Research on Natural Gas Pipeline Leak Detection Based on Airborne Laser Remote Sensing

Abstract:

An airborne technology is proposed to detect in flight over natural gas pipeline with a high spatial resolution the presence of trace of methane on the ground. The principle and the architecture of the airborne laser remote sensing system are presented. Field test experiments are carried out on West-East Natural Gas Pipeline of China, and the results show that airborne detection method is suitable for detecting gas leak of pipeline on plain, desert, hills but unfit for the area with large altitude diversification.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 130-134)
• Pages: 4158-4163
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.130-134.4158
• Online since: October 2011
• Authors: Bin Xu, Xin Lv, Hong Chao Wang, Dong Jie Tan, Ying Jie Chen
• Keywords: Airborne Laser Remote Sensing, Gas Pipeline Leak Detection, Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy

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