QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC — (Marketwired) — 12/09/15 — Note to editors: There is a photo associated with this press release.
Telops, a company based in Quebec (Canada) and specialized in the design and production of infrared and hyperspectral infrared cameras, has developed a camera that is able to accurately detect minute methane leaks and emissions and film them in real time.
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “Pound for pound, the comparative impact of CH4 on climate change is more than 25 times greater than CO2 over a 100-year period.” It is released into the atmosphere from many different sources, both human (landfill sites, animal husbandry) and natural (wetlands, glaciers). “This is why it is so critical to be able to detect in a simple and efficient manner the exact location from which they emanate,” says Martin Chamberland, Telops– vice-president.
With the Telops , scientists are able to detect and identify methane present in a scene, and to locate it precisely in an image or video, pixel by pixel. Recently, scientists from Linkoping University, in Sweden, were thus able to “film” methane emissions in real time – a breakthrough that could play a significant role in the fight against climate change.
Their results were published last week in the prestigious journal Nature Climate Change ().
The most sensitive methane detection and identification camera there is
The is more sensitive than anything that has been developed before, and is able to detect and identify extremely small amounts of methane, up to 1 ppm (part per million). This high sensitivity makes all the difference, according to Magnus Galfak, the Linkoping University professor who led the study published in Nature.
Since the is both compact and light, compared to other hyperspectral cameras available on the market, scientist can use it directly on site, even in hard-to-reach areas.
Moreover, it can be used to monitor vast areas in the same image, something that was not possible before. And thanks to its airborne platform that reduces and compensates for aircraft vibrations and yaw, it is possible to efficiently map methane emissions of an entire region from the air.
For more information
For more information, please visit these pages and/or contact us:
(the Nature article)
(the Linkoping University about the breakthrough)
(the Hyper-Cam Methane brochure)
(to see the video of the visualisation of controlled release of methane)
(to see the video of the visualisation of methane emissions from the vent of a cow barn)
(the Hyper-Cam image)
About Telops:
Since 2000, Telops specializes in the design and production of sophisticated optoelectronic, infrared systems for the environment, defense and security, and industrial and academic research. Telops produces a great variety of infrared and hyperspectral infrared cameras, among which are the fastest scientific infrared camera on the market (the FAST-IR) and the powerful Hyper-Cam, an hyperspectral camera that can detect, identify and quantify from a distance substances and material invisible to the naked eye.
Photo available here for download:
Contacts:
Marie-Eve Lang
Marketing Coordinator, Telops
+1 (418) 864-7808, ext. 409
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