Hydrocarbon Gas Detector

IR Gas Detector

A Gas detector measure and indicates the concentration of certain gases and generate an alarm signal. This type of device is important because there are many gases that can be harmful to organic life.Gas detectors can be used to detect Combustible, Toxic and flammable gases.

Normally Two types of gas sensor are used for measurement of Combustible gases or hydrocarbon.

A. Catalytic sensors

B. Infrared sensors

IR Detector

A transmitter and a receiver is use to detect combustible gases

IR type working

in IR gas detector.

  A transmitter is a light sources and receiver is a light detector.

 If a gas is present , it will disturb light transmission between the transmitter and receiver.

Hydrocarbon gas detector is classified into two types;

a. Point IR detector

b. Open path IR Detector