Rapid, subterranean gas leak location monitor

快速地下气体泄漏定位监测器

• 批准号: 700104
• 金额: $ 3.11万
• 依托单位: OPTOSCI LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: GRD Proof of Market
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2012 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=700104
• 关键词: Rapid; subterranean; gas; leak; location

A potentially significant application has emerged for a sensing system which would rapidlypinpoint the location of natural gas (largely methane) leaking from mains gas pipes intocommercial service cable ducting (e.g. for telephone & TV cables) under town and citystreets. Repairing these leaks is a time consuming and expensive process for the gasdistributor and the industry has failed to successfully deliver a technical solution to this issue.OptoSci believes that an all optical Tuneable Diode Laser Spectroscopy (TDLS) basedmethane sensing system could provide an elegant and cost effective solution to this problemwhich would substantially reduce the gas leak identification and repair time and ultimately thecost for the gas distributor. In addition this solution would offer other public benefits likeincreased safety, minimised transport disruption and reduced fugitive methane (a potentgreenhouse gas) emissions to the atmosphere. OptoSci is a micro SME with limited personneland financial resources, so the purpose of this project is to establish the product proof ofmarket and hence its commercial viability prior to any substantial investment in the fulldevelopment of a prototype system.

传感系统出现了一个潜在的重要应用，它将快速指出天然气(主要是甲烷)从主要燃气管道泄漏到城镇和城市街道下的商业服务电缆管道(例如电话和电视电缆)的位置。对于天然气分销商来说，修复这些泄漏是一个既耗时又昂贵的过程，而且该行业未能成功地提供解决这个问题的技术解决方案。OptoSci相信，基于全光学可调谐半导体激光光谱(TDLS)的甲烷传感系统可以为这个问题提供一个优雅且经济高效的解决方案，这将大大减少气体泄漏的识别和修复时间，并最终减少天然气分销商的成本。此外，这一解决方案还将提供其他公共利益，如提高安全性，最大限度地减少交通中断，减少向大气中排放逃逸的甲烷(一种强有力的温室气体)。OptoSci是一家人力和财力有限的微型中小企业，因此本项目的目的是在对原型系统的全面开发进行任何实质性投资之前，建立产品的市场证据，从而证明其商业可行性。