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Flare gas sensing

12/18/2009 8:29 AM

I'd like to be able to sense and identify gas types in real time in a well test flare. Calorimeters or GC's are slow, bulky, and cost prohibitive. Single transmitter units limit me to either combustibles or toxics and generally only one gas type at a time. Any ideas?

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12/18/2009 9:40 AM

A spectrometer maybe?

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12/18/2009 10:52 AM

Good idea but not so user friendly, for a guy like me anyway. The RGA's I looked at are the closest match to my app but would likely get killed in this environment. Thanks for the thought. Jim

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12/22/2009 11:58 AM

Looks like I might have found what I was looking for in an FTIR based analyzer. Look at Gasmet.com if you're interested. Thanks for your attention.

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01/09/2010 11:43 PM

nope, for the cost and needs, GC's are the only solution.
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