Dual range portable monitor

Posted on Friday 1 January 2010

Crowcon Detection Instruments has launched a new dual range portable monitor to add to its Gas-Pro range.

Gas-Pro TK has been designed for use in specialist inerted tank environments to monitor levels of flammable gases and oxygen. An environment where standard gas detectors will not work. 

Fiona Macrae, regional marketing manager at Crowcon, said: “We have created the new Gas-Pro TK device for the specialist application of monitoring inerted tank spaces during purging or gas freeing. It enables users to monitor the gas mix in tanks carrying flammable gas during transport at sea or on shore, such as oil tankers and oil storage terminals. At 340g, Gas-Pro TK is up to six times lighter than other monitors for this application; a boon if you have to carry it with you all day.” 

In Tank Check mode, the Crowcon Gas-Pro TK monitors concentrations of flammable gas and oxygen, checking that an unsafe mixture is not developing. It uses dual IR sensor technology which detects the spectrum of possible flammable gas concentrations from high %vol to low %LEL. The device auto-ranges, switching between %vol and %LEL as gas concentration demands, without manual intervention, and notifies the user as it happens.

 “What makes this detector special is the fact that the dual IR is not inhibited by high concentrations; nor does it require oxygen to work – unlike catalytic bead sensors which are totally unsuitable for this application”, Macrae added. 

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