The Takeaway
Our Canary X system detects, localizes, and quantifies emissions with world-class accuracy.
Metric
Detection
The minimum methane emission release rate (in kg/h) that the system detects 90% of the time*.
How we did:
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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)
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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).
Why it matters?
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
Speed-to-Action for LDAR Teams: Limit reputational risk tied to the Super Emitter Program under the EPA’s NSPS OOOOb/c
Metric
The system’s ability to accurately determine which piece of equipment the emission is coming from.
How we did:
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Our system accurately localized to the equipment group 98.7% of the time
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Half of the above emission events were localized to the exact piece of equipment within the equipment group
Why it matters?
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
Speed-to-Action for LDAR Teams: Limit reputational risk tied to the Super Emitter Program under the EPA’s NSPS OOOOb/c
Metric
Quantification Accuracy
Determining the amount of methane emitting from a site through methane concentration data, wind data, and atmospheric modeling.
How we did:
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Overall, we quantified total site emissions with a high degree of accuracy.
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Project Canary’s system accurately quantified 97.2% of the total site emissions.
Why it matters?
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
Speed-to-Action for LDAR Teams: Limit reputational risk tied to the Super Emitter Program under the EPA’s NSPS OOOOb/c
About ADED
METEC is one of the leading third-party assessors of methane measurement technology’s ability to detect, localize, and quantify methane emissions. METEC’s ADED testing is the only direct way to compare methane monitoring technology in a completely controlled, blind environment. Speed to detection and proven quantification accuracy are critical to minimizing the financial and reputational risk associated with new regulations. in a completely controlled, blind environment. Speed to detection and proven quantification accuracy are critical to minimizing the financial and reputational risk associated with new regulations.