Standoff sensing of natural gas leaks: Evolution of the Remote Methane Leak Detector (RMLD)

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1941-1943

  Frish, M B ^a   Wainner, R T ^a   Stafford Evans, J ^a   Green, B D ^a   Allen, M G ^a   Chancey, S ^b   Rutherford, J ^b   Midgley, G ^b   Wehnert, P ^b  

^a PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^b Heath Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER-BASED SENSORS; REMOTE METHANE LEAK DETECTORS (RMLD); STANDOFF SENSING; WAVELENGTH MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY;

GAS DETECTORS; LASERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS PIPELINES; OPTICAL RADAR; SENSORS; WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

EID: 27144455203     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

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