The damage suffered as a result of leaking pipes should not be underestimated - a 0.5mm leak could lose 20 litres of water every hour.
Even if a leaking pipe is noticed, the cost and disruption associated with locating the source could be considerable. Too often walls and floors are unnecessarily damaged and there are no guarantees that the leak will be found.
By sweeping the camera system over an entire plant, leaking pumps of the gas being sought immediately become visible as a colored emission. Even if several are mixed, it is possible to single-out specific gases for the leak to be recorded on video. It can then be analyzed so that the actual quantity of escaping gas can be measured.
One of the images produced by the telescope is filtered thorough a cell containing a sample of the gas being sought, while the other is recorded directly by the camera. |
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