SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE QUANTITATIVE DETECTION OF FLUID LEAKS FROM A NATURAL GAS OR OIL PIPELINE

A system for remote quantitative detection of fluid leaks from a natural gas or oil pipeline by use of an airborne platform; including at least one laser light source for nearly simultaneous illuminating two or more target fluids and a background, wherein the two or more target fluids are characteri...

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Hauptverfasser:	KALAYEH, HOOSHMAND M, SPOONHOWER, JOHN P, PAZ-PUJALT, GUSTAVO R
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING PHYSICS RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION TESTING TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES ORSTRUCTURES TESTING STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Zusammenfassung:	A system for remote quantitative detection of fluid leaks from a natural gas or oil pipeline by use of an airborne platform; including at least one laser light source for nearly simultaneous illuminating two or more target fluids and a background, wherein the two or more target fluids are characterized by two or more absorption wavelengths, and wherein the background has a different wavelength than either of the two or more target fluids. The illumination source is pointed based on a positioning system while in a geometric area along a path two or more target fluids are scanned for using the illumination sources. A signal detector detects the two or more target fluids using quantitative signal processing. Also included are a controller, a path planning and path finding tool for the positioning of the airborne platform, and a communicator for communicating the presence of the detected leak.