Storage Leak Detection System For Petroleum Products
The new UC technology provides the following benefits: Continuous real-time detection and notification of petroleum tank release; An inexpensive system that can be readily adaptable to currently available double-walled tanks and is upgradeable after deployment to improve sensitivity; An optical system that is not triggered by aqueous condensation, which reduces the potential for false alarms.
This new UC invention has applications in leak detection for petroleum storage systems.
Scientists at the University of California have developed and created a prototype of a novel leak detection system for storage tanks that contain petroleum materials. This device uses a unique optical platform to detect a fluorescent signal from leaked petroleum products.
Patent Number: US7227139B2
Application Number: US20049760A
Inventor: Kram, Mark | Laverman, Leroy
Priority Date: 4 Nov 2003
Priority Number: US7227139B2
Application Date: 9 Dec 2004
Publication Date: 5 Jun 2007
IPC Current: G01N002164 | G01M000338
US Class: 250301
Assignee Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
Title: System and method for optical detection of petroleum and other products in an environment
Usefulness: System and method for optical detection of petroleum and other products in an environment
Summary: For detecting presence of petroleum based liquid with polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon (claimed) or other petroleum based products in environment. It can also be used in optical applications involving cooling water leak detection, medical applications, single and multi-wavelength probes for environmental characterization of distribution of contaminates in soil, total maximum daily loads of industrial discharges, biosensors, DNA analyses, water quality assessment, air quality assessment, air quality assessment, vegetation stress characterization and classification, soil analyses, organic constituent analyses, ocean water quality application for (in)organic concentrations, anthropogenic oil spill detection and monitoring, and oil research activities.
Novelty: Detecting presence of petroleum based liquid or other petroleum based products in environment, has coupling sensor package to alarm system, and modifying user when optical sensor package detects possible release
Environmental/Green Technology
Natural Resource
7227139
Tech ID/UC Case 10254/2002-304-0 Related Cases 2002-304-0
USA
