Real‐Time Gas Chromatography System for Ultrasensitive Monitoring of Odorants in Natural Gas Infrastructure
Zixun Chen, Kejing Song, Pu Zhang, Li Zhou, Zhenquan Tu, Bishnu Regmi · 2025
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Description
Zixun Chen and co-authors describe a 2025 system that watches, in real time, the scented additives put into natural gas. Gas itself has no color or smell, so firms add odorants so leaks can be smelled and accidents avoided. Too little additive is unsafe, and too much wastes money, so plants need a close watch on the dose.
The system joins gas chromatography with a light-based detector to track odorants right inside the pipeline. It pulls the main additive, known as THT, and sulfur-free odorants apart from the gas so their levels can be measured with care. Tests show steady readings across a wide range, with very small drift. Linked to a cloud warning platform, the setup can flag faults and tune dosing in the field.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zixun Chen, Kejing Song, Pu Zhang, Li Zhou, Zhenquan Tu, Bishnu Regmi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |