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Alcohol tester, it is the electronics device which could detect the alcohol concentration in human breath by blowing or extracting air around mouth of people. As we all known, some alcohol residue or remnant will be kept in human breath after drinking, and there was certain ratio conversion relationship between breath alcohol concentration and blood alcohol concentration, thus the breath alcohol concentration could be reference value of the blood alcohol concentration.More and more governments all over the world choose the alcohol testers as their law enforcement instruments as daily road checking. And with such alcohol tester, it could reduce alcohol-related traffic fatalities greatly.Meanwhile, not only traffic safety was enhanced, some high-risk potential workplace also using alcohol tester as necessary instruments when their staff start working, such as entrance alcohol testers, alcohol tester trackers (bracelet), and etc. Alcohol tester protect the company property safety and staff’s life safety.We Hanwei electronics company focus on alcohol tester since 2001, with many yeas experiences and advanced sensor technology, we could offer reliable and good alcohol tester and services.

What NOT To Do When You Suspect A Leak

If you suspect your home has a gas leak, there are steps you definitely should not take:1. Do not search for the source of the leak. Searching for the cause of a gas leak exposes you to the gas, with potentially dangerous results. Leave leak detection to the experts.2. Do not try to repair the leak on your own. Always contact a professional. Attempting a DIY repair without a professional could place you at risk.3. Do not use electronics inside the house. This includes cell phones, telephones, light switches or electronic devices with batteries. Any use of electricity can trigger a spark that may ignite the leaked natural gas.4. Do not stay indoors. Evacuate as soon as you can.5. Do not keep windows and doors closed. This allows natural gas to build up and accumulate, and could make the situation worse.6. Do not fail to report the situation. Play it safe, and contact professionals whenever you suspect a leak.7. Do not use matches or lighters. Avoid any open flames, which can ignite natural gas. Explosions caused by the ignition of accumulated natural gas can level a home.

How To Correctly Select Gas Control Alarm System?

Nowadays, the application of gas control alarm sysems is more and more extensive, but a lot of users do not know how to choose the right type. So today we will discuss how to select a suitable gas control alarm system from the below 5 aspects.1. Define the detection purposeIn order to carry out fast and accurate selection of the gas control alarm sysem, the purpose of detection should first be defined. For different detection purposes, the measurement range of the gas alarm varies greatly, ranging from 0 to 100%LEL for explosion detection and 0 to hundreds of PPM for toxic gases.Generally speaking, gas detection has two purposes. The first is to avoid explosion, and the second is to avoid being poisoned. Explosion measurement is to detect the concentration of comBustible gas in dangerous places, and alarm over the limit, so as to avoid the occurrence of explosion accident. Poison measurement is to detect the toxic gas concentration of dangerous places, and alarm over the limit, in order to avoid poisoning.There are usually 3 kinds of harmful gases in dangerous places:Non-toxic (or low toxic) comBustible gases, such as natural gas, liquefied gas;Nonflammable and toxic gases, such as H2S, CL2, CO etc;Flammable and toxic gases , such as H2 and NH3 etc.The first two conditions are easy to determine The first is explosion measurement and the second is poison measurement. While, for the third condition, it depends. If there is exposure, then it’s posion measurement. If no exposure, then it’s explosion measurement.2.Select the appropriate gas detection principleGas sensor is the core component of gas detectors. It can convert the gas concentration into the corresponding electrical signal. Common sensors technologies include catalytic, semiconductor, infrared, electrochemical, photoionization type (PID) and other working principles.Catalytic sensorCatalytic sensor is a kind of low-cost comBustible gas sensor commonly used at present. For detecting the common comBustible gases like natural gas, liquefied gas, ethanol and oil, the detectors adopt this type of sensor.Semiconductor sensorSemiconductor sensor is often used to detect low concentration of comBustible and toxic gases, such as toluene, xylene, diesel, kerosene, gasoline and other selected semiconductor sensors.Infrared sensorInfrared sensor is mainly used to detect comBustible gas and carbon dioxide. Compared with the catalytic sensor, infrared sensor has the advantages of better stability, high accuracy, strong anti-interference ability, no poisoning, suitable for harsh environment, less maintenance and long life. It’s mostly used to detect Methane and carbon dioxide.PID sensorPhotoionization (PID) gas sensor can detect extremely low concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and other toxic gases. It is mainly used for the detection of VOC gas, benzene compounds, organic vapor and other gases.Electrochemical sensorElectrochemical sensor plays an irreplaceable role in the detection of toxic and harmful gases. For detecting most of the toxic gases such as H2S, CO, CL2, SO2, and HCL ect, the detector adopts this type of sensor.It has a variety of special sensory selection(1)For detecting comBustible gas containing sulfur, silicon, phosphorus and other elements, the user should select anti-toxic catalytic sensor or infrared sensor. In the presence of sulfide, the sensitivity attenuation of the anti-toxic catalytic comBustion sensor is relatively slow, and the service life of the sensor can be several months to more than 1 year in the presence of a small amount of toxic substances. Infrared sensor is completely not toxic, the service life can reach more than 5 years.(2)For detecting diesel and kerosene which are extracted from the oil of high boiling mixture of hydrocarbons, the user is suggested using gas detectors for low gas concentration. Under the room temperature, the volatilization of diesel oil and kerosene is slow. Even in the case of the sense of smell can be perceived, the gas concentration in air is difficult to achieve LEL level. To facilitate timely discover and deal with oil leakage, semiconductor sensor or PID sensor is recommended. But the price and maintenance cost of PID sensor is very high, so semiconductor sensor is the best choice for detection of diesel and kerosene.3.Wiring choice of the alarm systemGas detection and alarm system can be roughly divided into two wiring methods of 4-20mA system and RS485 system.4-20mA systemThere is an independent signal loop between each detector and the controller in the line-dividing system, and all detection signals are input to the controller in parallel. This method is also called point-to-point connection. The signal transmission of wire dividing system is reliable, the detectors are relatively independent, the operation of any circuit is not affected by the failure of other circuits, and the power supply configuration is simple, without strict restrictions. However, the wiring system is complicated with high installation and construction cost and heavy workload, especially when the number of detectors is large or the distance between the detector and the controller is far, the wiring is very complicated. The wire dividing system is suitable for the places where the number of detectors is small, the distribution is not concentrated, the distance from the controller is close, and the safety requirement is high.RS485 systemThis system usually consists of two or four wires forming a Bus loop. All detectors are connected to the Bus loop. Each detector has its own independent address code, and the controller accesses each detector according to different address signals. The Bus system USES less lines, is easy to construct, and has strong expansibility. It can be easily integrated with other equipment through input/output modules. Moreover, the expansion is simple and most of them do not need to change the structure of the controller. However, the reliability of the Bus system is relatively low. The failure of one detector may affect all the subsequent nodes. Because each manufacturer's Bus communication protocol is not unified, product interchangeability is poor; In addition, due to the existence of wire voltage reduction, the power supply of the Bus system is usually more complex. When the number of detectors is large or the distance from the controller is relatively far, wangwang needs to configure multiple dc power supplies to supply power to the detector by on-site nearby power supply. Therefore, the Bus system is suitable for the places where the number of detectors is large, the distribution is concentrated and the distance from the controller is relatively long.4.The choice of communication mode of alarm systemThe choice of communication mode is related to the wiring mode of the system. The 3-wire system or 2-wire system of 4-20mA signal transmission mode is generally adopted in the gas control alarm sysem of the line-dividing system. The RS485 system is a digital signal transmission.4-20mA signal transmission mode4-20 mA signal system is international standard for analog signals. Industrial control instruments often use 4-20mA current to transmit analog signals. This kind of signal transmission mode has good anti-interference performance and long signal transmission distance. 4-20mA current signal has two types: two-wire system and three-wire system. The signal wire of the two-wire detector is also the power cord, which saves wiring and has small current. Two-wire instrument consumes little power and is not suitable for complex functions. Large power circuit design, and single signal output, can not configure contact signal as alarm or state output. The three-wire detector is powered by external power, which is powerful and can realize some complicated instrument functions, such as backlight display, contact output, local sound-light alarm and so on. Catalytic comBustion gas alarm because of its large working current, usually for three-wire 4-20mA output.RS485 signal transmission modeRS485 communication is a digital communication technology that takes data transmission as the hardware support, and regulates the format, type, concentration and transmission rate of data transmitted between controller and detector or monitoring module, so as to realize information interaction. Simply put, RS485 communication is to replace the transmission of traditional 4-20mA analog signal and ordinary switching signal with digital communication. At present, there is no unified design standard for RS485 gas control alarm sysem in China, so the communication protocols of every manufacturer are basically incompatible.5.Several common alarm system structuresSystem structure refers to the combination of gas detector and indicating alarm equipment.Detector + gas alarm controllerThis system is low cost, easy to implement, and independent of other control system Settings, when other systems due to failure or maintenance power outage, gas control alarm sysem can continue to operate without being affected, good safety. The disadvantage is that the display is not intuitive enough to realize several systems of monitoring and management.Detector + DCS/PLCThe 4-20mA signal of this kind of structure gas detector is directly connected to DCS/PLC control system, and displays and alarms on the DCS/PLC end. DCS/PLC software can be intuitive show the position of the probe distribution, convenient rapid positioning, real-time database and be able to upload data to the plant, but the system cost is high, and more complicated to implement, if the hardware configuration and the project is not suitable, will bring some advantages of system.Detector + gas alarm controller +DCS/PLCThis system structure can not only realize the centralized monitoring of multiple regional systems, but also visually show the distribution position of detectors. When DCS/PLC for maintenance, maintenance, the system's gas alarm controller can continue to display and alarm, but this system structure also has more than one investment shortcomings.