Gas Detectors Basics
Today's gas detectors can protect your workplace and employees from many hazardous substances
Thanks to today's technology, gas detectors are available in the marketplace to identify all sorts of hazardous gases in the environment. Devices are available to detect one or many gases, or test for just certain gases.Depending on your business or work space, there may be certain gases that are more dangerous than others. Certain industries, for instance, may require a carbon monoxide gas detector, while others require propane gas detectors. This article will help educate you on gas detectors basics, so you are able to determine which type of gas detectors are suitable for you. When searching for a gas sensing system, be sure to ask yourself the following:
1. Does your workplace require a single or multi gas detector?
2. What types of gas sniffers does your business require?
3. Will your gas leak detector be set in a pressurized or combustible environment?
Decide if your workplace's natural gas detectors need to identify single or multiple kinds of gas
Depending on your industry and workplace environment, your employees may be in danger of exposure to one or many gases. If you are just concerned about carbon monoxide, for instance, you may just want a unit that measures just one type of gas. If you fear exposure to multiple gases, get a detector that can help detect them all.
Try: TRS-Environmental sells gas detectors to monitor for single gases, such as carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, oxygen, etc. Pyroban's Gascheka system identifies multiple gases and works to shut down gas leaking equipment once identified.
Look for gas detectors that sense the hazardous gases specific to your work environment
Many places of employment that are heated with gas furnaces face only the danger of carbon monoxide leaks. In other more industrial workplaces employees face the threat of a variety of gases unique to their industry. For worker safety it is critical that your detector be designed to accurately detect what is in your environment.
Try: Interscan manufactures sensors designed to detect levels of a variety of different gases. National Safety Products carries a carbon monoxide detector suited for commercial and industrial as well as residential applications.
Decide if your gas leak detector must detect in combustible or pressurized environments
Ultrasonic leak detectors "listen" for leaks using ultrasonic transmitters. They are ideal for use in pressurized environments like boilers, furnaces, heat exchangers and chillers. Combustible gas leak detectors are better suited for commercial buildings.
Try: Cole-Parmer sells ultrasonic and traditional combustible gas leak detectors. Professional Equipment, a division of Lab Safety Supply, sells several different types of combustible gas leak detectors.
- Handheld gas detectors are ideal for inspecting furnaces, gas lines, storage tanks and hot water heaters. If your job requires "on the go inspections" of equipment, these battery operated devices are for you.
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