MobileGuard™

ABB Ability™ Mobile Gas Leak Detection System

 

MobileGuard™

The MobileGuard solution detects, maps, quantifies and localizes natural gas leak emissions while driving.

 

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Advantages

 

Find leaks fast

  • Performs measurements while driving at speeds up to 55 mph (88 km/h)
  • Survey mains and services with the same drive by
  • Identifies attributes of emissions sources by measuring methane and ethane simultaneously
  • Shares survey data with MicroGuard™ to enable pinpointing of leak emissions sources in minutes
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Find more leaks

  • ABB’s patented technology uniquely combines high sensitivity and accuracy with ruggedness and reliability.
  • Reports both methane and ethane simultaneously to eliminate false positives
  • Ultra-high (single parts-per-billion) precision and sensitivity allows detection of dangerous buried or hidden leaks and from distances up to 600 feet away.
  • No need for high-pressure gas cylinders on board (in contrast to other laser-based systems).
  • ABB’s proprietary algorithms (fluid dynamics models) combined with fast flow response yields accurate leak localization and size estimates.
  • Unparalleled data integrity and cyber security: ABB systems satisfy cyber security requirements and ABB customers own all data.
  • MobileGuard™ can share data with ABB’s MicroGuard™ to pinpoint leak locations in minutes

 

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Data delivered immediately

  • Customer owns and always has access to all data
  • Data securely stored on the analyzer and in the cloud for immediate availability.
  • Electronic data facilitates compliance reporting and digital workflow
  • System communicates using 4G wireless technology
  • Data exportable to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

 

 

Simple to use

  • Intuitive and easy to use user interface
  • Rich graphical display shows survey route, survey area, emissions indications and source attributes (i.e. Did emissions originate from a natural gas source?).
  • Records data within two minutes after power on (other methods either require 30-45 minutes to warm up or are over 1000x less sensitive).
  • Digital reports generated automatically in minutes after each survey.

 

Applications

  • Survey local distribution pipelines
  • Survey mains and services
  • Odor investigation
  • Construction verification
  • Post disaster evaluation 
  • Frost line evaluation
  • Survey large public gatherings

 

 

The OA-ICOS™ technology advantages

The unique advantages of the patented OA-ICOS technology make ABB’s gas analyzers the preferred choice.

  • Highest Precision and Sensitivity - combines rugged, reliable near-IR diode lasers with an optical cavity to yield measurements with the highest precision and sensitivity in a simple, robust package. Allows to detect leaks from further away and to locate hard-to-find small emissions.
  • Widest Dynamic Range - OA-ICOS provides linear response over a much wider dynamic range than conventional CRDS and TDLAS methods allowing to quantify emissions from small or large leaks.
  • Best Performance - provides unsurpassed overall performance in every important metric (accuracy, speed, linearity, reliability).
  • Field Serviceable / Minimal Downtime - designed for ruggedness and reliability, in addition to performance. Overall simplicity allows easy service, if necessary.
  • Better Value - analyzer performance unaffected by minor shifts in optical alignment enabling the use of simpler components and sub-systems.
  • Comprehensive Platform - ABB uniquely provides a comprehensive platform of solutions based on OA-ICOS technology designed to address any leak detection application.

 

More information

Brochure
Mobile natural gas leak detection

Traditional leak detection processes do not meet today’s demands for fast, accurate and transparent data.
Video
From technology to solution: the ABB Ability natural gas leak detection solutions
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ABB Ability™ mobile gas leak detection

Interview with Doug Baer from ABB Customer World
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