Gas analyzer for home

Gas analysis is required in a variety of areas where it is important to have an idea of the composition and characteristics of air-fuel mixtures. At home, gas analyzers, or detectors, are more often used to detect leaks. And the target environment can act not only household gas pipeline. This can be a conditioning system with freon, and a boiler plant with harmful emissions. The modern gas analyzer is presented in different versions, which differ in the principle of operation, control system, performance and other parameters.

Features of household gas analyzers

Models for home use differ in small sizes, modest performance and simplified management. If professional devices assume stationary operation, then the home appliance provides the possibility of moving. Its functionality is designed to search for leaks with the examination of gas vapors at different points. At the same time, in the segment of home appliances there are different levels of functional filling. For example, a household gas analyzer from the budget category works with a simple warning system, which can be represented by a light or sound indication. That is, if the apartment has an excess of gas vapor concentration relative to the standard value, the detector will give the corresponding signal, but without additional information. More complex household models are equipped with a display in which data with detailed characteristics of the investigated medium are reflected.

Types of the detector

Home analyzers of gas mixtures are presented in manual and automatic versions. In the first case, this is a simple absorption device, the operation principle of which is based on the process of absorption of gas vapors by reagents. These are inexpensive and at the same time affordable devices that demonstrate an average level of accuracy of analysis. Automatic models are characterized by more opportunities to study target media. In particular, a gas analyzer of this type can continuously monitor certain parameters of a mixture or an individual component thereof. With regard to the principle of work, it can be based on the principle of physical analysis, chemical reactions or physical and chemical process. With the help of an automatic detector, the user determines such parameters as pressure and volume of the mixture, concentration of oxides, etc.

Installation of gas analyzers

In the families of household analyzers there are also stationary models that assume the performance of a special installation. At the same time, they also differ in compact dimensions, unpretentious maintenance and low performance. Installation of such a device is usually performed in a place of increased danger of gas leakage. This can be a site near a boiler installation, boiler or stove. Fastening is most often carried out on the wall in such a way that the user can directly access the control panel of the device. The gas analyzer is fixed with the help of a fastening profile, which usually goes in the base set. With the help of screws or screws, it is necessary to perform the installation of the carrier panel, and already integrate the device into it. Depending on the type of model, you may also need to lay the power cable from the mains, although household low-power analyzers are more likely to work with batteries and batteries.

Nuances of operation

Work begins with the definition of mixtures to which the device will be oriented. Modern devices allow you to configure sensitive elements to track various parameters of mixtures. The main setting refers to determining the upper and lower levels of gas concentration. Particular attention during operation should be given to the diagnosis of the device. Approximately once every six months, the gas analyzers are verified, which consists in a complex examination of the device with a test of its performance. Metrological characteristics, on which the error of the obtained values depend, are necessarily assessed. Usually the verification is performed by transferring the instrument to the appropriate mode, after which the probes are analyzed by the probes. Further, the reconciliation of the obtained indicators with the normative ones is carried out. Depending on the obtained error data, calibration may be required, which is most often realized in the automatic mode.

Manufacturers and prices

Gas analyzers do not belong to widely used metrological devices, therefore they are developed and produced mainly by specialized companies. Among the best of them are Rothenberger, CEM, Testo and Mastech. In the Russian segment, decent models of the MEGEON line are popular. At a price, the detectors are significantly different - it depends on many parameters. A simple gas analyzer for a house with a minimum set of functions can cost about 2-3 thousand rubles. Medium-sized devices with the presence of a display are estimated at 5-7 thousand. Multifunctional indicators with high-tech sensors can cost 15-20 thousand.

Conclusion

Detectors that serve to detect leaks and spills in residential buildings are increasingly being considered as components of integrated security systems. In classical signaling circuits such devices are introduced into a single point of electrical control with the possibility of programming functions. This means that the gas analyzer can automatically adjust to work under specific conditions. It can be said that in a separate operating mode, a modern automatic detector enables programming. But integrated security systems expand these capabilities, as the controller manages the parameters of the analyzer, guided by data from a variety of other sensors and sensors.