BRO wins contract from Synodon for gas sensing equipment
July 13, 2006, Tucson, AZ--Breault Research Organization (BRO) has reached an agreement to provide key test and service-line equipment to Synodon (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) to create the first optical service system for wide-range aerial inspection of gas pipelines.
Synodon has awarded BRO a contract to fabricate, assemble and test a proto-flight version of Synodon's realSens radiometer designed to identify gas pipeline leaks using correlation spectroscopy. Two previous BRO contracts with Synodon called for completion of detailed design and analyses of the realSens radiometer.
"After functionality of the prototype realSens device is verified," said Synodon CEO Adrian Banica, "Synodon intends to subcontract to BRO the fabrication of up to 25 more units over the next five years."
According to Synodon, realSens will be targeted at companies operating natural gas pipeline networks. Unlike existing services, realSens will be able to cover approximately 100 km each hour and detect early-stage leaks before they become problematic. Earlier technologies took in areas no more than one-quarter the size that realSens does.