THE LATEST DETECTION TOOLS FOR LEAK / ODOR RESPONSE, CARBON MONOXIDE AND CONFINED SPACE ENTRY Paul...

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THE LATEST DETECTION TOOLS FOR THE LATEST DETECTION TOOLS FOR LEAK / ODOR RESPONSE, CARBON LEAK / ODOR RESPONSE, CARBON MONOXIDE AND CONFINED SPACE MONOXIDE AND CONFINED SPACE ENTRY ENTRY Paul D. Wehnert Vice President – Sales & Marketing Heath Consultants Incorporated [email protected]

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THE LATEST DETECTION TOOLS FOR THE LATEST DETECTION TOOLS FOR LEAK / ODOR RESPONSE, CARBON LEAK / ODOR RESPONSE, CARBON MONOXIDE AND CONFINED SPACE MONOXIDE AND CONFINED SPACE

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Paul D. WehnertVice President – Sales & Marketing

Heath Consultants [email protected]

DETECTO – PAK INFRAREDDETECTO – PAK INFRARED

• DP-IR –IS

– Intrinsically safe

– 1 ppm – 100% Gas by Volume

– Auto-ranging

– Internal pump

– Self-test & calibration

– Surface sampling

– Bar-hole sampling

– Methane sensitivity

– No external fuel

WALKING / MOBILE SURVEY / WALKING / MOBILE SURVEY / PINPOINTINGPINPOINTING

Remote Methane Leak DetectorRemote Methane Leak DetectorRMLDRMLD

Non – Intrinsic Safe Model Intrinsic Safe Model

BASED ON TDLAS TECHNOLOGYBASED ON TDLAS TECHNOLOGY Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS)

- Every gas absorbs specific wavelengths (frequencies) of light

- The RMLD laser beam emits a specific wavelength which is absorbed by methane

- The amount of laser light absorbed is proportional to the total amount of gas in the path of the laser beam

- Concentration is then expressed as parts-per-million-metered, or “ppm-m”. Concentration times plume width.

TECHNICAL APPROACHTECHNICAL APPROACH Laser light beam is remotely projected on to a target (e.g., grass, wall,

etc.) A fraction of the beam is scattered from the target surface and returned

to the source Returned light is collected and focused onto a detector The presence of methane is encoded within the returned light Methane readings are displayed in ppm-m

DetectorLaser

Direct Sun and AmbientLight Adds DetectedBackground Photons

Light Becomes Electricity

Methane Leak

Topographic Backscatter ofLaser Light and BackgroundLight Collected by Receiver

BENEFITS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Ability to remotely check inside buildings

Ability to inspect roof vents

Ability to check overhead piping

Wide area of inspection coverage

ABILITY TO INSPECT INACCESSABLE AREAS ABILITY TO INSPECT INACCESSABLE AREAS

FIRST RESPONDERFIRST RESPONDER

FIRST RESPONDER TOOL FIRST RESPONDER TOOL

• RANGES– PPM

– LEL

– Percent Gas

– Carbon Monoxide

– Oxygen

– Hydrogen Sulfide

GT SERIES FIRST RESPONDER TOOL GT SERIES FIRST RESPONDER TOOL

TYPE – GAS RANGES

- PPM

- LEL

- VOLUME GAS

- CARBON MONOXIDE

- OXYGEN

- HYDROGEN SULFIDE

- AMBIENT AIR TESTING

- PRESSURE TESTING

- BAR-HOLE TESTING

- SURFACE SAMPLING

- DATA-LOGGING

GT SERIES OF INSTRUMENTSGT SERIES OF INSTRUMENTSFROM HEATH CONSULTANTSFROM HEATH CONSULTANTS

CONFINED SPACE MONITORCONFINED SPACE MONITOR

• Simple Operation• Audible, visual and

vibration alarms• Manual Bump / Cal

options• Toxic Sensor Integrity• Li-Ion Battery ( 4hours

charging)• Datalogging as standard• Easy maintenance

CONFINED SPACE MONITORSCONFINED SPACE MONITORS

DETECTION RANGES FOR CONFINED DETECTION RANGES FOR CONFINED SPACE / FEATURESSPACE / FEATURES

- LEL

- Carbon Monoxide

- Oxygen

- Hydrogen Sulfide

- Data-logging

- Alarm / vibration capabilities

BUMP/CAL STATION BUMP/CAL STATION

• Simple user interface• Bump / calibration

options• Full results storage • Stand-alone, PC or

ethernet• Bump Test 60secs• Calibration 90 secs• Combi Gas or individual

cylinders• Instrument charging

CERTIFICATION APPROVALSCERTIFICATION APPROVALS

• CSA (UL) CLASS 1 DIV 1

• GROUPS A,B,C,D T4, CLASS 1 ZONE 1 EX ia d IIC T4

Questions?Questions?