NevadaNano Develops New Portable Gas Sensors For Enhanced Detection Of Any Flammable Gas

NevadaNano develops portable gas sensors that are made to detect any flammable gases. For nearly 100 years, pellistor/catalytic bead sensors have served as high-tech canaries in the proverbial coal mine.

Portable gas sensors

NevadaNano’s gas sensors alert workers in potentially explosive atmospheres

NevadaNano’s gas sensors alert workers in potentially explosive atmospheres, especially in the mining, gas and oil industries, to dangerous levels of flammable gasses. In the 1960s, non-dispersive infrared detectors (NDIR) were introduced.

While both categories of sensors have made potentially dangerous environments safer, and they improve with each passing year, major advances in combustible gas sensor technology have only recently been announced.

New technologies enhance legacy products

New designs are solving some of the problems, which are inherent in both pellistor and NDIR sensors, and combining the best features found in both. For example, a new sensor designed by NevadaNano can measure the concentration of flammable and combustible gas mixtures, and it can classify detected gases and mixtures into hydrogen, methane, or light/medium/heavy gas.

“The MPS Flammable Gas Sensor can identify what kind of combustible gas is present,” said Dr. Peter Hsi, renowned Chemical & Environmental Sensor Technology, Industrial Safety & Hazmat Industries Specialist at NevadaNano, adding “and it’s smaller in size and can be lower cost.”

Dr. Hsi adds, “We’ve designed the MPS Flammable Gas Sensor to address the limitations of both pellistor and NDIR combustible gas sensors,” said Mark Brandemuehl, the Senior Vice President (SVP) of Sales and Marketing at NevadaNano.

MPS Flammable Gas Sensor

He adds, “With one calibration, the new MPS Flammable Gas Sensor delivers accurate measurement of 12 gases and provides stable, reliable results for years. The sensor can be installed in fixed and portable applications.”

Mark Brandemuehl further said, “The critical role of a flammable gas sensor is to reliably alert workers when the level of a single gas or mix of gases has become unsafe. We believe the MPS Flammable Gas Sensor’s functionality and reliability sets a new standard for worker safety.”