Thursday, October 23, 2008

Reliable Toxic Detector cum Alarm

A Reliable, Available and Maintainable Toxic Detector n Alarm

Yes, this time I am mentioning about a most reliable option which could sense release (most of the releases with odour) and immediately sound an alarm!! To buy, instal and maintain, it costs very little only... it comes in two models - one with low decibal y alarm and the other with high decibal alarm. Wonder which company makes it!!
The detector is very common and often we come across in our daily..
okay.. not extending the elaboration..
It is nothing other than Chicken, oh yes, Cock (high decibel) and Hen (low decibel).

I'm serious, not joking.
I have seen a procedure describing how to use chicken (in a cage) as a detector to check the presence of hydrogen sulphide in a tunnel/man-way. Recently, also saw some pictures showing chicken (again in cage) paced in various plant locations as a detector and alarm for toxic gas releases. I've seen these being practised by leading names in the chemical process industry.
I am leaving you to guess which part of globe this could happen.

I would like to rewind to 2nd world war days.. where Russian army used the first line of defence as soldiers with ordinary guns against the heavy artillery from Hitler's side. Such a pity was the value of human during those days. Sitution have become better (or not?) for human beings, but not fellow fouls and animals.

Who knows, what all different types of exentric (or reliable!) source of detection and alarms people use in different parts of the world.

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Professional practising process safety and loss prevention. Areas of expertise include: • Hazard identification, Consequence modelling and analysis • Risk evaluation (qualitative and quantitative) • Identify and evaluate cost-effective engineering solutions to reduce or mitigate risk • Emergency planning and preparedness • HSE training and audits

Publications by Author

  • Identifying Opportunities of Enhancing Safeguard Stewardship through IPL Rationalization, Global Congress on Process Safety, AIChE, March 2017
  • Identifying and managing process risks related to biofule project and plants, HAZARDS XXII, April 2011
  • Essence of the accuracy and acceptability of failure rate data in risk assessment, HAZARDS XXII, April 2011
  • Improving process safety performance using process hazard information, ChemInnovations, Oct 2010
  • Analysing the effectiveness of risk reduciton measures implemented, 13th Internationa Symposium on Loss prevention, June 2010
  • Determining process safety performance indicators for major accident hazards using site process hazard information, HAZARDS XXI, Nov 2009
  • Using predictive risk assessment to develop user-friendly tools for on-site and off-site emergency planning, HAZARDS XXi Nov 2009
  • Process Safety - staying ahead, The Chemical Engineer, IChemE, Oct 2009
  • SreeRaj R Nair, Determining the criteria for evaluation of toxic hazards, Journal of HSE and Fire Engineering, ASFE CUSAT, Issue 2 March 2009
  • S R Nair, Methods of avoiding tank bund overtopping using computational fluid dynamics tool, Paper 40, Page 479-495, HAZARDS XX, April 2008
  • Sreeraj R Nair, A review on Buncefield oil storage incident investigation, Petrosafe-07, April 2007
  • Sreeraj R Nair, Safety studies through project life cycle, Fire and Safety Journal, ASFE CUSAT, October 2006

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