Method for mapping a natural gas leak
Abstract
A system is described that is suitable for use in determining the location of leaks of gases having a background concentration. The system is a point-wise backscatter absorption gas measurement system that measures absorption and distance to each point of an image. The absorption measurement provides an indication of the total amount of a gas of interest, and the distance provides an estimate of the background concentration of gas. The distance is measured from the time-of-flight of laser pulse that is generated along with the absorption measurement light. The measurements are formatted into an image of the presence of gas in excess of the background. Alternatively, an image of the scene is superimposed on the image of the gas to aid in locating leaks. By further modeling excess gas as a plume having a known concentration profile, the present system provides an estimate of the maximum concentration of the gas of interest.
- Inventors:
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- Livermore, CA
- Dublin, CA
- Albany, CA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia Corporation (Livermore, CA)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 988359
- Patent Number(s):
- 7486399
- Application Number:
- 12/012,670
- Assignee:
- Sandia Corporation (Livermore, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01M - TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 03 NATURAL GAS
Citation Formats
Reichardt, Thomas A, Luong, Amy Khai, Kulp, Thomas J, and Devdas, Sanjay. Method for mapping a natural gas leak. United States: N. p., 2009.
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Reichardt, Thomas A, Luong, Amy Khai, Kulp, Thomas J, & Devdas, Sanjay. Method for mapping a natural gas leak. United States.
Reichardt, Thomas A, Luong, Amy Khai, Kulp, Thomas J, and Devdas, Sanjay. Tue .
"Method for mapping a natural gas leak". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/988359.
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title = {Method for mapping a natural gas leak},
author = {Reichardt, Thomas A and Luong, Amy Khai and Kulp, Thomas J and Devdas, Sanjay},
abstractNote = {A system is described that is suitable for use in determining the location of leaks of gases having a background concentration. The system is a point-wise backscatter absorption gas measurement system that measures absorption and distance to each point of an image. The absorption measurement provides an indication of the total amount of a gas of interest, and the distance provides an estimate of the background concentration of gas. The distance is measured from the time-of-flight of laser pulse that is generated along with the absorption measurement light. The measurements are formatted into an image of the presence of gas in excess of the background. Alternatively, an image of the scene is superimposed on the image of the gas to aid in locating leaks. By further modeling excess gas as a plume having a known concentration profile, the present system provides an estimate of the maximum concentration of the gas of interest.},
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