Underground steam leak location

Ferdinanda1 · Nov 24, 2018

Location of underground steam leaks with DJI Matrice 210 and Zenmuse XT 640.
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Ferdinanda1 · Nov 24, 2018

Video from steam leak investigation (Matrice 210 and Zenmuse XT 640)

LUIS MARTINEZ · Nov 24, 2018

Ferdinanda1 said:
Location of underground steam leaks with DJI Matrice 210 and Zenmuse XT 640.
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Interesting. Can you give us a little description to help understand what we are looking at?

Ferdinanda1 · Nov 24, 2018

Sure... We experienced an underground steam leak and our energy provider wanted to compare Aerial (plane) thermal IR with our new sUAS.

1.Aerial Infrared Image

2. AOI 1 - Area excavated to expose leak steam (pipe 190 degrees F, Ground 19 degrees F)

3 AOI 2 - Area under the car was 62.7 degrees F (car was parked overnight/engine cold - 33 degrees F)
pipe 6ft underground at this location

4. AOI 3 and AOI 4 surface temperatures are close to "normal"

dronecyclops · Nov 24, 2018

Not done any thermal imaging yet but its easy to see the benefits from it

LUIS MARTINEZ · Nov 24, 2018

Cool stuff.!Thank you. Don't see a lot of steam pipes in Arizona

TreeLineView · Nov 25, 2018

Thanks for sharing. Nice to see possiblities out there if you think outside the box. My neighbor's septic system overflowed yesterday morning. His front yard looked like a scene from the movie holes trying to find the junction box that was clogged. One pass with my Thermal drone found the box in just a couple of minutes. The backhoe guy that showed up just a short time later looked a little unhappy with me as he showed up late for the party, but he DID ask for my business card when I will packing up. Always look for the opportunities.

LUIS MARTINEZ · Nov 25, 2018

TreeLineView said:
Thanks for sharing. Nice to see possiblities out there if you think outside the box. My neighbor's septic system overflowed yesterday morning. His front yard looked like a scene from the movie holes trying to find the junction box that was clogged. One pass with my Thermal drone found the box in just a couple of minutes. The backhoe guy that showed up just a short time later looked a little unhappy with me as he showed up late for the party, but he DID ask for my business card when I will packing up. Always look for the opportunities.

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