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Improving Safety with Standards and Certifications
Globally, safety standards play a key role in designing and executing gas and flame detection projects. These standards, which might seem cumbersome at times, can help engineers make informed...
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Strategies for Sulfur Flame Detection
Detecting a sulfur fire is not simple. Very difficult to see with the human eye or a camera, burning sulfur generates a low intensity, blue flame that is a source of ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Sulfur...
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Benefits of HART-Enabled Detectors
The open HART protocol improves the flow of diagnostic information from process instruments including optical flame detectors and combustible/toxic gas detectors. User benefits of Det-Tronics...
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False Alarms Offshore
Flame and gas hazards are not the only dangers rig and platform workers need protection from – false alarms pose dangers to workers and can be expensive in production losses. Depending on the...
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Flame and Gas Detection in Hangars
Flammable materials (aviation fuels, cleaning solvents, and paints) present in aircraft hangars can endanger life, safety, aircraft, and the hangar structure. To improve protection, many Authorities...
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Optical Integrity: Testing the detector
Most optical flame detectors have a method to indicate that they are not operating correctly – an LED or an online alert. If the detector does not indicate a fault, you might believe the detector is...
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Include Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Areas in Your Safety System
Improve efficiency and safety by using a single safety system for two types of areas: non-hazardous (control rooms and living quarters) and classified/hazardous (process areas). Det-Tronics’ newly...
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Gas-Detection Standards Included in NFPA 72: 2010
NFPA 72: 2010, a standard that must be complied with in many areas around the globe, now includes revised standards for gas detectors used in executive actions, such as initiating automatic or manual...
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Detect Hydrogen Gas and Flames
Under day-to-day conditions, people cannot see, smell, or taste the presence of hydrogen gas. Hydrogen, however, is very flammable and requires only a small amount of energy to ignite. In fact, if...
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Exida Certifies Det-Tronics Flame Detector as SIL2 Capable
This week the certification and consulting firm – exida – announced another certification for Det-Tronics. exida certified the Det-Tronics X3301 IR Flame Detector per IEC61508 as Safety Integrity Level...
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