Project Astra
Advancing Next Generation Methane Innovation


Publications

Digital design and assessments of detection capability and effectiveness of continuous methane emission monitoring systems at oil and gas production sites

Chen, Q.; Kimura, Y.; Allen, D.T. (2024). Defining Detection Limits for Continuous Monitoring Systems for Methane Emissions at Oil and Gas Facilities. Atmosphere 2024, 15, 383.
Manuscript:https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15030383
Supplementary:Minimum detection limit.zip

Chen, Q., Kimura, Y., & Allen, D. (2023). Determining times to detection for large methane release events using continuously operating methane sensing systems at simulated oil and gas production sites. Preprint at ChemRxiv; in review at Environmental Science & Technology Letters.
Manuscript:https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-p8lfk
Supplementary:https://chemrxiv.org/engage/api-gateway/chemrxiv/assets/orp/resource/item/650fbd04b927619fe7b3c83a/original/supporting-information.pdf

Schissel, C., Chen, Q., Tullos, E., Ravikumar, A., & Allen, D. (2023). Comparing the emission reduction effectiveness of continuous monitoring to periodic Optical Gas Imaging surveys for methane emissions at oil and gas production sites. Preprint at ChemRxiv.
Manuscript: https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-gcmkh

Chen, Q., Schissel, C., Kimura, Y., McGaughey, G., McDonald-Buller, E., & Allen, D. T. (2023). Assessing detection efficiencies for continuous methane emission monitoring systems at oil and gas production sites. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(4), 1788-1796.
Manuscript: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c06990
Supplementary: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/acs.est.2c06990/suppl_file/es2c06990_si_001.pdf

Chen, Q., Modi, M., McGaughey, G., Kimura, Y., McDonald-Buller, E., & Allen, D. T. (2022). Simulated methane emission detection capabilities of continuous monitoring networks in an oil and gas production region. Atmosphere, 13(4), 510.
Manuscript: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/13/4/510
Supplementary: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/13/4/510/s1?version=1648033424

In-filed assessments of the accuracy and efficacy of commercially available methane sensors

Torres, V. M., Sullivan, D. W., He'Bert, E., Spinhirne, J., Modi, M., & Allen, D. T. (2022). Field inter-comparison of low-cost sensors for monitoring methane emissions from oil and gas production operations. Preprint at Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 2022, 1-22.
Manuscript: https://amt.copernicus.org/preprints/amt-2022-24/