TY - JOUR AU1 - van Ewyk, R. AB - by Dr. R. van Ewyk Director, Research & Engineering. Zellweger Analytics Ltd. Dorset Introduction route is that very robust enclosures are use of microprocessor-based inst­ \\"hich in turn can lead to bulky rumentation. In 1996 it will become required and expensive instruments. This prob­ Increased awareness of health and mandatory within the European Union lem can be alleviated to some extent by safety issues. and in particular the safety to achieve a minimal level of of the environment in which we work. keeping the size of the enclosure to a compliance for both electromagnetic minimum since the force of the explo­ has led to a growing demand for sen­ emissions and susceptibility. The actual sors. Additionally. over the past few sion and consequently the robustness severity of compliance is dependant on years there have been a number of of the enclosure is related to the inter­ the use for the final instrumentation. In noticeable incidents directly attribut­ nal volume of the instrument. general terms this falls into three able to explosive levels of tlammable categories - domestic. light industrial gases. These factors have led a reap­ Performance requirements and heavy industrial. praisal of the sensing technologies Although these regulations TI - Flammable Gas Sensors and Sensing JF - Measurement and Control DO - 10.1177/002029409602900103 DA - 1996-02-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/flammable-gas-sensors-and-sensing-nJdTjn1vKc SP - 13 EP - 16 VL - 29 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -