Is it necessary to install a gas concentration sensor?
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In a small storage room in the workshop, there is a trench with a volume roughly equivalent to that of a 200L empty tank, containing methanol solution. Is it necessary to install a gas sensor?
What is the purpose? Detecting combustible gases? Or the amount of oxygen/
I think it is necessary; Document No. 124 issued by the State Administration of Work Safety specifies this clearly, and it is also one of the key areas to be inspected in terms of safety standardization for chemical manufacturing enterprises this year.
What a strange way of storing it! Is it open or closed?
If you can ensure that the concentration will not exceed the limits and that there are adequate ventilation measures in place, then the standards can be lowered
It is required; according to requirement 3.0.1 in GB-50493-2009, it must be installed
If it’s a warehouse, why use facilities like ponds for storage? Methanol is harmful to humans, so it should be kept in covered iron drums.