Hazardous Area Articles on Environmental XPRT

Classifying Hazardous Areas

The IEC is composed of approximately 40 countries including the United States. The purpose of the IEC is to establish standards for a wide variety of electrical products with the intent of encouraging international trade. The IEC has assigned a technical committee, TC 31, to develop recommendations covering equipment, testing procedures and classification standards for areas where the potential ...

Oct. 5, 2013

By Control Instruments Corporation

Expert Installation Services Soar to New Heights

Along with providing equipment to solve customer’s complex VOC, NOx, and Odor pollution challenges, we also provide installation services. I was on site for the recent “lift” of a new QUADRANT SR-35,000 Thermal Oxidizer (TO). Capital equipment, like a Thermal Oxidizer, is designed to operate for many years; however wear and tear eventually may require the equipment to be ...

Jul. 21, 2017

By Catalytic Products International (CPI)

Human Error Threatens Safety in Hazardous Areas

The top 5 problems identified in hazardous areas are Poor or no maintenance on flameproof (Ex d) enclosures. Due to corrosion—especially when equipment is installed outdoors—the Ex d protection is gone 2-3 years after installation. Incorrectly installed Ex d cable glands. Even if the combination of cable and gland is chosen correctly, the instructions on how to ...

May 31, 2017

By Mettler - Toledo Int. Inc

Area Monitoring: Diffusion Sampling

Indoor and outdoor gas hazards that exist in open areas are usually monitored using diffusion-type sensors. A diffusion sensor has no active sample-drawing system; diffusion sensors rely on the ambient air movement and pressure to deliver the sample to the sensing element. Diffusion-type sensors are a reliable and cost-effective way to monitor open area gas hazards. When installing diffusion ...

Oct. 5, 2013

By Control Instruments Corporation

Flammable Hazards

Flammable Hazards The difference between a gas and a vapor is that vapors arise from liquids, whereas gases are normally in a gaseous state. Flammable vapors present additional sampling concerns (for example, we must prevent vapors from returning to the liquid state during sampling). The 3 Elements of Fire Three elements must be present for a flammable ...

Oct. 5, 2013

By Control Instruments Corporation

MEGATRENDS influencing rural areas

At the time we have several worldwide mega trends – maybe more mega problems – like: CO² increase and climate change (increase of the avg. temperature of 1° in 100 years), population growth (1960–2043 from 3 to 9 Bio people, in 250 years from 1 to 10) and urbanization (in 2030 60% of the population will live in urban areas), bio energy versus food and food ...

May 8, 2008

By PROGIS Software GmbH

The Area Source Mact/Gact Challenge

Dozens of new federal rules, regulating over 180 Hazardous Air Pollutants for relatively small sources, present a new and unique challenge for the air pollution profession. Over the past two decades, a large number of federal regulations have been adopted to control Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) originating from a wide range of source categories from the corner dry cleaner to petroleum ...

Sep. 2, 2009

By Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA)

Comparison of hazard area and casualty predictions of a small-scale chemical attack using various toxic load toxicity models

It has been observed that the toxic load model can better account for toxic effects from chemical exposures than Haber’s law. However, the toxic load model has been experimentally validated only for steady exposures. We compare four proposed extensions of the toxic load model to the case of time-varying exposures. We conclude that the choice of the toxic load model can be important in ...

Oct. 16, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers

Potential use of transport and dispersion model output to supplement Allied Tactical Publication–45 hazard area prediction templates

Allied Tactical Publication–45(C) is the current US and NATO command doctrine for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological (NBC) events. ATP–45 is designed to warn military populations of NBC hazard by providing area–warning templates based on NBC messages. ATP–45 is designed to produce a single 2–hour hazard area template that accounts for wind speed fluctuations, but it ...

Oct. 13, 2012

By Inderscience Publishers

INTRINSICALLY SAFE WIRELESS MONITORING AND CONTROL NODES ARE CERTIFIED WORLDWIDE FOR USE IN HAZARDOUS AREAS

INTRINSICALLY SAFE WIRELESS MONITORING AND CONTROL NODES ARE CERTIFIED WORLDWIDE FOR USE IN HAZARDOUS AREAS DX99 FlexPower nodes from Banner Engineering are available in metal housing for gas and dust atmospheres A series of intrinsically safe wireless communication nodes certified for worldwide use in explosive gas or dust atmospheres is available from Banner Engineering. The nodes interface ...

May 17, 2013

By Banner Engineering Corp.

How to Assess Fall Hazards

Fall hazards are an ongoing concern in most workplaces and include both falls from heights as well as falls from the same level. Slips, trip and falls from both categories consistently rank among the top causes of both disabling injuries and deaths in all types of workplaces, from construction sites, to manufacturing operations to warehouses to offices. In fact, the only other category of ...

Sep. 20, 2016

By SafetySmart

Safety and hazards in CCS projects

Carbon capture and storage is now on the technological tipping point – it has reached critical mass with one large-scale, fully integrated power project now almost operational at the SaskPower Boundary Dam project in Canada, using enhanced oil recovery. In the UK, following the announcements of progress at two projects, Peterhead and White Rose, the government’s competition process ...

Apr. 1, 2014

By Energy Institute (EI)

Frostbite And Hypothermia Hazards

Hypothermia and frostbite can be two of the serious consequences of working outdoors in winter weather. Hypothermia is a dangerous lowering of the body’s temperature by exposure to cold or wet conditions. Actually, the air temperature doesn’t have to be particularly low to cause hypothermia – just getting wet and chilled can do the same thing. Hypothermia can be fatal. ...

Nov. 21, 2016

By SafetySmart

Flood hazard maps

Flood hazard maps have to be developed for areas, which have been identified in the preliminary flood risk assessment. For certain flood frequencies the extent and the water depth, the flow velocity or the relevant water flow have to be mapped. Flood frequencies consider (2007/60/EC): floods with a low probability, or extreme event ...

Apr. 1, 2012

By IWA Publishing

Nanotechnology – what is it? are there hazards?

This is the first of a series articles on the emerging field of Nanotechnology. What is it? In short – small! Very small! Very, very small! Nanotechnology comes from the prefix Nano which, in English, means 1/billionth, just as micro means 1/millionth. So Nanotechnology involves 2 things: 1) extremely small man-made materials – some even as small as 1 atom thick, ...

Feb. 11, 2009

By Atlantic Environmental, Inc.

Toxic and Hazardous Materials in Electronics

Untitled Document Introduction In October 2000 Environment Canada released a report called Information Technology (IT) and Telecommunications (Telecom) ...

Jan. 1, 2002

By Five Winds International L.P.

Hazardous Waste Disposal

Untitled Document Overview We're all aware of the importance of following safety precautions when we work with hazardous chemicals. ...

Jul. 18, 2005

Management of Hazardous Wastes

' Management of hazardous waste is a growing concern in many countries. The long-term impacts and costs of improper disposal can be very high and the emphasis must be on prevention. A comprehensive management system should include (i) policies, institutions and effective regulations and (ii) adequate and acceptable disposal facilities (either public or private). This note outlines the key ...

Jan. 1, 1997

By The World Bank

Urbanisation and environmental degradation in Dhaka Metropolitan Area of Bangladesh

Using available data on relevant issues and onsite field visits, this paper documented the environmental problems associated with the unprecedented urbanisation in Dhaka Metropolitan Area of Bangladesh. Analyses revealed that a rapid spatial expansion of the city has been taking place alongside the remarkable rise in urban population, simultaneously putting immense pressure on natural ...

Sep. 24, 2012

By Inderscience Publishers

Health and environmental training in mercury-contaminated areas

In 50 countries small-scale miners recover gold by amalgamation process, using excessive quantities of mercury. Fifteen million artisanal gold miners apply this process and 100 million people might depend upon these activities. Small-scale mining adds extensively to the worldwide release of mercury into the environment. The University of Munich assessed the health of people living in mining ...

Jun. 2, 2008

By Inderscience Publishers

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