TY - GEN
T1 - Monitoring fugitive methane gas emission from natural gas pads
AU - Klein, Levente J.
AU - Van Kessel, Ted
AU - Nair, Dhruv
AU - Muralidhar, Ramachandran
AU - Hamann, Hendrik
AU - Sosa, Norma
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 ASME.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Identifying fugitive methane leaks can improve predictive maintenance of the extraction process, can extend gas extraction equipment lifetime, and eliminate hazardous work conditions. We demonstrate a wireless sensor network based on cost effective and robust chemi-resistive methane sensors combined with real time analytics to identify leaks from 2 scfh to 1000 scfh. The chemi-resistive sensors were validated to have a sensitivity better than 1 ppm in methane plume detection. The real time chemical sensor and wind data is integrated into an inversion models to identify the location and the magnitude of the methane leak. This integrated sensing and analytics solution can be deployed in outdoor environment for long term monitoring of accidental methane plume emissions, generate recommendations about fixing them, and ensure compliance with local government regulations.
AB - Identifying fugitive methane leaks can improve predictive maintenance of the extraction process, can extend gas extraction equipment lifetime, and eliminate hazardous work conditions. We demonstrate a wireless sensor network based on cost effective and robust chemi-resistive methane sensors combined with real time analytics to identify leaks from 2 scfh to 1000 scfh. The chemi-resistive sensors were validated to have a sensitivity better than 1 ppm in methane plume detection. The real time chemical sensor and wind data is integrated into an inversion models to identify the location and the magnitude of the methane leak. This integrated sensing and analytics solution can be deployed in outdoor environment for long term monitoring of accidental methane plume emissions, generate recommendations about fixing them, and ensure compliance with local government regulations.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85041714022
U2 - 10.1115/IPACK2017-74191
DO - 10.1115/IPACK2017-74191
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85041714022
T3 - ASME 2017 International Technical Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Microsystems, InterPACK 2017, collocated with the ASME 2017 Conference on Information Storage and Processing Systems
BT - ASME 2017 International Technical Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Microsystems, InterPACK 2017, collocated with the ASME 2017 Conference on Information Storage and Processing Systems
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
T2 - ASME 2017 International Technical Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Microsystems, InterPACK 2017, collocated with the ASME 2017 Conference on Information Storage and Processing Systems
Y2 - 29 August 2017 through 1 September 2017
ER -