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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 Frish Principal Investigator / Program Manager T2M Lead Physical Sciences Inc. Dr. David Sonnenfroh Mid-IR System Design and Integration Algorithm Development and Data Analysis Physical Sciences Inc. Mr. David Manegold Aerial Vehicle / Garage System Integration Physical Sciences Inc. Mr. Matt Laderer Garage and Optics Design and Assembly Heath Consultants Inc. Mr. James Rutherford System Test Planning and Evaluation Mfg. Support for T2M Plan Heath Consultants Inc. Mr. Paul Wehnert Technology Transfer and Outreach Heath Consultants Inc. Mr. Steve Chancey Senior Design Support Ruggedized Garage Design and Assembly Thorlabs Quantum Electronics Dr. Feng Xie Mid-IR Laser Fabrication Mid-IR Laser Source Cost Reduction Princeton University Dr. Mark Zondlo Test Planning, Execution, and Data Analysis for Concept Validation & System Evaluation University of Houston Dr. Robert Talbot Leak Detection and Search Algorithms, Validation Test Site Support, Data Fabrication Cascodium Inc. Mr. Patrick Cobler Senior Electronics Design and Fabrication Cascodium Inc. Mr. Scott Rhodes Senior Electronic Engineering Lead Project Team www.psicorp.com 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 -10 10 30 50 70 -10 10 30 50 70 Measured Flow Rate (scfh) Metered Flow Rate (scfh) Calibration Results Trial 1 Trial 2 Average Linear (Average) Commerce, CA March 2016 Fantasy, 2014 Reality, March 2016 Hitchcock, 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 Technologies Sentry System

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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

www.psicorp.com

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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Metered Flow Rate (scfh)

Calibration Results

Trial 1Trial 2AverageLinear (Average)

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