DocumentCode
2881254
Title
High-altitude airborne standoff sensing of natural gas leaks
Author
Frish, M.B. ; Wainner, R.T. ; Laderer, M.C. ; Green, B.D. ; Allen, M.G.
Author_Institution
Phys. Sci. Inc., Andover, MA
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
We describe a standoff sensor for monitoring, from above 3,000 m, the natural gas transmission pipeline infrastructure. Using an EDFA, the sensor amplifies the tunable diode laser beam from a Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy platform.
Keywords
gas sensors; leak detection; natural gas technology; optical fibre amplifiers; remote sensing by laser beam; semiconductor lasers; spectrochemical analysis; EDFA; high altitude airborne standoff sensing; natural gas leaks; sensor amplification; transmission pipeline infrastructure; tunable diode laser beam; wavelength modulation spectroscopy platform; Diode lasers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Gas detectors; Laser beams; Monitoring; Natural gas; Optical modulation; Pipelines; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Tunable circuits and devices;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628837
Filename
4628837
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