NineSigma, representing an international industrial company, invites proposals for sensing technologies/systems that will enable the autonomous, continuous highly selective detection and quantification of hydrogen emissions from industrial facilities (outdoor) and pipelines.
Oil pipeline – associative photo. Image credit: Maureen via Flickr, CC BY 2.0
NineSigma’s client is dedicated to preventing hydrogen releases from their industrial operations and pipelines. Today, sensing technologies are able to detect high concentration (~ 10000 ppm) or have been developed for point detection of hydrogen.
Unfortunately, the limitations on detection limits (i.e. the low ppm ranges), interference from other vapors, high energy consumption or responsiveness make these commercially available technologies less attractive for the autonomous and continuous monitoring of large facilities.
Additional challenges include variable meteorological conditions, and industrial infrastructure obscuring sources or requiring large standoff.
As a consequence, large human resources are mobilized to manually survey thousands of points in a facility, log/report the presence of any small leakages, and perform maintenance where needed. An autonomous system would enable quicker, more accurate interventions, and a more effective resource utilization for leakage prevention.
Submissions to this Challenge must be received by Jan 25, 2024.
Source: NineSights