therefore, a definite evaluation of the capability of the scanner was not obtained. Despite the results, sufficient number of plumes was detected fully confirming the feasibility of the multi-spectral scanner. During the second year, a rugged prototype scanner will be developed and evaluated, both at En'Urga Inc. and any potential field sites.