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For its anniversary, MEDOR® certified ATEX for zone 1 & 2

CSA type approval certification also in progress Since 2009, Chromatotec® proposes a version of its MEDOR® analyzer in Exp cabinet for hazardous areas. This solution dedicated for monitoring and online analysis of odorous compounds in natural gas today received the ATEX certification for zone 1. MEDOR® was already certified for zone 2 since 2014. The ATEX directive consists ...

Dec. 18, 2015

By Chromatotec Group

A Two Channel Gas Detector for Monitoring Hazardous Gases in the Workplace

The potential for exposure to hazardous gases is a concern in many workplace environments. To ensure the safety of the workers, equipment, and the facility, areas presenting a gas hazard should be monitored by gas detectors. Commercial buildings that share a warehouse with manufacturing and/or service work in the back and offices in the front are a prime place for harmful gases and vapours to be ...

Jan. 27, 2016

By Critical Environment Technologies Canada Inc. (CETCI)

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

Sensors and Sensibility: This Breakthrough Could Lead to Better Ways for Spotting Dangerous Gases

Radislav Potyrailo, a principal scientist at GE Research in Niskayuna, New York, has a saying he picked up from one of his mentors: “A day in the library is worth a year in the lab.” So, while other scientists might spend their free time hiking or fishing, Potyrailo likes to pore over the footnotes of scientific journal articles looking for details about how others have tried and ...

Jul. 22, 2020

By GE Renewable Energy

Peatlands – guidance for climate change mitigation by conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable use

Peatlands provide many important ecosystem services, including water regulation, biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration and storage. Because of the enormous size of the peat carbon pool, its high sensitivity for disturbance, the large emissions from a small land area (which continue long after conversion), and the virtual irreversibility of peat carbon losses, any further degradation ...

May 1, 2012

By Wetlands International

Application of LEDs in Wastewater Treatment Plants

Wastewater treatment plants are prone to explosive risks due to the presence of volatile, flammable compounds inside the building. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has highlighted the dangers of such hazardous environments through a federal safety investigation of a Canastota wastewater plant. In 2014, a worker died from third-degree burns after a devastating explosion ...

Feb. 28, 2017

By Larson Electronics LLC

10 Reasons why you should continuously monitor low temperature and liquid chemical sterilants for worker safety

1. Sterilant chemicals are highly toxic Low temperature and liquid chemical sterilants are designed to kill all microorganisms including resistant spores and if they were not toxic, they would not be effective in sufficiently high concentration to destroy all microbial life including the chemically resistant sporicidal forms of certain bacteria. There are two main classes of sterilant chemical, ...

Jan. 12, 2017

By ChemDAQ, Inc.