Monday 10th January 2011
Groveley Detection, who specialise in hazardous area fire and gas detection have sold their first Simtronics GD1 open path hydrogen sulphide gas detector. The detector is faster, needs less routine maintenance and no field recalibration, meaning the unit is more cost efficient than traditional detectors available in today's market.
Produced by Simtronics ASA in Norway, the GD1 offers failsafe, reliable and robust H2S detection for areas likely to see gas releases; offshore or onshore, power plants or waste water treatment plants, to name just a few applications.
The new product is a major leap for personnel safety: With a response time of five seconds to a H2S leak - considerably faster than other toxic detection technologies - the highly sensitive GD1 is ideal for personnel safety monitoring. It offers real cost savings over traditional point gas detectors. Using a single transmitter/receiver pair, the detector typically covers distances of 30 - 50 metres, thereby cutting costs as fewer devices are needed to cover the same risk. The GD1 uses non consumptive sensors which eliminates sensor replacement (as required with alternative electro-chemical point sensor devices), this means cost reductions for maintenance, cabling and calibration.
The first order from a multinational blue-chip company is due for delivery in 2011. "When this new detector came onto the market we could see the value it added in the toxic gas detection field and are sure this will be the first of many installations using this technology" said Robert Bennet, MD of Groveley Detection.
Picture: GD1 open path hydrogen sulphide gas detector
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