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Systems and methods for efficiently identifying gas leak locations

US11619562B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17References

23Claims

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Assignee

ABB Schweiz AG · CH

Inventors

J. Brian Leen · Sunnyvale, US
Douglas S. Baer · Menlo Park, US
Susan Kasper · Monte Sereno, US
Zachary Planté · Saint-Laurent, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Apr 4, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 9, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01W1/02
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Systems and methods for efficiently identifying gas leak locations may include traversing, by an investigator and within a search area in which a gas leak has been indicated, a route defined according to at least one of a surge-cast algorithm or a surge-spiral algorithm. The systems and methods may also include sampling, with a gas detection device carried by the investigator, an environment along the route to identify a location of the gas leak.

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