REDFINCH Consortium Detects Gas with Light, Sound
GRENOBLE, France, Nov. 26, 2018 — Events such as the Port of Rizhao gas plant explosion in China that killed 173 people and injured hundreds of others in 2015; the explosion at the U.S.’s third largest refinery in Texas City, Texas, in 2005; and the Buncefield oil storage explosion in Hertfordshire, England, in 2005 can devastate communities, leaving a mark for generations. By using autonomous patrolling robots, photonic integrated circuits (PICs), and photoacoustic gas sensors, European researchers are using light