Choosing between remote sampling and direct (diffusion-based) gas detection is one of the most consequential decisions in a gas detection system design and one that’s frequently made backwards, with the sensor technology picked before the …
Gas detection used to mean a fixed panel in a control room, a technician doing rounds with a clipboard, and a bump test log gathering dust in a filing cabinet. That model isn’t gone, but …
Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) is one of the more unforgiving gases to monitor correctly. It’s highly reactive, it sticks to surfaces, it shows up alongside other gases that fool the wrong sensor, and its occupational exposure …
Chlorine dioxide (ClO₂) is one of the most useful oxidizers in modern industry and one of the most deceptively dangerous. It disinfects drinking water, bleaches paper pulp, sanitizes food-processing lines, and controls bacteria in cooling …
Industrial gas detection and emergency shutdown systems are the last line of defense between a routine operation and a catastrophic release, fire, or explosion. For decades, plant operators trusted these systems because they were physically …
I worked in the gas detection industry for 7 years, and one of the common issues I help customers with is designing a gas detection system for boiler rooms. Today, I will share the steps …
I have been working in the gas detection industry for the past seven years, and one of the most common questions I get is how to design a gas detection system for a chiller room. …
If you work with combustible gas detection long enough, you will eventually run into a detector that looks perfectly healthy, powers up normally, passes a visual inspection, and yet completely fails to respond to gas. …
If you’ve worked with infrared gas detectors long enough, you’ve almost certainly been called out to investigate a “gas leak” that turned out to be nothing more than water. Condensation is one of the most …
No, an NDIR sensor cannot detect hydrogen, and it never will. This isn’t a limitation of current technology or something manufacturers will eventually engineer around. It’s a hard boundary set by molecular physics. I’ve spent …