Gas and Flame Detectors for Industrial Installations

Flame detector and fixed hazardous gas monitoring units
Image courtesy SMC (Sierra Monitor Corporation)

The demand for increased levels of safety in the workplace continues to expand, with calls for better protection for workers, the plant, the environment, and surrounding communities all weighing on operators to look for ways to reduce risk. Industrial plants, especially those employing hazardous or flammable materials, can have very high risk levels. Reducing the probability of accident or failure can bring a very substantial benefit for long term operation.

Sierra Monitor Corporation manufactures hazardous gas and flame detection equipment for application in commercial and industrial environments. Their sensors and stations enable continuous monitoring of plant conditions and early warning of potentially dangerous conditions. The application possibilities range through every industry.

The document included below provides an overview of the company's products and their potential application. Share your hazardous gas and flame detection monitoring challenges with process measurement specialists, leveraging your own knowledge and experience with their product application expertise to develop a safer solution for your facility.

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Flexible Hazardous Gas Detection Monitoring System

Sentry IT Controller For Hazardous Gas Detection Monitoring
Courtesy Sierra Monitor

Industrial processes, by their scale and nature, are rife with hazards. As a process designer, engineer, or operator, protection of the facility, employees, and surrounding community ranks highest among our many responsibilities. Some hazards are apparent, visible, easily detected. Others are not. Technology and ingenuity play a substantial role in providing acceptable levels of safety in modern facilities.

Properly designing a hazardous gas monitoring system starts with identifying the target elements and their sources. Gaseous hazards can generally be divided into three general classes, all of which can be specifically targeted with a properly configured gas monitoring system.

• Combustible gas concentrations subject to ignition and explosion.
• Toxic gas with inherent personnel risk.
• Insufficient oxygen levels to support human respiration.

The best overall system configuration can be achieved through a combination of detectors, communications, and response that will provide accurate sensing of the target hazard, reliable and predictable transmission of information, and preconfigured response when alarm limits are triggered. Some product features for the detector monitor that may prove useful in a well specified installation:

• A means to non-intrusively calibrate all sensors at the same time
• Ability to diagnostically monitor connected sensors for performance.
• Provision of an easily operable interface for users.
• Battery backup to maintain operation during a power outage.
• Network and protocol compatibility with a range of industry accepted standards.
• Simple means to upgrade operating software.
• Compatibility with detection devices from a broad array of sources.
• Input capacity for more sensors than your current requirement.

I have included a bulletin describing such a unit, manufactured by Sierra Monitor. Browse the document and contact a hazardous gas detection application specialist to get more details and discuss your hazardous gas detection challenges. The best solutions come from combining your process knowledge and experience with that of a product application specialist.

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