TRM Sensors develops proprietary leak detection sensors for crude oil, diesel, jet fuel, gasoline, natural gas condensates, and oil field brine. Their sensors can be used indoors and outdoors in wet or dry environments. They have different sensor probes like the TRM-CC series that detects hydrocarbons and ignores vapors and water, the TRM-CB series that detects crude oil and brine, and the wireless DFS-2 and wired DFS-3 sensors that detect diesel fuel leaks indoors. Their sensors use resistive changes to detect leaks and have no internal circuitry beyond wiring connections.

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2. TRM Sensors LLC
• Leak and Spill Detection for
• Crude Oil
• Diesel
• Jet Fuel
• Gasoline
• Natural Gas Condensates
• Oil Field Brine
• Indoors / Outdoors / Offshore
• Wet and Dry Environments

3. What does TRM Sensors do?
• We develop new proprietary leak detection sensors
• Patentable new concepts
• Agile and rapid response to customer requirements without the constraints of
corporate ‘decision by committee’.
• Our strength: Concept Creation, Initial Patent Filings, Proof of Concept
Prototypes, Pilot Production sufficient for field trials
• Product Strategy: Prove it can be done, gains some field experience,
out-source or license to companies capable of commercial scale-up

4. The Sensors
• TRM-CC Series Probes:
• Detect: Crude Oil, Gas Condensates, Diesel, Gasoline, Jet Fuel
• Ignore: Fuel vapors, natural gas, water & brine
• TRM-CB Series Probes:
• Detect: Crude Oil & Oil Field Brine (produced water)
• Ignore: Rain, snow melt, most surface water sources
• TRM-DFS Series Flat Surface Detectors:
• Detect: Diesel fuel leaking from indoor fuel tanks, pumps, filters, etc.
• Ignore: Condensation, Damp Floors, mop water, etc.

5. TRM-CC Series
Detection via resistive changes
(conductive polymer film technology)
No internal circuitry other than wiring
connections
SS316 Stainless Steel Body: ¾” x 4” pipe
nipple threaded on both ends
SS316 Stainless Steel Core Tube
Any length leader cable (2 m is standard)
Interior of body is encapsulated with
epoxy
Plastic mesh or stainless steel outer screen
options

6. TRM-CC Series
Standard probe lengths for plastic
screen option are 1”, 3”, 6”, 9”, and
18” (25mm , 75mm, 150mm, 225mm
and 450 mm)
Mount via U-bolt fitting and uni-strut or
similar frame
Minimum detectable depth about 5 mm
for flat surface, but probe can be placed
in a shallow well for reduced minimum
detection depth.

7. TRM-CC Series
Stainless Steel (SS316) protective
screen option for better impact
protection
Standard lengths are 9” and 35”

8. TRM-CC Probes – Applications
• Leaking crude oil, gas condensates or fuel detection in wet or dry
sumps
• Monitoring of containment perimeters for pump pads, valve
manifolds, underground tank vaults, oil well-head cellars, etc.
• Monitoring bermed areas around above ground storage tanks
• Monitoring storm water out-flow drains
• Unique 35” probe height can detect very thin layers of fuel floating on
the surface of storm water up to 34” (860 mm) of water
accumulation
• No float assembly or moving parts – anti-sheen rings available

9. TRM-CB Series
Combination – Crude and Brine
sensor.
Designed for oil field and crude oil
storage applications
Does not react to rain water, snow
melt, or other low salinity water
sources.
Tri-axial construction combines
crude oil and brine detection in a
single probe
Designed to fit PVC T-Traps
positioned at the edge of small
diameter oil field tanks.

10. TRM-CB Series
Special variant for well-head and
insulated pipe monitoring .
Recessed electrodes are protected from
mechanical damage.
New construction or retro-fit
installation by threading into
containment chambers or the underside
of an insulated pipe
Passive resistive network at connection
point allows this sensor to emulate a
PT1000 RTD

11. DFS-2 – Wireless
Diesel Fuel Sensors
Detects diesel fuel leaks for indoor
applications (e.g. emergency
generators)
Rests flat on floors, drip pans, dry
sumps or other surfaces
Each sensor/transmitter is battery
powered by coin cell battery (~1 year
life)
Owner receives SMS text message
report of leak detection within about 30
seconds of initial fuel contact
No tools, no wires, no control panel!

12. DFS-3 – Hard Wired
Diesel Fuel Sensors
Indoor diesel fuel leak detection
Sensors can be directly monitored from
a PLC or similar BMS digital input as a
“Dry Contact” input
CLOSED Contact = No LEAK
OPEN Contact= LEAK DETECTED
(or disconnected sensor)
Responds within 10 seconds to diesel,
gasoline, jet fuel, crude oil and similar
liquid hydrocarbons.

13. Interface Options:
1. TRM Relay Unit Type-C
• 12 Vdc < 1W
• Single Form-C relay to indicate leak detected
• (Brine or Hydrocarbon / Brine Only / Hydrocarbon Only)
• Low cost
2. TraceTek* adapter – Uses micro power taken from TT-SIM,
TT-FLASHER or TTC-1 to monitor probe and to signal “leak detected” to TT instrument
3. Direct to PLC as dry contact input signal
• DFS-3 and short probes only
4. PT1000 RTD emulation
* TraceTek is a trademark of Pentair Corporation