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Infrared Detector Sniffs Out Gas Leaks

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Daniel C. McCarthy

About 7000 miles of distributed gas pipelines wend their way beneath the Binghamton, N.Y., metropolitan area, home to more than 200,000 residents. New York State Electric and Gas Corp., also known as NYSEG, supplies gas to the city. As a safety precaution, the company routinely patrols the streets to seek out leaks in the pipelines. Optical sensing technology from Heath Consultants Inc. is helping to speed these patrols. Most of NYSEG's patrol trucks carry a flame ionization unit, which uses sampling cones mounted in front of the vehicle's bumper to draw air into the flame ionization...Read full article

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