Baseline - MOCON, Inc.

COMPANY INFORMATION

Baseline-MOCON, Inc. was first established in 1969 as Baseline Industries Incorporated, Baseline - MOCON is known as an industry leader in the development and manufacture of gas sensors. Acquired by MOCON in 2001, Baseline - MOCON manufactures and markets a full line of advanced gas monitoring instrumentation.

Baseline - MOCON analyzers employ several principals of gas analysis including gas chromatography, continuous monitors and portable instruments. The product line also includes a variety of complimentary products such as multipoint samplers, calibration systems, sample conditioners, support gas generators, and data acquisition systems. Designed for optimum reliability, compactness and operational simplicity, Baseline - MOCON products meet the growing demand for Indoor Air Quality, Outdoor Air Quality, Mudlogging, and Specialty Gas.

Corporate Headquarters

The administration, research, engineering, and fabrication facilities are housed at the Baseline - MOCON Corporate headquarters, located just north of Boulder in Lyons, Colorado.

Engineering Services

Baseline - MOCON products work together to provide a total system solution for virtually any application. The Engineering Services group specializes in the manufacture of scalable, customized monitoring solutions, built to your specification. The considerable talents of this group combined with the modular design of the product line make Baseline - Mocon a leader in the development and deployment of custom solutions for in situ or portable applications.

The Baseline - MOCON Engineering Services group includes engineering, applications and software specialists with extensive experience with gas monitoring systems.

Technical Support Services

Baseline - MOCON offers a complete line of after-market services including installation and maintenance contracts.

Baseline - MOCON, Inc. sets the standard in automated gas analysis for:

Indoor Air Quality Monitoring

Many industries need to carry out air quality testing to ensure employee safety and compliance with OSHA norms. Baseline - MOCON, Inc. toxic gas monitors are among the most reliable in the industry. Air quality testing is crucial to ensure a safe work environment. Rely on a comprehensive and continuous toxic gas monitor to comply with OSHA regulations.

Industry is Turning to More Comprehensive Safety Programs – to Alert Employees to Hazardous Conditions and – Meet OSHA Standards

Baseline - MOCON, Inc. has introduced the Series 8900 A NEW CONTINUOUS AREA MONITORING SYSTEM, which enhances comprehensive plant safety programs and helps insure a safer work environment.

Area monitoring systems are rapidly becoming part of today's industrial safety programs because of increased safety awareness and government regulations.

Government Regulation and the Growth of Plant Safety Programs

The federal government agency, OSHA, has instituted regulations to minimize exposure levels to hazardous gases and vapors employees can be subjected to over the course of an eight-hour day. While OSHA has not specifically required companies to install area monitoring systems, it does require periodic monitoring of personnel exposure to hazardous substances.

Current Environmental Monitoring Practices

Two types of environmental monitoring are currently in use in industry – Personnel Monitoring and Area Monitoring. Many companies commonly use both types of monitoring as they expand their safety programs.

Personnel Monitoring

Some of the typical methods currently used to comply with OSHA regulations include the use of personnel monitoring badges and adsorption tubes. These devices, worn by employees, track any exposure they receive to hazardous gases as they move throughout a facility during the course of an eight-hour day. At the end of a day, the collection media are sent to a laboratory to be analyzed to determine the average level that an employee was exposed to. Exposure levels determine the frequency a company is required to conduct this type of monitoring. With this method, results are not available until after employees may have been exposed to hazardous gases.

OSHA's goal is to limit employee exposure to levels below their established Threshold Limit Values (TLV's) for hazardous gases. For example exposure to ethylene oxide over an eight-hour period is one ppm. As long as readings fall below these established values, companies are required to perform these monitoring tasks periodically. However, in areas considered to be “hot spots,” a company may be required to monitor continuously.

Limitations of the Personnel Badge Method

A comprehensive safety program requires more timely monitoring than is possible with employee badges, because exposure information using this method is not reported until after it has occurred and the employee has already been exposed to hazardous conditions. This type of system provides no immediate warning to allow safety engineers to take quick action to prevent further employee exposure in the case of dangerous exposure levels.

Minimizing Today's Industrial Health Hazards Through Continuous Area Monitoring

Area Monitoring Systems that continuously scan the work environment provide greater employee safety because leaks or procedural failures, which may result in high exposures, are identified immediately and employees are alerted. Alarm levels are documented and hard copy reports are generated to substantiate that corrective measures were taken for employee safety and compliance with OSHA regulations.

Outdoor Air Quality Monitoring

Environmental Programs are Being Expanded to Include Monitoring of Highly Reactive Volatile Organic Compounds (HRVOC's) - to Prevent Exposure to Toxic Gases, the Formation of Ground-Level Ozone and - to Comply with EPA and State Emissions Standards.

Baseline - MOCON, Inc. offers a full line of products including the Series 9000H Heated Total Hydrocarbon Analyzer, 9000NMHC Methane/Non-Methane Hydrocarbon Analyzer (catalytic method), and the Series 8900 automatic on-line Gas Chromatograph which can be configured to monitor Methane/Non-Methane Hydrocarbons (direct reading method) and Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene & Xylene's (BTEX) as well as a variety of other gases.

Monitoring HRVOC's is rapidly becoming an essential part of today's environmental monitoring programs due to increased public awareness, government regulations and enforcement.

Government Regulation and the Growth of Environmental Programs

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and State Air Quality Departments, have instituted regulations to minimize emissions of toxic gases that can be emitted by industry, automobiles and during remediation of hazardous waste sites. It has also been determined that the release of small amounts of HRVOC's can lead to the formation of large amounts of ozone. Ozone forms when volatile organic compounds (VOC's) and nitrogen oxides react in the presence of sunlight. While ozone in the earth's atmosphere helps protect us from the sun's harmful rays, ground-level ozone is potentially harmful to human health.

Current Monitoring Practices

Several methods are being used to monitor emissions sources and track the migration of any releases that may be a health hazard for neighboring communities or the environment. These methods include portable survey instruments used to monitor Fugitive Emissions in refineries and petrochemical plants (EPA Method 21), Stack Emissions for Total Hydrocarbons (EPA Method 25A), Fenceline Monitoring for Methane/Non-Methane Hydrocarbons as well as BTEX and other HRVOC's in Ambient Air Monitoring Networks.

Mud Logging

Sensitivity, Selectivity and Linear Range of Flame Ionization Detector (FID) Based Gas Detection Systems are Ideal for Monitoring Hydrocarbons in Drilling Fluids - During Oil & Gas Exploration

Baseline - MOCON, Inc. offers a full line of products including the Series 9000 Total Hydrocarbon Analyzers, Series 8900 automatic on-line Gas Chromatograph configured for Fast Analysis of C1- C5 Hydrocarbons, Sample Conditioner and Hydrogen & Air Generators.

The improved accuracy that is achieved using FID based Gas Detection Systems is widely recognized as the industry standard by the major Oil & Gas Company's.

Current Monitoring Practices

Two methods being used to monitor hydrocarbons in drilling fluids - Total Hydrocarbon Analyzer using a Flame Ionization Detector (FID) which is selective to hydrocarbons and offers a typical range of <100ppm – 50% as Methane and - Automated Gas Chromatograph using a Flame Ionization Detector (FID) configured for C1-C5 analysis including Propylene, used in Gas Referencing, in < 60 seconds with a typical range of <10ppm to 50% as Methane.

Specialty Gases

Trace Detection of Impurities in Specialty Gases is Critical - for Industrial Gas Manufactures, Distributors and End Users - Concerned with Product Quality and Safety.

Baseline - MOCON, Inc. offers a full line of products including the Series 9000 Total Hydrocarbon Analyzer, 9000NMHC Methane/Non-Methane Hydrocarbon Analyzer (catalytic method), Series 9000TCA Total Carbon Analyzer and the Series 8900 automatic on-line Gas Chromatograph which can be configured to monitor Methane/Non-Methane Hydrocarbons (direct reading method) and Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene & Xylene's (BTEX) as well as a variety of other gases.

Monitoring trace organics in Specialty Gases is rapidly becoming an essential part of today's industrial process and quality control programs due to increased public awareness, concerns about health and safety, product liability and impact on product yields.

FEATURED PRODUCTS

Series 9000 Non-Methane Hydrocarbon Analyzer The Series 9000 NMHC is designed to continuously monitor the total hydrocarbon content of non-condensing gases in a variety of applications, such as: ambient air monitoring networks, clean rooms, air & oxygen purity in air separation plants. Concentrations reported are methane, non-methane, and total hydrocarbons. » Read more   » Contact now / Request quote

Model 8900 Gas Chromatograph The Model 8900 is microprocessor-based, which, along with a variety of detector and gas train options, gives the instrument the flexibility and precision necessary to effectively perform most applications. Accurate & specific to a wide variety and range of gases. Continuous unattended operation. Automatic baseline correction for long-term stability. Analog, digital and logic output. » Read more   » Contact now / Request quote

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