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The existing methods are primarily applied to conventional pressurized pipelines and open areas, and there are few methods suitable for multi-grid spaces. In this paper, a gas diffusion model applied to multi-grid space is constructed, and a method for leak detection and localization using the concentration gradient of characteristic gas is proposed according to the prediction behavior. The Gaussian plume model is selected due to its advantages of simplicity and the interpretation of gas diffusion behavior is closer to reality; the expression of the improved model is also obtained. To verify the correctness of the model and the applicability of the localization method, taking the coolant leakage in the circuit system as an example, three experiments with different source strengths were repeated. The fitting correlation coefficients between the gas concentration data of the three experiments and the model are 0.995, 0.997 and 0.997, respectively. The experimental results show that the model has a strong correlation with the real plume behavior, and it is reasonable to use the gas concentration gradient for the localization of the leak source. This study provides a reference for future research on the leak detection and localization of gas- or liquid-containing volatile substances in a complex multi-grid space.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s23136209","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,7]],"date-time":"2023-07-07T02:37:29Z","timestamp":1688697449000},"page":"6209","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Leak Detection and Localization in Multi-Grid Space Using Improved Gaussian Plume Model"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Daquan","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Unmanned Underwater Vehicle, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Marine Science and Technology, Unmanned System Research Institute, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi\u2019an 710072, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1795-3620","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gaigai","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Instrumentation Science and Dynamic Measurement, Ministry of Education, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhaoyong","family":"Mao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Unmanned Underwater Vehicle, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Marine Science and Technology, Unmanned System Research Institute, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi\u2019an 710072, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"104771","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jlp.2022.104771","article-title":"Computational methods for pipeline leakage detection and localization: A review and comparative study","volume":"77","author":"Sekhavati","year":"2022","journal-title":"J. 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