METRIC
DETECTION
The minimum methane emission release rate (in kg/h) that the system detects 90% of the time*.
How we did
- Our Canary X system has a 90% probability of detection for releases over 0.5 kg/hr (wind normalized: 0.2 kg/h per m/s)
- This represents the highest sensitivity in the market and a 10x improvement vs. last year
*POD metrics should be coupled with false positive rates–maintaining high sensitivity and low false positive rates is how you distinguish best-in-class technologies. Ours was 14% (see report).
We reliably detect even very small emissions, critical to:
Time-bounding emissions: Minimize financial exposure tied to Other Large Release Events under the new Subpart W
METRIC
EMISSION LOCALIZATION
The system's ability to accurately determine which piece of equipment the emission is coming from.
How we did
- Our system accurately localized to the equipment group 98.7% of the time
- Half of the above emission events were localized to the exact piece of equipment within the equipment group
Accurately determining the emissions source helps operators
Pinpoint the exact equipment source to streamline LDAR activities and accelerate leak mitigation.
METRIC
QUANTIFICATION ACCURACY
Determining the amount of methane emitting from a site through methane concentration data, wind data, and atmospheric modeling.
How we did
- Overall, we quantified total site emissions with a high degree of accuracy.
- Project Canary's system accurately quantified 97.2% of the total site emissions.
Quantification is key to EPA OOOOb/c
The EPA seeks technologies that can accurately measure the amount of gas released from a facility over a given period, even as release rates vary (as observed during testing)