Pipeline Leak

This video shows a release vent. Look at all the gas that is going to the atmosphere. Without our camera, you wouldn't be able to see it leaking.

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• global
• warming
• IR
• gas
• FLIR

[sixoclockland]

Dude, every gas leak I've witnessed didn't produce black smoke.

[GASCAMERA]

Your right, with your naked eye you can't see anything. You might see a blur or heat dispersion but you will not see black smoke. Using our specialized camera we can make the "Smoke" different colors if you like. The camera allows the user to pinpoint exactly where the leak is coming from. i.e. flange versus plug while a sniffer just picks up a scent in the general vacinity. This saves on repair costs and production loss.

[sixoclockland]

This isn't a leak. Gas does not "leak" or vapourize into a black smoke. It is invisible. This is a video of something burning.

[GASCAMERA]

Actually it is a leak. We use a specialized infrared camera that is designed to see the leak. As far as the "Black Smoke", it shows up like this because the gas is cooler than the background. We could change it to show up as "white smoke" if we wanted. Up until now the gas was invisible but using our camera you can see the leaking emissions. Look at my other videos.

[harryGShunt]

Its in Infrared you idiots!!

It shows the cooler gas as black compared to the warmer white background..

Clever idea!

[pigdaline]

@AlfasandMaserati Likely this is black dust (contamination) inside the pipeline. See my video message and you'll get to see a much clearer video of dust, what looks like smoke.

[AlfasandMaserati]

Is this an indication that the escaping gas is much cooler than the atmosphere?

[aarveepee]

GOSH!People are adding to the green house effect. Will the earth be able to shelter our future generations as she does to us now. God alone knows. We are just staying dumb with folded hands watching the catostrophe doing nothing but our govts talk a lot about global warming letting these happen. God save this earth.

[chrisdisser]

Many hydrocarbon gases (a lot of the -anes, and -enes) have a similar (and narrow) spectral response range. The camera's IR detector is "tuned" to "see" gases in that range. Our eyes cannot see anything in the IR range at all, let alone this very narrow bandwidth within that range. Within the total electromagnetic spectrum, the part that we can see with our eyes is actually very very small, about 390 nanometers to 760 nanometers. IR is just above that range, UV is just below.

[sixoclockland]

Nifty! Very nifty indeed! My initial reaction to the leak footage was that it had to be a fire but after looking at it again, even the "smoke" doesn't have the same characteristics as smoke from a fire would. Not sure exactly what the difference is but, it is indeed different.

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[Stryker913]

Hell yes it "leaks"! I fix those "leaks" everyday!When a gas under containment escapes uncontrolled, that is called a leak... Whether it is contained in a pipeline, bottle, can, tank, etc... Mmmkay?