Month: August 2021
What is the best gas detection technology for water treatment plants?
There are several important factors to consider when choosing the right gas detection technology for water and wastewater treatment plants. The ideal detector will be simple to operate and maintain and provide reliable and accurate results. Teledyne Gas & Flame Detection have decades of experience in providing a wide range of gas detection products with…
How air pollution changed during COVID-19 in Park City
As luck would have it, the air quality sensors that University of Utah researcher Daniel Mendoza and his colleagues installed in Park City, Utah in September 2019, hoping to observe how pollution rose and fell through the ski season and the Sundance Film Festival, captured a far more impactful natural experiment: the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout…
Autonomous Gas Detection Using a Robot Mounted with the Falco PID Detector
The Background Established in 2017, ExRobotics was founded to commercially develop robotics technology for use in potentially explosive atmospheres typically found at oil and gas production and processing facilities. These facilities are often found in remote locations within harsh environments; even on facilities that are normally unmanned, a human presence is usually still needed for…
New approach could change how we track extreme air pollution events
When extreme and dangerous air pollution events strike and blanket the air with hazardous levels of pollution, it causes a major threat to public health and safety. It’s also exceedingly challenging to monitor. The pollutants move quickly through the atmosphere, and can undergo chemical transformations from one form to another, leaving it difficult to predict…
Gas detection in confined spaces
Answer: Confined spaces are defined by OSHA as spaces large enough for workers to enter yet not intended for continuous use. Confined spaces have limited or restricted entry and exit points. These characteristics mean that gas levels can change rapidly, rendering the atmosphere hazardous with little warning. For this reason, it’s important for confined space…
New indoor air quality monitors
Ashtead Technology has launched two new indoor air quality monitors that will help building and facility managers to protect people from toxic gases, as well as airborne particles and viral aerosols. The TSI 8144-4 measures formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, total volatile organic compounds, carbon dioxide, temperature/relative humidity, particulate matter and barometric pressure. This instrument therefore provides…