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To silencer and
extractor fan
Slide valve
inside chamber
To separate
extractor fan
Light
A
B
Light
Fig.5.52Ordorisation chamber. A Test room. B Air lock. C 4 mixing fans. D Carbon air filter. E
Sample injection chamber. F Electric fan switches. G Odorant injection point
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Table5.23Various gas quality instruments
Instrument
The Watson
House
Odorimeter
(Odorimetry)
British Gas
Odorant
Chromatograph
(Odorometry)
Gasco seeker
(leak detection)
Application
Gas industry
and laboratory
Extremely accurate
costly
Used in
offtakes and
pressure reduction stations
(PRS)
Gas detector is a
reliable means of
detecting flammable
gas, and of measuring the percentage of
lower explosive limit
and the percentage by
volume
Must be regularly
calibrated
Does not pinpoint
the exact location of
the leak
Extremely sensitive.
Must handle with
care
Emergency gas
engineers use
this device on
a daily basis to
detect gas leaks
Used to detect
high-risk main
leakage in winter surveys
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Table5.23 (continued)
Instrument
The British
Gas Sulphur
Selective
Detector
The Barton
sulphur titrator
Application
Used for leak
testing new
mains on air
and pressure
testing of
vessels
Gas industry
and laboratory
Sensitive
Gas industry
and laboratory
also typifies a gas pipe exposed to excessive sulphide gas concentration which led
to drastic deterioration of the corresponding pipe over a period of time.
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