GasSight
Low-cost Gas Imager
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas. Methane leaks can have significant safety risks with undetected leaks contributing to climate change.
GasSight, developed by researchers at the University of Glasgow, allows real-time video images of gas. Although gases are invisible to the naked eye, QuantIC have developed a camera, utitlising single-pixel imaging to create colour-coded images of the gas, providing a highly accurate real-time picture of the scene.
Real-time video imaging of gas has a key advantage over conventional technologies in that it can speed up the time required to locate a gas leak. Watching the gas flow in real-time conveys the direction from which it is dispersing. From this, the source of a leak can be determined. For gas utilities, and many other industrial settings, this technology offers reduced maintenance times for gas pipe infrastructure and improved safety.
Key benefits
- Low-cost, portable remote gas detection system
- Provides highly accurate real-time pictures
- Faster detection of gas leaks – essential to provide a safe working environment
Applications
- Oil and gas
- Building and construction
- Industrial settings
Climate Change
Meet our investigator
Professor Miles Padgett is Principal Investigator of QuantIC, Interim Executive Chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Kelvin Chair of Natural Philosophy at the University of Glasgow with research interests spanning optics and quantum enhanced imaging and sensing.