Sentry - Emergency Gas Scrubber (EGS) - North Texas Municipal Water District, Texas, USA - Case Study
A very large North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) has three Emergency Gas Dry Scrubber (EGS-300) on site in the event of a chlorine leak. On Wednesday, June 15th, one of the scrubbers had a significant chlorine leak during the middle of the night By the time their main chlorine alarm system alerted staff to the leak, PureAir`s EGS-300 had already kicked into gear, pulling the toxic gas from the air and through the scrubber where Safetysorb absorbent media neutralized it, releasing only purified, clean air into the building.
According to the Instrumentation Technician working that night, "your system is working very well. It clearly detected a chlorine leak and was dealing with it before our main system did."
As a water treatment facility, they store more than 300 pounds of chlorine in each of their dry scrubbers. An unmanaged chlorine leak would require the facility to shut down and evacuate until the gas is under control. Not only is this costly in terms of downtime, but equipment damage could occur, or worse yet, employee illness or hospitalization may be required.
"We could not be prouder to hear that our standby scrubber managed the chlorine leak and kept employees and equipment safe from the toxic gas," said Kevin Jameson, President of PureAir Filtration.
Our representatives in Da I las. El2, have a contract with NTMWD to service their dry scrubbers and were out there Thursday morning to help with cleanup. The EGS dry scrubber that oversaw the leak is due for media replacement, but they have also decided to send in Safetysorb media samples from the other two scrubbers for free lab tests to determine the remaining Safetysorb media life.
PureAir customers can count on our commitment to deliver quality products that meet or exceed their specifications and requirements. In this instance, our equipment exceeded their needs by preventing a costly and hazardous chlorine gas leak.
