Online monitoring system for natural gas leakage in cities with sensor network

Abstract

A natural gas leakage monitoring system for large-scale city areas is developed in this paper. The system consists mobile sensor network, stationary sensor network, and cloud storage platform. The sensor network, i.e., mobile detectors and stationary detectors, are used to collect methane concentration data for the entire monitored area. The natural gas leakage monitoring cloud platform is designed to collect and analyze the methane concentration data, calculate the leakage location(s), and support the emergency response. This system may be used for large-scale area monitoring remotely and in real time, and help for more effective emergency responses.