Hydrogen Leak Detection News on Environmental XPRT

Portable hydrogen detector protects safety of welding process

A nuclear power station in Washington, USA, recently purchased a portable hydrogen analyser from H2scan for the detection of hydrogen during a cask storage welding process. The analyser is able to provide immediate indication of any hydrogen leak and as such represents a vital component of the plant’s safety strategy. The analyser, a HY-ALERTA 500 is highly sensitive to hydrogen and ...

Dec. 6, 2012

By Quantitech Ltd

Continuous hydrogen monitor improves refinery isomerisation efficiency

Instrumentation specialist Quantitech launched a range of hydrogen –specific gas analysers in the UK and Ireland in 2007. Since that time Managing Director Keith Golding says “The solid-state sensor technology from H2scan has proved highly popular in a wide variety of applications, but online process monitoring is becoming the most popular because of the rapid return on investment ...

Nov. 22, 2012

By Quantitech Ltd

Nolek Launches Game Changing Leak Detector

In the past five years Nolek has spent considerable sums and time on the development of the proprietary SniffIT technology®. First an analogue version of the product was released in the marketplace in 2010. Since that time, Nolek has been working on the digitalization of the product, the refinement of the measuring cell and other improvements based on customer feedback. The product is now ...

Apr. 16, 2013

By Nolek AB

Crowcon launches Gas-Tec Hydrocarbon Gas Detector for Leak Survey and Localisation

Crowcon’s new Gas-Tec portable hydrocarbon gas detector is designed for rapid leak survey and localisation in applications such as gas distribution networks and landfill sites. Using Crowcon’s tried and tested flame ionisation chamber, the Gas-Tec also features next generation technology such as GPS, data and event logging. The new device allows survey teams to track progress and quickly pinpoint ...

Feb. 19, 2010

By Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd - a Halma company

Laser gas detection success for Anglian Water Services

Anglian Water Services (AWS) wanted to quantify methane emissions from their wastewater treatment processes. As these are less well understood and less well defined than indirect carbon emissions associated with electricity use, they set up a project to locate and quantify emissions from the processes at a wastewater treatment works. This was led by the in-house Innovation Team which undertakes ...

Jun. 1, 2012

By Geotech

TDL-500 with Archer GPS finds methane leaks fast

Finding gas leaks or proving none exist has just become much easier. With a continuous log of GPS position and methane (CH4) analysis proving zero ppm or showing leak readings from just 1ppm to 100%, Geotech has provided an easy-to-use leak detector. With almost-instant response from the Geotech ...

Jun. 1, 2012

By Geotech

Agilent Technologies Introduces Hydrogen Sensor for Select Gas Chromatography Systems, Updating Helium Conservation Initiatives

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the new Agilent Hydrogen Sensor for the 7890B Gas ...

Dec. 18, 2013

By Agilent Technologies, Inc.

EPA and DOJ reach agreement with Vertellus on Clean-Air Violations

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice have reached an agreement with Vertellus Agriculture and Nutrition Specialties L.L.C. on alleged clean-air violations at the company’s agricultural and nutritional chemical plant at 1500 S. Tibbs Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. The agreement, which includes a $425,000 penalty and a $705,000 environmental project, resolves EPA ...

Aug. 25, 2009

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Ashtead Offers Comprehensive Range of Rental Instruments

The Ashtead stand at MCERTS 2007 (No 14) will feature some of the company’s most popular portable products for gas detection and monitoring, including the Horiba PG250 for NOx, SO2, CO, CO2, and O2, and the Bernath heated FID for VOCs. Both of these instruments are MCERTS approved. If heated lines are not necessary, the Photovac MicroFID is available with an additional 1 litre hydrogen bottle ...

Jan. 25, 2007

By Ashtead Technology Ltd

ABLE Jerome is equipment of choice for EA Incident Response Teams

During the Buncefield incident in Hertfordshire in 2005, it was established that there was no coordinated response to potentially adverse air quality incidents. As a result, the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs asked the Environment Agency to lead a coordinated monitoring and modeling response with the Met Office, Health Protection Agency, Public Health Wales, Health & ...

Jan. 28, 2010

By Able Instruments & Controls Ltd

Pfizer pays first fine under new pharmaceutical air rules

The pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. has agreed to pay a $975,000 civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its former manufacturing plant in Groton, Connecticut. The company stopped making pharmaceuticals at the plant in January. The settlement is the first of its type in federal court under Clean Air Act regulations controlling the emissions of hazardous air ...

Jun. 27, 2008

By Environment News Service (ENS)

H2scan Names Michael Nofal as Vice President of Sales & Business Development

H2scan Corporation, provider of the most accurate, tolerant and affordable hydrogen leak detection and ...

Jul. 20, 2012

By H2scan Corporation

H2scan Names Dr. Jennifer Zinck as Manager of Process Analyzer R&D

VALENCIA, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/17/10 -- H2scan Corporation today announced the Company has hired Dr. Jennifer Zinck as its Manager of Process Analyzer R&D. Dr. Zinck brings over 15 years of research experience in broad areas of physical sciences and technology to the Valencia-based company. She comes from HRL Laboratories ...

Aug. 17, 2010

Your Guide to Renting a Jerome

Our rental program is designed to give you the high level of performance expected from a Jerome instrument without the long term commitment or cost of a purchase. Why rent a Jerome? Flexibility, accuracy and reliability – all in one convenient, durable and industry-proven package. Whether you’re an environmental consultant ...

Sep. 13, 2016

By Arizona Instrument LLC

Radioactive material found in groundwater below nuke plant

An apparent overflow at a nuclear power plant north of New York City spilled highly radioactive water into an underground monitoring well, but nuclear regulators said the public isn't at risk. Officials at the Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, 40 miles north of Manhattan, reported on Friday that water contaminated by tritium leaked into ...

Feb. 7, 2016

By Associated Press

Los Gatos Research Now Offers Ten Ultraportable Analyzers for Soil Trace Gas Flux Measurements

Los Gatos Research (LGR), the leader in precision trace gas analyzers, today announced that it has expanded the lower speed (up to 1 Hz) trace gas analyzer line to include as many as nine different Ultraportable trace gas analyzers with various combinations available in ten different products. This year's R&D 100 Award winning analyzer for NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) joins a series of 1 Hz ...

Jul. 5, 2012

By Los Gatos Research - a member of the ABB group

Big West Oil to spend $18M on emission controls to resolve Clean Air Act violations at North Salt Lake refinery

Big West Oil LLC has agreed to pay a $175,000 penalty and to spend approximately $18 million to install emission controls at its refinery in North Salt Lake, Utah, announced the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today. Big West Oil will also invest $253,000 to improve the monitoring and management of potential releases of hydrofluoric acid at the facility. ...

Aug. 23, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Gas hazards in the oil, gas and petrochemical industries

Although flammable and toxic gas hazards are generally well understood by operators, technicians and safety personnel in the oil, gas and petrochemical industries, continuous training and refreshment of knowledge is essential to avoid potential incidents caused by complacency. New personnel are often assigned work activities in potentially hazardous areas with only very limited training about gas ...

Feb. 21, 2011

By Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd - a Halma company

New drive for vacuum blowers with hermetically sealed motor for the high vacuum range from 200 to 10-5 mbar

From the start of 2017, for driving the AERZEN vacuum blowers a new drive motor is used. In future, only one motor design (HM) will be available for neutral and aggressive gases. This synergy effect reduces the variant diversity of vacuum blowers to only one motor drive with hermetically sealed drive. The AERZEN vacuum blowers (previously called canned motor blowers) ...

Mar. 23, 2017

By Aerzen USA Corporation

China blast zone blocked over contamination fear; 112 dead

Authorities pulled more bodies from a massive blast site in the Chinese port of Tianjin, pushing the death toll to 112 on Sunday as teams scrambled to clear dangerous chemical contamination. Hundreds of people were injured and 85 firefighters and 10 others are missing since a fire and rapid succession of blasts late Wednesday hit a warehouse ...

Aug. 16, 2015

By Associated Press

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