Open Path Analyser and Leak Localisation for unconventional gas (OPALL)

Completed

Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Non-conventional oil and gas production)

Applied Research and Development
Final stage Development and Demonstration

PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (General Engineering and Mineral & Mining Engineering)
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences)

Not Cross-cutting

Project Contact
Cascade Technologies Limited

Feasibility Study

Innovate UK

01 May 2015

30 April 2016

12 months

£80,947

Scotland

Competition Call: 1406_FS_ENRG_SG - Shale Gas. Activity Developing technologies for safe and responsible exploration of shale gas

Project Contact, Cascade Technologies Limited

Project Contact, University of Glasgow

Project title: Open Path Analyser and Leak Localisation for unconventional gas (OPALL) OPALL project will develop and demonstrate a novel Open Path gas sensing platforms capable of continuous and unattended operation in harsh environment to monitor methane from unconventional gas extraction sites (Coal bed methane or Shale gas). It will be based on the use of Quantum Cascade Lasers integrated in an infrared absorption spectrometer previously developed for a security application. The systems will be tested and deployed in triangular arrangements at an unconventional gas extraction site, networked and coupled to data inversion algorithms in order to localise the source of possible fugitive emissions. Overall the project aims to address the high-level challenge of developing, safe, reliable and cost-effective technologies for the emerging shale gas market.Project title: Open Path Analyser and Leak Localisation for unconventional gas (OPALL) OPALL project will develop and demonstrate a novel Open Path gas sensing platforms capable of continuous and unattended operation in harsh environment to monitor methane from unconventional gas extraction sites (Coal bed methane or Shale gas). It will be based on the use of Quantum Cascade Lasers integrated in an infrared absorption spectrometer previously developed for a security application. The systems will be tested and deployed in triangular arrangements at an unconventional gas extraction site, networked and coupled to data inversion algorithms in order to localise the source of possible fugitive emissions. Overall the project aims to address the high-level challenge of developing, safe, reliable and cost-effective technologies for the emerging shale gas market.

08/10/15