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This month's topic focuses on
infrared gas detection
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Advanced Infrared Gas Detector For Single or Multi-Point Combustible Gas Monitoring
Hydrocarbon gas leaks are a life-threatening hazard that can also damage equipment and plant infrastructure. Combustible gas leak monitoring is therefore essential for industrial operations where hydrocarbon releases can occur.
Our new Model IR400 Infrared Gas Detector provides an early warning when a specified concentration of gas is exceeded. The IR400 is equipped with 4-20 mA analog output, HART, and Modbus, and features faster calibrations and more calibrations per gas cylinder than our previous IR detector, the Model IR2100. Through Modbus and HART, users can access device configuration, warning and alarm, fault, and maintenance records. Additionally, users of the IR400 can monitor gas concentration, check status, and perform device diagnostics in real time.
The IR400 features an advanced design that includes heated optics to eliminate condensation and a dirty optics indicator for fail safe operation. The detector also consumes less power than its predecessor and requires no routine calibration, a feature that reduces demand for field technician time.
Versatility With Configuration Flexibility
In addition to the IR400 Point IR Gas Detector, we also have designed the new IR4000M Multi-Point and IR4000S Single-Point Monitors. Both feature a three-digit LED display and user interface for the IR400. The IR4000S Single-Point Monitor is a direct replacement for our Field Mounted Display (FMD), a four digit backlit LCD display. It is also backwards compatible with the legacy IR2100 and has optional 8-Amp relays and Modbus. The IR4000S is well suited for simple applications, where single point gas detection is required.
In contrast, the IR4000M Multi-Point Monitor can be used as an integrated, explosion-proof gas detection system, with capacity to connect up to eight IR400 detectors. The IR4000M can also perform gas checks and zero and full span calibrations on several IR400s. The combined IR4000M / IR400 system is ideal for supervising compressor stations, LNG / LPG processing and storage facilities, oil production platforms, refineries, pipelines, electric power generation plants, hangars, and wastewater treatment facilities.
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We've Been Published!
The cover story from the October issue of InTech magazine highlights an emerging gas sensing technology - gas cloud imaging. The gas cloud imaging article titled, Imaging Highlights Explosive Atmosphere, was written by our own Edward Naranjo. Congratulations Edward!
SubSea Methane Gas In The Arctic
Researchers have discovered a methane gas system beneath the seabed off the west coast of Svalbard in the Arctic that has probably been active since the end of the last ice age, about 15,000 years ago. The methane, much of which is stored in the sediment beneath the seabed as methane hydrate, flows upwards to the seabed surface where it enters the water as plumes of bubbles.
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Combustible Gas Explodes At Cardboard Factory
Three workers died and a fourth was injured when an explosion occurred inside an 80-foot-tall storage tank at the Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) corrugated cardboard mill in Tomahawk, Wisconsin. The workers were on a catwalk above the tank and performing hot work (welding) at the time of the explosion. The storage tank held a mixture of recycled paper pulp and water. The US Chemical Safety Board is performing microbiological and chemical testing to determine what caused flammable gas to be present inside the tank.
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