Landfill Gas Plant
LiDAR documentation of mechanical piping and gas processing infrastructure capturing complex pipe routing for system modification design.
September 2018
Natural gas exists as a conglomeration of colorless, odorless, highly explosive simple carbon compounds. This highly explosive material has strict government and industry regulations. Our client had assembled a natural gas processing plant from used equipment. After years in operation, they sought to upgrade the facility. The problem was that no plans or drawings of the site had ever been created — the engineering team had nothing to work with. Rogue Visual Design soon changed that.
Using our reality capture LiDAR instrument, we scanned the 1.5-acre site in three days, without the need of scaffolding or ladders. Our laser scans provide highly accurate design information in less time than other documentation methods. With a CAD model, design teams could fabricate required pipe spools off-site, saving them time and money. For the past few years, natural gas has been the leading energy source produced by the United States — precise upgrades to processing plants like these ensure safety and efficiency for a third of the US's energy consumption.