Environmental monitoring
Laser Diagnostic Instruments International Inc remote sensing technology provides users with the tools to conduct broad and accurate environmental surveys of both water and ground in stressed environmental zones.
FLS LiDARs: Flexible Remote Sensing Solutions
LDI³ laser-based remote sensing systems are designed to detect and quantify several types of organic matter in water and on land. FLS LiDARs are an efficient means of conducting large-scale environmental assessment through the analysis of spatial distribution of organics ranging from oil pollution to phytoplankton.
FLS LiDARs can map data in a temporal fashion, such as before and after a storm-water runoff event, or being able to determine the source(s) of this runoff for future prevention and enforcement purposes. The use of LDI³ LiDARs to detect, map and monitor time-critical events such as oil spills is only one example of the diverse applications for which the technology can be used.
Process monitoring
LDI3 offers Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) the same outstanding Spectral Fluorescence Signature (SFS) technology provided by LDI (Estonia) to Skalar BV of The Netherlands for use in the Skalar Fluo-Imager. The Skalar Fluo-Imager measures low concentrations of organics in water such as oil, phytoplankton, phenols, humic and fulvic acids, benzene, toluene, xylene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
SFS technology has been successfully applied to water-quality monitoring at intake, liquid-control during production processes and wastewater assessment before discharge - ensuring that products and processes start safe, meet standards and remain safe at critical points throughout production.
SFS can be seamlessly integrated to streamline many OEM offerings wherever fast, reliable, cost-effective, on-the-spot analysis of organics in water environments.
Pipe leak detection
Unwanted liquid hydrocarbon releases from oil refineries and pipelines, as well as transportation facilities are critical infrastructure integrity/safety and environmental health concerns.
Real-time sensing of these releases has to deal with complex natural and anthropogenic targets usually containing a multitude of substances producing overlapping signals. Using Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF), LDI³ LiDARs are able to deal with these complex environmental factors and still detect and quantify unwanted releases remotely and in real-time.
A new airborne LDI³ LiDAR called the FLS-AM (Fluorescent LiDAR System-Airborne Modified) is well suited to pipeline leak detection. The FLS-AM uses a built-in scanner and multi-wavelength, high frequency laser to monitor a pipeline’s surroundings up to 30 metres on either side of the pipeline itself.
