Product innovations for Ex areas: IN THIS ROUND-UP OF SAFETY PRODUCTS, WE LOOK AT THE LATEST LAUNCHES SUITABLE FOR USE IN POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE AREAS

摘要

Hazardous areas make stringent requirements of equipment, especially where potentially explosive atmospheres are concerned. Consider, for example, the use of vibration monitoring to help protect electricity supplies. When engineers at Peter Brotherhood were faced with the task of adding 24/7 condition monitoring to another manufacturer's reciprocating gas compressor, they decided to incorporate vibration-monitoring accelerometers from Variohm-Eurosensor. They are part of a complete condition monitoring system on the compressor, which is used for compressing natural gas. The natural gas is used as fuel for gas turbines generator sets supplying electricity to the national grid.