Placement of Gas Detector Guidelines

October 30, 2017 Introduction: Unlike fire systems that have a specific standard for installation and placement, EN54, there is no similar standard that exists for gas detection. Gas Detection systems only have industry approved best practice guidance notes for locating, placement and number of gas detectors. This is due to the complexity/speciality of gas detection due to the vast amount of gases being detected, over 400 gases with varied amount of properties and environmental influences factors, such as heat, that affect gases in different ways. The following article is intended to bring together UK industry legislation and guidance notes, to help advise you with the consideration and placement of IGD gas detection systems. Furthermore this article also helps with the different solutions that IGD has for gas detection, for example the use of our Addressable Sampling Systems, ideal for hard to access places or where traditional detectors would not work; examples could be Clean Rooms (Please see our case study for Sampler Systems). Finally this article also highlights the importance of effective maintenance of your gas detection systems by engineers who can demonstrate competency of the system; through training and certification. When contracting a company to undertake the management of the gas detection system, ensure that this is part of the scope of their ISO 9001 quality system.