Gas Detection Topic Articles
Below is a list of articles that have been published on this topic.
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Detecting Gases [Apr 2009]
What you can't smell can hurt you
Walking through a drill-site area, a worker smells rotten eggs and stops for a minute or two to assess where a gas leak might exist. Rubbing his itchy eyes as he investigates further, he notices that he no longer smells the tell-tale hydrogen sulphide odour. He does not realize that the gas has deadened his olfactory senses and unless he leaves the area within seconds, he could lose consciousness and possibly his life. A well-researched and planned gas-detection strategy can help reduce the likelihood of situations such as this.
Calibrate with Confidence [Jan 2009]
Calibration is the key to accurate gas detection
Gas detectors are life saving devices. They are precision instruments that are built solely to measure and monitor potentially lethal gases in the workplace. The only way to ensure that a gas monitor will accurately respond to the hazardous gas or gases it is designed to detect is to calibrate the sensors against a known gas standard.
Monitoring for Safe Work [Oct 2008]
Toxic VOCs in oil industry applications
Organic chemicals consist of molecules that contain carbon. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are organic compounds characterised by their tendency to evaporate easily at room temperature.
HSI's Gas Detection FORUM [Jul 2008]
The fourth of our five manufacturers forums for 2008 concentrates on the field of gas detection. Once again we approached manufacturers from around the world with the same questions and these are the answers we received.
Portable Gas Detection [Jan 2008]
Minimising workers risk to atmospheric hazards
There are a large number of occupations that require the entry to a confined space. A definition of a confined space varies in the legislation from one country to another, but the differences in effect are slight. In essence it is a space that is large enough to enter and perform work but has limited or restricted means for entry and exit and is not designed for continuous human occupancy. Anyone entering such a space by virtue of its enclosed nature is at increased risk of being overcome by toxic fumes, vapour and oxygen deficiency, drowning, extreme temperature or explosion.
Monitoring You Can Trust [Oct 2007]
Developments in gas detection
Gas monitoring instruments used by occupational and environmental health and safety (OEHS) professionals have come a long way in improvements since the days of analog monitors designed to warn coal miners of the presence of methane gas. They are advanced to the point where the instruments are chock-full of exceptional features and functionality, much of which comes standard with the product. New or improved technologies have helped to raise the bar, as well as market expectations, resulting in better products and more choices.
Confined Spaces [Jul 2007]
Choosing the best confined space gas detector
The “best” confined space gas detector doesn’t come from any one manufacturer; it’s the instrument that best fulfils the requirements for your confined space programme.
Gas Detection [Jan 2007]
Mining, health & safety practices, regulations
Mines can be hazardous environments and the possibility of fire, flood, explosion, asphyxiation, toxic gas poisoning and collapse has the potential to simultaneously affect a large number of people.
The Threat of CO Poisoning [Oct 2006]
How employers can protect their employees at work, AND at home
Carbon monoxide has been listed under COSHH ever since the regulations were published, so it has been necessary for companies to provide a means of detection as a duty of care to their employees.
Why Use Gas Detectors? [Jan 2006]
Gas detectors perform a valuable role in the workplace. Emerging technologies can enhance their effectiveness.
Gas Detectors [Jan 2005]
At the heart of every gas detector
Gas detectors do 'exactly what it says on the tin' – they detect the presence, and in many cases levels, of gases.
Gas Detection [Jan 2004]
When using or being exposed to hazardous substances at work people's health may be put at risk as a result of over exposure to these materials
Fixed or Portable? [Jan 2003]
Streamlining the Gas Monitor Selection Process
Respiratory Protection for Industry [Oct 2002]
Industry can breathe easy with modern Respiratory Protection Equipment systems
Whilst circumstances will generally dictate which form of respiratory protective equipment (RPE) is most suitable to a particular application, recent technological advancements have meant that there is now much more of a choice within those parameters.
Gas Detection Technology [Oct 2002]
There is an array of different sensors for different applications. Jörg Kühn explains the benefits and disadvantages of each kind and how to use them safely
Working in Confined Spaces [Oct 2002]
The need to perform operations within Confined Spaces is a truly international problem. Each year millions of pounds are spent trying to remove the need to enter these spaces by changing processes, by designing out the spaces themselves and by the use of new technologies such as CCTV for inspection work.
