New sensor paves way to low-cost sensitive methane measurements Date: February 24, 2021 Source: The Optical Society Summary: Researchers have developed a new sensor that could allow practical and ...

Gas sensors that can detect volatile organic compounds, including methane, already exist. But they’re not tailored to detect methane alone, Swager said in an email, and require temperatures ...

The Autonomous, Low-cost, Fast Leak Detection System (ALFaLDS) was developed to discover accidental releases of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and won a 2019 R&D 100 award.

Major US energy provider Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) is trialling a new laser-based sensor for continuous detection of methane gas, at one of its natural gas storage facilities in northern ...

A coalition of 50 major oil and gas companies said at COP28 on Saturday that they would work to cut methane emissions by 80 to 90% by the end of the decade, marking a potential breakthrough in the ...

A JPL mini methane gas sensor is flight tested on a small unmanned aerial system (sUAS) under a project to improve energy pipeline industry safety University of California, Merced View 2 Images ...

WVU engineers are developing second generation methane watchdog system to improve the safety methane sensors in longwall mines. Shown above is Amber Barr, a graduate research assistant. (WVU Photo ...

While methane represents only a tiny amount of the gas mixture that makes up the Earth’s atmosphere, it is a much more potent greenhouse gas than the far more publicized carbon dioxide. Concentrations ...

The U.S. postal service is being forced to resolve a suspected methane gas buildup after five employees who worked at a Pontiac complex died at the facility within a span of 14 months. Methane is ...

Methane, a colorless and odorless gas, is the main ingredient in natural gas, which is burned in power plants and factories around the world, as well as in homes (think: gas stoves).