Single Photon Range Imaging for Natural Gas Sensing SPRINGS

用于天然气传感弹簧的单光子范围成像

• 批准号: 103876
• 金额: $ 96.29万
• 依托单位: ID QUANTIQUE LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=103876
• 关键词: Single; Photon; Range; Imaging; Natural

Gas sensing is a growing market, with Oil & Gas leak detection alone expected to grow to $3.4Bn in 2022. Natural gas leaks cost companies $30Bn per year, the ability to detect these leaks is limited by the characteristics of existing technologies. The SPRINGS project sets out to develop a quantum-inspired laser radar (LIDAR) capable of detecting the lowest concentration of natural gas leaks required by the industry out to a 200 metres operational distance. This brings a 10-fold sensitivity improvement over our closest competitor and enables fast scanning and imaging. It is lightweight and low-power and unlocks new applications for Oil & Gas and waste management industries, and it delivers an unprecedented 30 miles per hour surveying speed. To ensure long-term leadership, we will also develop a quantum-enhanced prototype, taking us to mid-IR wavelengths, for a further 10-fold performance gain. This opens up the possibility for other gas species and unlocks applications such as Oil & Gas exploration and remote detection of explosives.

气体传感是一个不断增长的市场，仅石油和天然气泄漏检测预计到2022年将增长到34亿美元。天然气泄漏每年使公司损失300亿美元，检测这些泄漏的能力受到现有技术特征的限制。SPRINGS项目旨在开发一种量子激光雷达（LIDAR），能够在200米的操作距离内检测到该行业所需的最低浓度的天然气泄漏。这使得灵敏度比我们最接近的竞争对手提高了10倍，并实现了快速扫描和成像。它重量轻、功耗低，为石油天然气和废物管理行业开启了新的应用，并提供前所未有的每小时30英里的测量速度。为了确保长期的领导地位，我们还将开发一个量子增强的原型，将我们带到中红外波长，以进一步提高10倍的性能。这为其他气体种类开辟了可能性，并开启了石油和天然气勘探以及爆炸物远程检测等应用。