Te c h n o l o g i e s S e n t r y S y s t e m Three-year project entails MONITOR... ·...
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RMLD Sentry for Upstream Natural Gas Leak Monitoring
Michael B. Frish, Physical Sciences Inc.
An autonomous natural gas leak detecting, locating, quantifying and reporting system
Vehicle normally parks with RMLD active– Continuous site monitoring– Detects intermittent emissions often missed by infrequent surveys
Aerial survey– Scheduled or triggered by continuous monitor leak indication– Circles or spirals around the potential leak source, to locate and
quantify leak source
Designing and developing system-specific components
Gathering data to develop and optimize leak localization and quantification algorithms
Creating paths to:– Reducing ICL cost in volume production– Producing complete sensor systems at the targeted
cost
Three-year project entails:
Physical Sciences Inc.Dr. Michael FrishPrincipal Investigator /Program ManagerT2M Lead
Physical Sciences Inc.Dr. David SonnenfrohMid-IR System Designand Integration Algorithm Development and Data Analysis
Physical Sciences Inc.Mr. David ManegoldAerial Vehicle /Garage System Integration
Physical Sciences Inc.Mr. Matt LadererGarage and OpticsDesign and Assembly
Heath Consultants Inc.Mr. James RutherfordSystem Test Planningand EvaluationMfg. Support for T2M Plan
Heath Consultants Inc.Mr. Paul WehnertTechnology Transferand Outreach
Heath Consultants Inc.Mr. Steve ChanceySenior Design SupportRuggedized Garage Designand Assembly
Thorlabs Quantum ElectronicsDr. Feng XieMid-IR Laser FabricationMid-IR Laser Source CostReduction
Princeton UniversityDr. Mark ZondloTest Planning, Execution, andData Analysis for ConceptValidation & System Evaluation
University of HoustonDr. Robert TalbotLeak Detection and SearchAlgorithms, Validation TestSite Support, Data Fabrication
Cascodium Inc.Mr. Patrick CoblerSenior Electronics Designand Fabrication
Cascodium Inc.Mr. Scott RhodesSenior ElectronicEngineering Lead
Project Team
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Laser Backscatter Detection based on the PSI/Heath Remote Methane Leak Detector (RMLD™) and Remote Emissions Monitor (REM)
Battery/solar-powered, lightweight, sensitive
Long-path continuous methane detection
Mid-IR Interband Cascade Lasers (ICLs) for methane + ethane speciation
Novel methods for localizing and quantifying leak flux
Encircle area of interest in a scanned cylinder of RMLD™ laser light projected to the ground from above.
The net methane flux flowing through each cylinder = (column-integrated concentration measured by RMLD) x (cylinder cross section) x (wind speed)
– Discriminates against external sources
• External sources contribute zero net flux
• For internal leaks, net flux = leak rate
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Commerce, CA March 2016
Fantasy, 2014 Reality, March 2016Hitchcock, TX
Self-centering Sentry Docking Platform
PSI’s InstantEye® Miniature Autonomous sUAS
Low-cost, low-risk, high-performance in all weather
First prototype coming May 2016
Test flight of full-scale weighted mock-up
Small RMLD
Building the Sentry Vehicle
T e c h n o l o g i e s S e n t r y S y s t e m