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Reference Number	InnUK/131860/01
Title	Open Path Analyser and Leak Localisation for unconventional gas (OPALL)
Status	Completed
Energy Categories	Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Non-conventional oil and gas production) 100%;
Research Types	Applied Research and Development 50%; Final stage Development and Demonstration 50%;
Science and Technology Fields	PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics) 30%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (General Engineering and Mineral & Mining Engineering) 40%; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences) 30%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation	Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator	Project Contact No email address given Cascade Technologies Limited
Award Type	Feasibility Study
Funding Source	Innovate-UK
Start Date	01 May 2015
End Date	30 April 2016
Duration	12 months
Total Grant Value	£80,947
Industrial Sectors
Region	Scotland
Programme	Competition Call: 1406_FS_ENRG_SG - Shale Gas. Activity Developing technologies for safe and responsible exploration of shale gas
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Project Contact , Cascade Technologies Limited (100.000%)
	Industrial Collaborator	Project Contact , University of Glasgow (0.000%)
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Abstract	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.
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Added to Database	08/10/15