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Detecting Fugitive Emissions

Detecting Fugitive Emissions

Detecting Fugitive Emissions

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I'm looking for a protocol/method to detect and image fugitive gas and vapor releases at a petro-chemical site using infrared themography. Through my research I'm getting bits of information on short wave IR and infrared spectrosopy. Thanks - MAC

RE: Detecting Fugitive Emissions

Mac,  I'm hearing that the EPS is talking about making thermal imaging a requirement for fugitive emissions monitoring in petro-chemical and refining facilities. I am very interested in where this may be going. Gene

RE: Detecting Fugitive Emissions

FLIR has just announced a specialized camera for viewing fugitive emissions.  It uses a narrow band spectral filter approach that they licensed from another company.  Check their website.
Jack

Jack M. Kleinfeld, P.E.  Kleinfeld Technical Services, Inc.
Infrared Thermography, Finite Element Analysis, Process Engineering
www.KleinfeldTechnical.com

RE: Detecting Fugitive Emissions


An idea?

I you wrapped the suspect device in say 1/4 or 1/2 inch fiberglass (or similar material structure)you would get a different infared temperature where the leak was vs. where it wasn't.

Why?  Where no leakage existed there would be only conduction heat at the outside surface of the "fiberglass" and where a leak was present there would be leakage mass heat transfer in addition to conduction heat transfer.

Different surface temperatures = leak detected.

If patentable, I claim the rights.

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