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Portable Methane Analyzer (PMA)

Fast, Accurate Measurements of Methane in a Portable Form Factor.

Landfill Methane Emissions Are Slowly Choking Our Planet.

  • Municipal landfills are one of the largest sources of methane (CHâ‚„) in the US.

  • Responsible for an estimated 14.3 % of total CHâ‚„ emissions due to municipal solid waste decomposition (food scraps, yard trimmings, paper material).

  • Landfills emitted a total of 3.7 M metric tons of CHâ‚„ in 2021, equivalent to about 295 million metric tons of Greenhouse Gasses/GHG (COâ‚‚ equivalent, or COâ‚‚e tons), according to EPA estimates.

  • This is as much GHG pollution as from 66 million gas-powered passenger vehicles on the road for a year (about a 1/4 of all American cars, SUVs, vans, and pickup trucks)

  • This is also as much GHG pollution as from 79 coal-fired power plants.

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You Can't Manage What You Don't Measure.

Measuring methane emissions is the crucial first step to reducing, potentially eliminating, those emission sources, and verifying that corrective actions are effectively working.

Portable Methane Measurements Made Simple.

Nikira Labs offers a suite of complementary solutions to quantify CHâ‚„ emission rates in the field

Quickly & Affordably

NEW!

Undocumented Orphan Wells (UOW) Bundle

CH4 Emission Rate Quantification

in Realtime

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*Dubey, M.K., Meyer, A., Dubey, M., Pekney, N., O'Malley, D., Viswanathan, H.S., Govert, A. and Biraud, S.C., 2023. How to estimate O&G well leak rates from near field concentration and wind observations? (No. LA-UR-23-20659). Los Alamos National Lab.(LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States).

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In-Field Realtime

CH4 Emission Rate Quantification

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Polar plot displaying all measure points and their respective CHâ‚„ leak rates. Each ring represents a different leak rate increasing outwards.

Analyzer code designed by Sam Leen. Chart by Brian Leen.

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Test with tripod-mounted PMA unit placed two meters away from CHâ‚„ leak.

  Features:

  • Cavity Enhanced Absorption Spectroscopy

  • Handheld or vehicle-mounted deployment

  • Measures CHâ‚„ to < 10 ppb (1σ, 1s) 

  • Measurement range: 0 – 1 % CHâ‚„

  • Packaged in a Light, Ergonomic Enclosure

  • Weighs ~5lbs (2.3 Kg)

  • Integrated GPS & WiFi

  • Battery-powered

  • Open-Source & customizable SW

  • Infrequent calibration required

  • Ideal in mobile, handheld, & airborne operations 

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Portable Analyzer Application
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Airborne Analyzer Application

Applications:

  • Landfill Methane Emissions Quantification.

  • Coalbed Methane Measurements.

  • Natural Gas Leaks Source Identification.

  • Aerial Methane Surveys.

Resources:

Questions? Need More Information?
Let us know about your needs and we will assist you. 

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