An insertion-type probe main body for insertion into a pipe transporting gas and a method for making such an insertion-type probe main body are provided. The probe main body includes: an elongate upper tubular portion; an elongate lower tubular portion which is integral with and having a diameter smaller than the upper tubular portion; a bore which extends between the upper and lower tubular portions; and helical fins integrally formed on the lower tubular portion and which wind along and around an outer surface of the lower tubular portion and which overlap each other. A radial extension of the lower tubular portion plus helical fins corresponds to an external radius of the upper tubular portion, so that the helical fins extend in a streamline fashion from the upper tubular portion. Numerous other aspects are provided.

The present invention discloses a method of infrared spectrometric measurement of tunnel gas employing a gas measurement system including a gas collection unit, a gas analysis unit and a positioning indication unit for measuring the gas in the tunnel. The method performs sequential steps of installing the gas measurement system, starting the positioning indication unit for positioning one of the detection regions in the tunnel space, sampling the gas in the detection region through the gas collection unit, analyzing the gas by the gas analysis unit, generating a gas analysis result, and determining whether all of the detection regions are completed. With the newly designed gas collection unit in collocation with the gas analysis unit and the positioning indication unit, the method of the present invention does not only fast install the whole gas measurement system, but also well understands all preliminary information related to the harmful gas in the tunnel like sort and concentration, thereby instantly taking correct measures.

A device for monitoring soil health conditions includes (i) a gas intake tube and (ii) a detachable cap. The gas intake tube includes: a first closed end; a second open end opposite the first end; and a body portion extending between the first closed end and the second open end, where the body portion includes a housing and a plurality of holes that extend around the body portion in which the plurality of holes allow gases to enter the housing. The gas intake tube has a length extending from the first closed end to the second open end of greater than 5 inches, and the plurality of holes are within at least 1.5 inches of the first closed end. Further, the detachable cap is connected to the second open end of the gas intake tube and has a gas dispersing slot. A system and method are also included.

The present invention relates to a system for analysing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in soil comprising an apparatus and a soil VOC sensor strip, wherein the apparatus comprises a sampling chamber for receiving soil, a sensor strip aperture in the sampling chamber for positioning the sensor strip in fluid communication with the sampling chamber, a power source and an electrical resistance detector, wherein the sensor strip comprises a flexible substrate with a first surface and an array of semiconductor polymer sensors arranged on the first surface, wherein each of the semiconductor polymer sensors comprises a pair of electrodes, wherein the pair of electrodes comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein a semiconductor polymer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and wherein the sensor strip is electrically connectable to the power source and the electrical resistance detector.

A system, device, and method for leak detection and monitoring. The system includes a plurality of gas sensors with wireless connectivity adapted to be distributed over an area of interest that contains a suspected gas leak. An aggregator aggregates leak detection data obtained from the plurality of gas sensors. At web-based user interface allow viewing of the data on any of various non-specific electronic devices. The user interface is simultaneously accessible on a plurality of wireless mobile devices. A wireless local area network, such as a mesh network with the sensors as nodes, interconnects each of the plurality of gas sensors and the aggregator.

Provided are installation devices and uses thereof for receiving and installing an adaptor body for sampling soil gas under a slab. The installation device includes a cylindrical body and an internal cavity. The cylindrical body has a length greater than a thickness of the slab, a first end configured to be placed adjacent a top of the slab, and a second end configured to be placed below a bottom of the slab. The internal cavity extends longitudinally through the cylindrical body from the first end to the second end, where the internal cavity has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a first diameter located at the first end of the cylindrical body and the second portion has a second diameter that is less than the first diameter. The internal cavity of the cylindrical body is configured to receive the adaptor body.

A method for analyzing a drilling fluid receiving a drilling fluid sample from a flow of the drilling fluid at a surface of a borehole being drilled in a subterranean formation and extracting, using a gas extraction and sampling system, a dissolved gas from the drilling fluid sample. The method includes determining, using a gas chromatograph, a concentration over time of at least one chemical species of a dissolved gas from the drilling fluid sample and generating an area per concentration curve based on the concentration over time. The method includes determining, using a gas extraction and sampling system, at least one concentration value of the at least one chemical species of the dissolved gas from the drilling fluid sample and correcting bias caused by the gas extraction and sampling system, wherein correcting the bias comprises modifying the at least one concentration value based on the area per concentration curve.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for detecting seepage of hydrocarbons in subterranean zones. In one aspect, a method includes detecting hydrocarbon seepage at multiple different sampling depths from a surface in a surveyed geographic region, comparing each of the hydrocarbon seepage at the multiple different sampling depths, wherein hydrocarbon seepage at a reference depth is known, and determining hydrocarbon seepage through the surveyed geographic region based on a result of the comparison.

A system for analyzing a volatile component in extraterrestrial soil through penetration heating induction includes the following: a penetration heater, provided therein with a volatile component measurement and analysis module configured to analyze a volatile component in a detected medium; a gas capture hole, provided on a side wall of the penetration heater and used to divert the volatile component in the detected medium to the volatile component measurement and analysis module; a temperature acquisition module, disposed on the penetration heater and configured to acquire a temperature of the detected medium; and a heating module, disposed on the penetration heater and configured to acquire the temperature of the detected medium. The system has a compact structure, a simple function, and low engineering costs, and can directly detect and analyze a volatile component in deep extraterrestrial soil.

The present disclosure provides a low-energy-consumption in-situ extraction system for lunar rare gas and an extraction method. The system includes a screening device, a grinding device and a heating device. The method includes: a. using a robot arm to collect lunar soil and put into the screening device, and screening lunar soil with a particle size below 100 μm; b. adding and grinding screened lunar soil in the grinding device; c. adding and heating ground lunar soil in the heating device to 150-250° C., and releasing rare gases adsorbed. The present disclosure uses screening, grinding combined with traditional heating methods to achieve low power consumption in extracting rare gases on the surface of the moon, and extraction power consumption is only 10-30% of the power consumption of hot-melt extraction at 900° C. in the prior art, which is beneficial to promote the lunar resource utilization.