Mitigation of Fires in Coal-Handling Facilities: Continuous Monitoring of Carbon Monoxide

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurt Smoker ◽  
Rob Albinger
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Continuous Monitoring ◽  
Detection System ◽  
Fire Detection ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Thermal Monitoring ◽  
Gas Detectors ◽  
Active Approach ◽  
Combustible Gases

While many power companies across the country rely on coal-burning facilities, fires and explosions in coal-handling facilities are of increasing concern. While facility housekeeping by means of controlling dust and preventing spills is very important, a good risk management plan must also include continuous monitoring of toxic and combustible gases. The use of carbon monoxide gas detectors has proved for years to be a very effective early fire detection system. This paper describes a risk-management system that can greatly mitigate the possibility of fire by means of alarming at low levels of CO concentration. The authors present a pro-active approach, focusing not on detecting smoke, which indicates fire, but rather on detecting CO, which indicates the potential for fire. Covered are the benefits of CO monitoring over thermal monitoring and IR scanning, the importance of monitoring for any continual trend upward from background levels, and discussion of how proper alarm setpoints are determined, using case studies.

LoRa network based high performance forest fire detection system

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Ram Prasanna ◽  
J.M. Mathana ◽  
T. Anne Ramya ◽  
R. Nirmala
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fire ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Detection System ◽  
Fire Detection ◽  
Fire Detection System ◽  
Forest Fire Detection

scholarly journals Fire Detection System Using Machine Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 1916 (1) ◽  
pp. 012209
Author(s):  
A Arul ◽  
R S Hari Prakaash ◽  
R Gokul Raja ◽  
V Nandhalal ◽  
N Sathish Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Detection System ◽  
Fire Detection ◽  
Fire Detection System

scholarly journals Risk Management in nursing homes: an Italian experience in 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
M F Furmenti ◽  
F Bert ◽  
M Rucci ◽  
U Fiandra ◽  
A Scarmozzino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Insurance Company ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Starting Point

Abstract Background The ageing of the European population leads to an increasing demand for Long-Term Care services. The security and well-being of the elderly population hosted in nursing homes (NHs) needs an effective Risk Management policy, officially sanctioned in Italy by the so-called “Legge Gelli” n.24 (March 8th, 2017) and the Directive 2011/24/EU on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare. In order to verify the effective application of common “best practices” in terms of Risk Management in NHs, a tool useful to analyse risk management attitudes in Northern Italy was conceived and applied in a sample of NHs. Methods The tool, developed in collaboration with the health insurance company SHAM Italia, is composed of 124 items (with a dichotomous answer -YES/NO) on topics related to various Risk Management practices. This tool was submitted in a face-to-face interview to several Directors (Health Directors or Nursing Coordinators) of NHs in the Piedmont Region. A list of randomly-chosen NHs was contacted: 4 of them were selected for the pilot study and compiled the questionnaire. Answers were gathered and analyzed through Microsoft Excel. Results Only the 25% of NHs has a Risk Management plan with objectives and indicators of effectiveness and uses Risk Analysis instruments for a pre- and post-” risk detection. Only one has employees working mainly on Risk Management alone. The 75% of the reported events were “Adverse Events”, and all the NHs (100%) have a protocol for a patient voluntary departure or for fall prevention or for bedsores prevention; while 50% have a protocol for prevention of aggressions towards operators or for patients' suicide prevention. Conclusions This work provides a starting point to face new challenges that are looming on the European Health-care Systems: the care for the elderlies needs to be perfected to reduce inefficiencies, cut useless costs and improve safety of patients in the NHs setting. Key messages Despite safety of older patients in nursing homes is not only important but mandatory in Italy, risk management tools for this setting are lacking in literature. A new tool applied in Italian nursing homes showed that risk management needs to be implemented in practice and these results can be extended to European context.

Effect of H2 and CO Content in Syngas on the Performance and Emission of Syngas-Diesel Dual Fuel Engine - A Review

2014 ◽  
Vol 699 ◽  
pp. 648-653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bahaaddein K.M. Mahgoub ◽  
Suhaimi Hassan ◽  
Shaharin Anwar Sulaiman
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Diesel Engines ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Exhaust Emission ◽  
Dual Fuel ◽  
Pure Liquid ◽  
Compression Ignition ◽  
Performance And Emission ◽  
Combustion Duration ◽  
Combustible Gases

In this review, a series of research papers on the effects of hydrogen and carbon monoxide content in syngas composition on the performance and exhaust emission of compression ignition diesel engines, were compiled. Generally, the use of syngas in compression ignition (CI) diesel engine leads to reduce power output due to lower heating value when compared to pure liquid diesel mode. Therefore, variation in syngas composition, especially hydrogen and carbon monoxide (Combustible gases), is suggested to know the appropriate syngas composition. Furthermore, the simulated model of syngas will help to further explore the detailed effects of engine parameters on the combustion process including the ignition delay, combustion duration, heat release rate and combustion phasing. This will also contribute towards the efforts of improvement in performance and reduction in pollutants’ emissions from CI diesel engines running on syngas at dual fuel mode. Generally, the database of syngas composition is not fully developed and there is still room to find the optimum H2 and CO ratio for performance, emission and diesel displacement of CI diesel engines.

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