Real-time monitoring of outdoor operations such as drilling can be difficult due to power requirements, terrain that is often remote or poorly accessible and the wide area over which sampling must be done.  We developed a solar-powered, wireless system from off-the-shelf components that could transmit data a minimum of 25 km.The system has been tested with two different instruments, a direct reading dust monitor and a volatile organics (VOC) monitor.  The devices were able to operate continuously, could be moved and redeployed quickly and in the case of the dust monitor were shown to give readings equivalent to filter samples.  The modules can be readily assembled from off the shelf components requiring little skill if the sampling device meets certain criteria for data output (direct digital data from the output port).

Solutions to transmission of real-time monitoring of VOC and particulate levels around Marcellus shale drilling operations

244th National Meeting (2012)

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