ABB natural gas leak detection - Flux rate quantification - Oil & Gas Journal
ABB natural gas leak detection - Flux rate quantification | Oil & Gas Journal
Download this technical white paper to learn how ABB’s Advanced Leak Detection Systems use next-generation, ultra-high-precision gas sensors to detect and characterize the location and the source type, and to quantify fugitive gas emissions.
ABB’s MobileGuard system detects methane and ethane with parts-per-billion precision along with wind speed and direction to accurately detect natural gas emissions in a variety of environments. By analyzing this raw data, ABB’s innovative algorithms can extract the presence of emissions and estimate the location and flux (emission rate) of emitted natural gas.
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