Infrared Cameras for Gas Imaging
Many industrial gases and chemical compounds are invisible to the naked eye. Yet companies transport and transform these ingredients every day.
Optical imaging using FLIR GasFindIR thermal cameras, offer a number of benefits compared to traditional “sniffers” because they scan a broader area much more rapidly and in areas that are difficult to reach with contact measurement tools. Infrared displays a leak as a plume of vapor in the infrared image. Once a leak is found, from a safe distance, you can use your TVA to quantify the concentration.
Petrochemical & Refineries
In refineries and other petrochemical facilities, equipment failure can lead to lost profits and even potential injury. What you can’t see, can definitely hurt you.
The use of infrared cameras has become a standard practice in refineries worldwide. It’s a proactive way to identify sources of VOC emissions and repair leaking components before it is too late.
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FLIR GasFindIR Cameras for Safe Gas Detection
Refineries require state of the art technology to achieve results that are safe for the environment and safe for business. In fact our GasFindIR cameras have been developed together with oil industries and American Petroleum Institute (API) to meet their requirements for detecting and minimizing gas leaks.
Repair Leaking Components Before it´s Too Late
The use of infrared cameras has already become a standard practice in many oil and gas companies. It’s a proactive way to identify sources of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions and repair leaking components before it is too late. By using the most advanced VOC detection you will improve safety and productivity and minimize emissions.
SF6 Gas Detection
FLIR’s GasFindIR LW is a one-of-a-kind infrared camera designed to help utility companies to better control Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) emissions.
IFLIR’s GasfindIR LW infrared camera can sense Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6), the “Greenhouse Gas” with a global warming potential of 23,900 times the potential of CO2.
Finding the Violent Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6)
Sulfur hexafluoride, SF6 is an insulation gas used in high voltage equipment. Based on a unique, technology, FLIR’s GasFindIR-LW is a one-of-a-kind infrared camera designed to help utility companies to better control Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) emissions. Preserve the environment now and for future generations!
New features for utilities address the need to boost productivity across a range of climates and environments. For more than 50 years, thousands of utilities worldwide have used infrared thermography to avoid lost revenues, improve service reliability, and prevent hazards to workers and the public. Today, FLIR offers the world’s most advanced infrared camera lines to support the utility industry.
FLIR GasfindIR LW – lab tested to detect a wide range of gases
Anhydrous Ammonia, Chlorine Dioxide, Ethyl Cyanoacrylate, “Superglue”, Acetic Acid, “Vinegar”, FREON-12, Ethylene, Methyl ethyl ketone, etc. Gases that are detected appear on screen as smoke.
Oil & Gas Extraction
The Oil and Gas industry depend on thermography to avoid costly and dangerous emissions. Infrared cameras help pinpoint gas leaks before trouble strikes and service is affected. That’s why infrared thermography is important to predictive maintenance programs around the world.
Safely Spot Gas Leaks
FLIR infrared cameras for the oil and gas industry are preventative maintenance solutions that help spot leaks in tanks, pipelines and facilities that will improve safety and profitability and minimisze emissions with less risk of business interruption due to actions from regulatory agencies. Capable of rapidly scanning large areas and miles of piping, this highly specialized infrared camera or thermal imager finds gas leaks fast.
Environmental Enforcement
GasFindIR is being used by Environmental Enforcement to ensure that existing air quality or internal systems for removing chemicals are functioning properly. It can detect dozens of volatile organic compounds that might otherwise go unnoticed.
Federal regulations specify thousands of inspection points and how often they must be monitored. A comprehensive system for testing and repairing those leaks can yield competitive advantage by reducing maintenance and inspection costs while increasing worker safety, improving environmental quality inside the facility and outside as well.
Ensure Air Quality
GasFindIR is being used by Environmental Enforcement to ensure that existing air quality or internal systems for removing chemicals are functioning properly. It can detect dozens of volatile organic compounds that might otherwise go unnoticed. At a tire plant, a plastics raw materials facility and a natural gas company, infrared thermography matches a particular gas and displays it on the camera’s screen and video recording display the findings as a plume of vapor or smoke.
Scanning Large Areas
State environmental agencies used GasFindIR cameras mounted on helicopters to monitor large areas for chemical emissions after the 2005 hurricanes that battered the US Gulf Coast. And federal environmental officials in other states are exploring how infrared technology can improve the speed, accuracy and reporting standards for various industries – from gas stations to drycleaners.
Municipal Gas Distribution
Municipal gas is provided to thousands residential, commercial and industrial users all over the world. A leakage of gas can become disastrous since the gas is highly explosive.
GasFindIR can spot small leakages of natural gas and is an excellent tool for scanning pipes to pinpoint a leakage ensuring safety in residential areas.
Service Companies
For service technicians detecting gas leaks, infrared thermography is the unbeatable technique.
Gas detection is an exact science, requiring a significant investment. That’s why some organizations may choose to outsource gas detection services they cannot perform on their own.
FLIR has long-term relationships with gas detection service companies that use infrared cameras as a key component of the service they offer. The service companies also benefit from the training FLIR offers to support their business needs.
For more than 50 years, a number of service companies worldwide have used FLIR infrared cameras to keep their customers’ operations running at peak efficiency.