Gas Safety | How to Choose Gas Monitoring Products Correctly?

People often use three types of fuel gas in their daily lives: artificial gas, natural gas, and liquefied petroleum gas. The main components of artificial gas and natural gas used in towns are methane. If the methane concentration in the air is too high (greater than 16%) or too low (less than 5%), it will generally not cause an explosion. Only when it is between the two and reaches a certain explosion concentration, and encounters an ignition source, will the possibility of detonation gradually increase. The high temperature in summer will once again increase the probability of gas safety accidents.

In daily life, in addition to reducing the possibility of gas safety accidents through routine operations such as opening windows for ventilation and timely inspection and maintenance of gas appliances, terminal gas monitoring and alarm equipment is a monitoring and early warning auxiliary means that is highly sensitive to methane components. At present, it has become a must-have item in more and more home kitchens and restaurant kitchens.

People should adhere to high standards when choosing gas monitoring and alarm equipment , and pay attention to the following four points, namely:

1. It is recommended to purchase gas alarm equipment that meets national standards.

According to relevant national standards, the alarm devices of industrial and commercial users should comply with the standards specified in the "Point Type Combustible Gas Detectors for Industrial and Commercial Purposes" (GB15322.1-2019), and the alarm devices of residential users should comply with the standards specified in the "Household Combustible Gas Detectors" (GB15322.2-2019).

2. It is recommended to choose a laser principle combustible gas detector.

At present, most alarms on the market use semiconductor sensors with tin dioxide as the sensitive material, and a few manufacturers use catalytic combustion sensors. These two sensors are not only sensitive to methane, but also have a certain sensitivity to interfering gases such as ethanol. However, in the kitchen cooking process in our country, cooking wine and vinegar are generally used. The ethanol and other odors they produce will cause false alarms and affect the accuracy of the early warning. The laser principle combustible gas detector has the characteristics of high alarm accuracy, calibration-free, and long life, which can effectively solve the problem of false alarm rate.

3. It is recommended to choose gas alarm equipment that is easy for multiple people to manage and has multiple alarms.

When the gas leak reaches the alarm point, the gas monitoring equipment will promptly issue an audible and visual alarm to attract the user's attention. However, some gas alarm equipment can only make sounds. In special circumstances such as when no one is at home or only the elderly or children are at home, there may be a situation where the gas leak is not handled in time. Therefore, it is recommended that you consider comprehensively and choose to issue timely warnings through multiple methods such as text messages and phone calls, and you can link the gas monitoring equipment of multiple family members to further improve the safety of gas use.

4. Professional installation is recommended.

Although the gas monitoring equipment is relatively small and does not occupy much kitchen area, it has certain requirements for the installation location and environment. It is recommended that you contact professionals for door-to-door service to install and debug the equipment according to different scenarios during the installation process to ensure the safety of the product.

Gas safety is no small matter. The correct use of gas is closely related to the safety of everyone's life and property. We would like to remind everyone to pay attention to gas safety in summer, use gas in a reasonable and standardized manner, and provide all-round protection for yourself and your family!