Fugitive emissions detection system and components thereof
AssigneeFedd Systems, Inc.
InventorsRick A. Lawson, Michael S. Kelly
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Abstract
The present invention relates to detection and alarm systems for predicting and detecting the location of spills, leaks, emissions, and/or pollution sources, i.e., unwanted fluid (liquid/gas) flow/escape, at refineries, e.g., oiland gas refineries, and plants, e.g., petrochemical, chemical, pharmaceutical, and food processing plants, and avoiding said unwanted flow/escape. According to one embodiment, said system comprises at least one detector, at least one battery powered radio frequency transmitter, preferably, according to one embodiment, a 900 megahertz spread spectrum transmitter, and a central processing location which, according to one embodiment, is preferably capable of handling up to 3000 points in a single cell site.
Claims43
A system for monitoring and detecting events and/or conditions in a plant, said system comprising:
- at least one detector capable of detecting an event and/or condition in said plant, said detector in communication with an enclosure or an enclosed material in said plant;
- at least one battery powered spread spectrum megahertz transmitter in communication with said at least one detector to receive and transmit signals from a location in the plant relating to a detected event and/or condition in the plant to another location, said transmitter having an identification code and transmitting signals on predetermined time intervals;
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- a central processing location for receiving signals relating to a detected event or condition in said plant from said at least one battery powered megahertz spread spectrum radio frequency transmitter.
A system for monitoring and/or detecting events and/or conditions in a plant, said system comprising:
- at least one detector capable of detecting an event and/or a condition in the plant;
- at least one battery powered spread spectrum radio frequency transmitter in communication with said at least one event and/or condition detector to transmit signals relating to the detected event and/or condition in said plant from a location in the plant to another location;
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- a central processing location for receiving signals relating to the detected event and/or condition in the plant from said at least one battery powered spread spectrum radio frequency transmitter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.