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US 11,892,437 B2Granted
Apparatus and methods for reducing fugitive gas emissions at oil facilities
AssigneeProject Canary, Pbc
InventorDavid L. Armitage
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods for detecting and reporting pollution at an oil facility are disclosed. The technology utilizes a logic control system to read from a pollution sensor and present the sensed data as a pollutant from a leak. The pollution leakage can be further managed and reduced.
Claims20
A report generation method of reporting a leak in a monitored area, comprising:
- providing a first pollution monitor at a first location defined by a first geographic coordinate comprising:
- a housing defining:
- an interior portion;
- and
- an exterior portion;
- an electronics package positioned in the interior portion of the housing;
- and
- a pollution sensor electrically connected with the electronics package and configured to measure a concentration of an airborne pollutant and generate:
- a first signal representative of a concentration of the airborne pollutant;
- providing a second pollution monitor at a second location defined by a second geographic coordinate, the second pollution monitor comprising:
- a housing defining:
- an interior portion;
- and
- an exterior portion;
- an electronics package positioned in the interior portion of the housing;
- and
- a pollution sensor electrically connected with the electronics package and configured to measure a concentration of an airborne pollutant and generate:
- a second signal representative of the concentration of the airborne pollutant;
- analyzing the first signal representative of an airborne pollutant concentration and the second signal representative of the concentration of the airborne pollutant for determining a differential concentration of the airborne pollutant;
- identifying the leak when the differential concentration occurs over a predefined time period;
- and
- reporting the leak to an operator of the monitored area.
19 more elements
A report generation system for reporting a leak in a monitored area, the report generation system comprising:
- a first pollution monitor at a first location defined by a first geographic coordinate comprising:
- a housing defining:
- an interior portion;
- and
- an exterior portion;
- an electronics package positioned in the interior portion of the housing;
- and
- a pollution sensor electrically connected with the electronics package, and configured to measure a concentration of an airborne pollutant and generate:
- a first signal representative of a concentration of the airborne pollutant;
- a second pollution monitor at a second location defined by a second geographic coordinate that is different than the first location of the first pollution monitor comprising:
- a housing defining:
- an interior portion;
- and
- an exterior portion;
- an electronics package positioned in the interior portion of the housing;
- a pollution sensor electrically connected with the electronics package and configured to measure a concentration of the airborne pollutant and generate:
- a second signal representative of the concentration of the airborne pollutant;
- and
- a logic control system communicably coupled to the first pollution monitor and the second pollution monitor, configured to:
- analyze the first signal representative of an airborne pollutant concentration and the second signal representative of the concentration of the airborne pollutant to determine a differential concentration of the airborne pollutant;
- identify, after analyzing, the leak when the differential concentration occurs over a predefined time period;
- and
- report the leak to an operator of the monitored area.
20 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.