The following Whitepapers and Technical Information Sheets were created to give our customers additional
knowledge of our various technologies. One of the primary ways we can help improve our service
is by sharing with you, the community, what we have learned about our products and their applications.
In addition, we have also included links to whitepapers written and distributed through our various product partners.
These papers do not go through any formal review process within Micro-Watt Controls. Instead, they are the work of the individual
author and fall under their own respective copyright and license. NOTE: Micro-Watt makes no warranties about the concepts
or content discussed in these papers.
Smoke & Oil Mist Detection Safeguards Against a Dangerous Visitor in Gas Compressor Stations
Lubrication oil is often circulated through natural gas compressors to provide cooling and to prevent engine wear.
The lube oil system is pressurized and as a result there is a high risk potential for leakage. When leaks occur the
lube oil often sprays into the atmosphere producing an oil mist or atomized cloud. The mist not only creates an expensive,
time consuming clean-up project but more importantly can produce highly toxic smoke or burst into explosive flame upon
contact with hot surfaces or engine spark ignitions.
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Integrated Gas Detection On Vacuum/Pressure Washer Rigs
Vacuum trucks are often used to remove water around sub-surface pipes (or any type of underground equipment) in the oil
and gas industry to conduct maintenance. Quite often, this water is contaminated with hydrocarbons (and potentially
entrained H2S), and there is an inherent risk of gas release when the water is being moved. In the case of a gas release,
the truck itself would present a source of ignition.
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Utilizing Nano Technology Greatly Improves Metal Oxide Sensor Performance
Advanced work in chemi-resistive sensing has been in the area
of nanoengineered grain structures. The Net Safety metal oxide
H2S sensor, available with our next generation gas detector,
the Millennium II, shows a substantial performance increase as
oxide grain size is reduced to the "nano" level. This "nano" effect,
in conjunction with advances in materials chemistry produce
highly reliable sensors for detection of a wide range of toxic
and flammable gases.
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SIL Certified/Rated Fire And Gas Systems - Device Selection
When selecting a detection device to achieve a Safety Instrumented Function (SIF) within a Fire and Gas System (FGS), there are
many options in the marketplace. Various statements are made by device manufacturers as to the suitability of their product
including "Certified to SIL X", "SIL X Rated", "FIT for Use in SIL X", "Suitability Level SIL X" or "Compliant to SIL X". Understandably,
this has caused a certain amount of confusion for end users.
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Functional Safety And SIL - What It Means To The Customer
The adoption of functional safety standards continues to grow rapidly worldwide. This trend is especially evident in process
industries. Risk factors such as injury to personnel, production down time, environmental damage, litigation costs and tarnished
corporate image have become more visible. At the same time, tolerance of these risks has decreased. Organizations are rapidly
realizing the benefi ts of having high performance instruments that integrate seamlessly into the overall Safety Instrumented
System (SIS).
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Advancing the Art of Optical Path Verification in Infrared Flame Detectors
This paper outlines the purpose of the Visual Integrity (VI) test feature on optical flame detectors, and
how Net Safety Monitoring is advancing the technology in order to virtually eliminate the occurrence of
false fault alarms.
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