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Exposure to toxic gases in the workplace can quickly place workers at risk and cost millions of dollars in productivity. Accurate and reliable monitoring equipment is essential in detecting toxic gases, even at low exposure levels. Unreliable equipment can produce false alarms resulting in unnecessary and costly downtime.
There are also new detectors can detect and identify virtually any gas, chemical or odor in an industrial process through analyzation of the gas’s infrared spectra.
Finding the right expertise to help you select equipment most suitable to your facility is critical to the success of your business. Here are some of the portable and fixed gas solutions from DOD Technologies, a leading distributor the industrial market.
Oil & Petrochemical
Some of the most common toxic gases found in the oil & gas/petrochemical and specialty chemical industries include Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) and Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) are commonly found in the exploration drilling process. While, Oxygen (O2) depletion and other hydrocarbon gases pose larger risks downstream.
As refineries convert crude oil into different chemical blends, the byproducts pose a risk to workers and processes. The petrochemical industry produces several toxic gases including Benzene (C6H6), Ethylene (C2H4), Propylene (C3H6), Toulene (C7H8), Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), and combustible gas mixtures.
Exploration drilling rigs and production platforms require portable gas detection units that are explosion proof and UL certified. These handheld detectors typically monitor multiple combustible gases and can be individually calibrated for specific gases.
Certain hazardous gases, such as benzene, require continuous monitoring. Benzene is toxic and should be closely monitored and measured in parts per million (ppm).
An explosion-proof Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Detector provides continuous monitoring of VOC down to the ppm level. Recommended detectors should be intrinsically safe, Class I, Division 1 compliant and continue to monitor in the event of an explosion.
Recommended Solutions
Combustible Gas Handheld Detectors
TITAN Continuous Benzene Detector by Ion Science
FALCO Explosion-Proof VOC Detector by Ion Science
Specialty Chemical
Chemical plants manufacture a myriad of products and feedstocks. The nature and diversity of chemicals used and produced on-site provide considerable danger to assets and personnel. These plants often use a wide range of flammable and toxic gases in their manufacturing processes. The most common byproducts include Acetylene (C2H2), Ammonia (NH3), Helium (He), Hydrogen (H2), Hydrogen Fluoride (HF), Methanol (CH3OH), Nitric Acid (HNO3), and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs).
The transferring of gas into other containers or to other parts of the plant is the most common release of gases into the air. Portable and fixed gas detectors working together in a system provides the most comprehensive and effective gas detection plan at a facility with many potential dangers.
“Novel developments of new gas and chemical mixes have no detection precedent. A Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Detector can detect and specify virtually any gas, chemical, or odor in an industrial process.”
Low-level handheld gas detectors offer effective and flexible gas detection in chemical plants. Efficient helium detectors can identify the gas at its lowest detectable levels, while combustible handheld detectors monitor ppm levels of multiple gases. These monitors can spot-check bottles right off the truck or quickly respond to unforeseen gas leaks. Novel developments of new gas and chemical mixes have no detection precedent. A Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Detector can detect and specify virtually any gas, chemical, or odor in an industrial process.
It accomplishes this through analyzation of the gas’s infrared spectra. The spectra provides fingerprints of the air samples, which can identify virtually any combination of chemicals.
Recommended Solutions
Combustible Gas Handheld Detectors
DOD Technologies portable and fixed gas detection solutions offer the most reliable results available. These include our portable gas leak detector, single monitors, four gas monitors, and H2S gas detectors. With extremely low detection levels and a lower cost per point of detection, the company’s systems will be the best solution for your gas detection needs, with products from a wide variety of manufacturers, including Blackline Safety, BW Technologies, and New Cosmos gas detectors.
For more gas detection solutions by industry, gas type or category, please visit the new website at www.DODtec.com.
