US 12,188,912 B2
Concurrent in-situ measurement of wind speed and trace gases on mobile platforms for localization and qualification of emissions
Stuart Buckingham, Austin, TX (US); Brendan James Smith, Lakeway, TX (US); and Victor Alexander Miller, II, Sonoma, CA (US)
Assigned to SeekOps Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed by SeekOps Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/110,285.
Application 18/110,285 is a continuation of application No. 17/127,016, filed on Dec. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,614,430.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/950,375, filed on Dec. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0194487 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01W 1/02 (2006.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 33/0009 (2013.01) [G01W 1/02 (2013.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for determining a gas leak rate, the system comprising:
a trace gas sensor configured to measure a plurality of gas point concentrations at a plurality of locations;
a wind sensor configured to determine a discrete wind vector at the plurality of locations; and
a processor configured to: determine a leak rate of a gas plume based on the measured gas point concentration and the discrete wind vector; and determine a flux rate of gas in a surface integral on a flux plane, by multiplying the surface integral by a freestream velocity, wherein the freestream velocity comprises a velocity with which the flux plane is moving through the gas plume.