Gas
Leaк
Detection
Methane
at any facility
GasMethane leak detection
at any facility
HPP
High pressure pipelines
GCS/UGS
Gas compressor stations and underground gas storage facilities
GDS/GDP
Gas distribution stations and plants
NGSE
Gas distribution companies, housing and utilities infrastructure
Why are leaks so dangerous?
$ 190M
This is the annual waste of money on gas leaks
According to Greenpeace independent estimation, natural gas losses, related to its leaks, can comprise up to 10% along the path from the production field to the customer.
Explosion and fire hazards
We often hear the news concerning about explosions at industrial facilities and residential buildings due to natural gas leaks. As for industrial facilities, explosions can lead to casualties, process flow disruption, and incapacitation of expensive equipment.
In apartment houses, it can also cause fatalities and substantial material losses of the aggrieved and their neighbors. After such accidents, buildings are officially considered as no longer residential premises and are subject to demolition.
Greenhouse effect
The world community in general and the Russian government in particular are seriously concerned about the global climate change, and that is reflected in periodic enhancement of hazardous substances emissions regulations.
Methane is a greenhouse gas. According to the estimation of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), methane’s contribution to warming due to the greenhouse effect has been 84 times more than carbon dioxide over the last 20-year period.
Operation principle
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The remote laser detector measures methane concentration in the air. The laser beam (having the wavelength, which corresponds to methane absorption line) reflects from a topographic object (the ground, a wall, etc.), which is 493 ft away from the device and returns into the receiving channel of the optical system. Concentration is measured along laser emission and is displayed in a relative value, i.e. ppm×m.
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MILESTONES
PERGAM development stages
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2003
A device based on the method of remote laser spectroscopy was developed for helicopter-based diagnostics of main gasline linear parts.
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2004
The first shipment of airborne remote methane detector to Gazprom transgaz Yekaterinburg JSC.
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2005
A vehicle-based methane detector with sampling for leak detection in an urban setting (SELMA laboratory) was developed.
American office was founded for promotion of proprietary developments on the North American market.
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2006
We obtained the U.S. Authority’s approval for flight inspection of main gaslines (we tested ALMA at the area of Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center).
A remote vehicle-based methane detector was developed, which expanded the capabilities of SELMA mobile laboratory.
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2007
International patents in the USA and Europe.
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2009
Start of shipments to China, South Korea, Estonia, and other countries.
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2010
Italian office was founded for promotion of proprietary developments on the European market.
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2011
Production start of vehicle-based flowing methane detector updated version, sensitivity increased 10 times (up to 0.1 ppm).
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2013
LMS fixed installation remote methane detector was developed for continuous gas content monitoring at gas transport system open processing areas.
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2014
An intrinsically safe version of LMS was developed for shipment to South Korea (Korea Gas).
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2015
First shipments of SELMA and helicopter-based remote detector to Australia and New Zealand.
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2016
We received a Skolkovo Foundation grant for implementation of further developments in the sphere of laser spectroscopy.
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2017
We successfully tested a new version of a powerful remote detector was installed onboard a light airplane.
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2018
Full production of methane detectors to use on UAVs.
Worldwide cooperation
Gas companies all around the world utilize PERGAM technologies.
Argentina
TGS & TGN
Australia
APA Group
Bulgaria
Bulgartransgaz
China
Baotou Gas CompanyENN Energy Limited
five more
Towngas
Shenyang Gas Company
Tianjin Gas
Xinjiang
Czech Republic
Net4Gas
Estonia
AS Eesti Gaas
Germany
SPG Group
India
GAIL
Japan
Tokyo Gas Engineering
Lithuania
Amber Grid
New Zealand
Vector Limited
Pakistan
Sui Southern
Russia
Gasprom
Sakhatransneftegaz
Singapore
Singapore Petroleum Company
South Korea
KOGAS Safety
KOGAS
Switzerland
Ereca AG
Turkey
Botas
Contact Us
- Phone: +41 43 268 43 35
- Email: [email protected]
- No D-U-N-S: 481967615
- Address: Dorfstrasse 7, 8802 Kilchberg, Switzerland
Contact Us
- Phone: +41 43 268 43 35
- Email: [email protected]
- No D-U-N-S: 481967615
- Address: Dorfstrasse 7, 8802 Kilchberg, Switzerland
