Looking For Trouble – Pipeline Leaks

Looking For Trouble – Pipeline Leaks

Efforts to detect pipeline leaks before they result in massive ruptures are creating a lot of interest in a Calgary company that has pioneered a technique to sniff out leaks from the air. Airwave Electronics Ltd., a 10-year-old firm selling and designing gas detection...
Pipeline leak detection takes wing!

Pipeline leak detection takes wing!

Colin Minty, president of Airwave Electronics, shows off the flame ionization leak detection unit. A special probe, mounted on the front of a fixed-wing plane, draws air directly to the ionizer unit which detects the presence of methane indicating a pipeline leak....
Airborne Sniff Spots Pipeline Leaks

Airborne Sniff Spots Pipeline Leaks

Calgary Sun, 94-06 AIRWAVE chief Colin Minty readies leak-sniffing equipment for a flight. A Calgary company has come up with a product capable of sniffing a pinhole leak in natural gas pipeline from an airplane patrolling up to 61 metres overhead. “By speeding...