Systems and methods for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill via a gas extraction system are provided herein. According to some aspects of the technology, there is provided site-level control methods for globally controlling one or more wells based on one or more characteristics of aggregate landfill gas collected from a plurality of wells at a gas output. According to some aspects of the technology, there is provided well-level control methods for locally controlling a first well based on or more characteristics of landfill gas collected from the first well. According to further aspects of the technology, there is provided hybrid control methods for making adjustments to a respective well based on both site-level and well-level control methods.

Systems and methods for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill via a gas extraction system are provided herein. According to some aspects of the technology, there is provided site-level control methods for globally controlling one or more wells based on one or more characteristics of aggregate landfill gas collected from a plurality of wells at a gas output. According to some aspects of the technology, there is provided well-level control methods for locally controlling a first well based on or more characteristics of landfill gas collected from the first well. According to further aspects of the technology, there is provided hybrid control methods for making adjustments to a respective well based on both site-level and well-level control methods.

Systems and methods for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill via a gas extraction system are provided herein. According to some aspects of the technology, there is provided site-level control methods for globally controlling one or more wells based on one or more characteristics of aggregate landfill gas collected from a plurality of wells at a gas output. According to some aspects of the technology, there is provided well-level control methods for locally controlling a first well based on or more characteristics of landfill gas collected from the first well. According to further aspects of the technology, there is provided hybrid control methods for making adjustments to a respective well based on both site-level and well-level control methods.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display disposed toward a first surface, a housing including an opening formed toward a second surface, a tray including a hole formed toward the second surface, a sensor module that is able to be seated on the tray, a connector disposed adjacent to the opening inside the electronic device to receive the tray and the sensor module, and a processor configured to control the sensor module when the sensor module is inserted into the connector. The sensor module includes a gas sensor, a sensor chamber, and a pipe forming a path allowing gas, which is introduced through the hole, to move into the sensor chamber.

A gas-sensing pigment incorporated in a thin film indicator or tape that changes color upon exposure to hydrogen or hydrogen sulfide. The gas-sensing pigment is compounded together with a silicone polymer to produce a self-fusing silicone tape having a tensile strength of at least 700 psi, a tear resistance of at least 85 psi, and ultimate elongation of at least 300%. The gas-sending pigment includes chemochromic metal oxide particles of a tungsten oxide or a molybdenum oxide, and a catalyst having platinum, palladium, rhodium, nickel, or silver. The catalyst coating is applied to each metal oxide particle as nanoparticles of less than 30 nanometers in diameter, and the microparticles of chemochromic metal oxide material are less than 200 microns or 100 microns in diameter.

A sensitive and selective, in-line method to measure and validate the sulfur content at ppb levels in both the liquid and gas phase of an analyte. The method includes patterning graphene, for example to form a mesa structure comprising horizontal or vertical lines or an array of multidentate star features; functionalizing the patterned graphene and attaching nanoparticles to the functionalized graphene to form a device; exposing the device to an analyte in the gas or liquid phase; detecting a change in electrical response when sulfur is present in the analyte; and recovering the device for future use. Also disclosed is the related sulfur detector.

A health exposure sensor system includes a housing, a monitoring platform in the housing, and a power source. The monitoring platform includes at least one modular gas sensor, a circuit board having a microcontroller, and data ports for connecting the modular gas sensor to the circuit board. The housing includes manifolds to direct atmospheric air to the modular gas sensor. The modular gas sensor includes a gas detector and a gas sensor circuit board having a gas sensor microcontroller. The gas sensor microcontroller includes at least one on-chip universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter peripheral and at least one on-chip USB peripheral, where both peripherals include input/output functionality and are connected to a single data port interface for external communication. An associated method of operating the same includes selectively enabling individually either the UART peripheral or the USB peripheral via digital I/O configuration of the microcontroller.

Disclosed herein are methods and system for formation fluid sampling. In at least some embodiments, the method includes pumping formation fluid from a public flow line of a downhole tool via a private flow line into a detachable sample chamber. The method also includes isolating the private flow line from the public flow line. The method also includes collecting measurements of the formation fluid in the private flow line. The method also includes associating the measurements with the detachable sample chamber.

There is presented an electrochemical sensor (100) for sensing an analyte in an associated volume (106), the sensor comprising a first solid element and a second solid element being joined to the first solid element, a chamber (110) being placed at least partially between the first solid element and the second solid element, said chamber comprising a reaction region (130), and a reservoir region (132) being connected with the reaction region, wherein an one or more analyte permeable openings (122) connect the reaction region (130) with the associated volume (106), and wherein the electrochemical sensor (100) further comprises an analyte permeable membrane (124) in said one or more analyte permeable openings, a working electrode (104) a reference electrode (108), and a guard electrode (109) arranged so as to enable reduction or oxidation of at least some reactants from at least a part of the reservoir region.

The invention discloses a parallel device and method for high-precision determination of sulfur solubility under multiple influencing factors, and the device comprises an elemental sulfur absorption system, an elemental sulfur saturation system and a sulfur content determination system. The elemental sulfur absorption system is used to remove the dissolved elemental sulfur in the sour gas. The elemental sulfur saturation system is arranged in parallel to saturate sour gases at different temperatures and pressures at the same time. The elemental sulfur absorption system and the elemental sulfur saturation system are arranged in parallel. The sulfur content determination system is used to determine the total sulfur content of the parallel elemental sulfur saturation system and the elemental sulfur content in the sour gas after absorbing the elemental sulfur under the same conditions.