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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 03, 2022
Applicant:

Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;

Inventors:

John B. Leen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Joseph E. Thomaz, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Douglas S. Baer, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/04 (2006.01); F17D 5/00 (2006.01); F17D 5/02 (2006.01); G01C 19/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/16 (2006.01); G01M 3/26 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01P 5/02 (2006.01); G01P 15/08 (2006.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/04 (2013.01); F17D 5/005 (2013.01); F17D 5/02 (2013.01); G01C 19/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/16 (2013.01); G01C 21/165 (2013.01); G01M 3/26 (2013.01); G01N 33/0009 (2013.01); G01P 5/02 (2013.01); G01P 15/08 (2013.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system, method, and apparatus are provided for estimating a flux of fugitive gas emissions. The method is performed using a gas analyzer coupled to a sampling wand, where gas enters the inlet tip of the sampling wand prior to being sampled by the gas analyzer. The sampling wand is fixed to a mobile device that includes an inertial measurement unit. Location information from the inertial measurement unit is used to compile a high resolution geo-spatial map of gas concentration levels across a cross-sectional area of a gas plume. A near-field Gaussian plume inversion calculation is then performed to estimate the flux based on the gas concentration data and the location information.


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