The Energy & Emissions Research Lab employs a wide range of advanced and unique experimental infrastructure that supports a wide range of research projects both in the lab and in the field. Some of these include:
- “VentX” methane flux measurement technology for unsteady point sources link tanks and casing vents
- Globally-unique Sky-LOSA technology for remotely quantifying black carbon in plumes
- Flare in turbulent crosswind facility (housed in the boundary layer windtunnel at Western University)
- Optical measurement technologies lab featuring a range of tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) systems
- Flow Diagnostics including Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV) systems
- Gas phase species measurements including Cavity ringdown gas analysis systems, Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) gas analyzers, a chemiluminescence Analyzer, and gas chromatographs
- Particle analysis instruments including thermo-optical, photoacoustic systems, and laser-induced incandescence (LII) systems
- Field-deployable gas heater and metering systems for controlled release testing of airborne and satellite detection technologies
- Field-deployable optical and mechanical apparatus for in situ measurements of flare flow rates
- Zone-rated sample extraction systems
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platforms for airborne extractive sampling