Grant: Idea to Innovation
St. Francis Xavier University
$120,882.00
Cost reduction for a new multi-scale fugitive gas detection tool
FY 2015-16
Summary
This project aims to remove the main barrier to market for a new type of atmospheric leak detection system that detects the presence and operational origin of methane, greenhouse, and toxic fugitive gas emissions from energy developments, conventional and unconventional. This main barrier to market is currently the cost and the need for highly trained staff to operate the system that is currently used to carry out these fugitive emission surveys. Therefore, the goal of this project is to substantially reduce the costs (hardware, manpower) of our detection technique while also providing more continuous data for the end user, and still exceed the leak resolution capability of commercially available mobile survey systems.
This technique has the potential to allow operators to identify, and therefore eliminate or reduce, fugitive emissions of gases like methane, which is over 20 times as powerful as CO2 in its greenhouse potential.
Program
Idea to Innovation
Recipient
Location
Nova Scotia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
478879-2015
Name nom
Risk, David
Department département
Earth Sciences
Organization id
83
Institution établissement
St. Francis Xavier University
Province en
Nova Scotia
Province fr
Nouvelle-Écosse
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2015
Competition year année de concours
2015
Award amount
120882
Program id
I2IPJ
Program name en
Idea to Innovation
Program name fr
De l'idée à l'innovation
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
300
Area of application group en
Energy resources
Area of application group fr
Ressources d'énergie
Area of application en
Energy resources (including production, exploration, processing, distribution and use)
Area of application fr
Ressources d'énergie (production, exploration, traitement, distribution et utilisation de l'énergie)
Research subject code
2300
Research subject group en
Fuel and energy technology
Research subject group fr
Combustibles et technologie de l'énergie
Research subject en
Fuel and energy technology (economic geology, use 4003)
Research subject fr
Combustibles et technologie de l'énergie (géologie économique, utiliser 4003)
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Cost reduction for a new multi-scale fugitive gas detection tool
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
This project aims to remove the main barrier to market for a new type of atmospheric leak detection system that detects the presence and operational origin of methane, greenhouse, and toxic fugitive gas emissions from energy developments, conventional and unconventional. This main barrier to market is currently the cost and the need for highly trained staff to operate the system that is currently used to carry out these fugitive emission surveys. Therefore, the goal of this project is to substantially reduce the costs (hardware, manpower) of our detection technique while also providing more continuous data for the end user, and still exceed the leak resolution capability of commercially available mobile survey systems.
This technique has the potential to allow operators to identify, and therefore eliminate or reduce, fugitive emissions of gases like methane, which is over 20 times as powerful as CO2 in its greenhouse potential.
