WIRELESS GAS DETECTION
RAE Systems delivered a suite of custom wireless gas detection systems and over 150 handheld QRAE II 4-gas monitors to fully protect the workers on eight mobile, oil drilling and exploration rigs at PetroChina’s Changqing Oil Field operation in Shanxi Province in Northwest China. This system was developed at the request of PetroChina after the earlier successful deployment of fixed systems.
Each wireless system consists of multiple wireless toxic and explosive gas wireless monitors and a controller. The wireless sensor systems deployed at this location had to be regionalized to conform to radio and intrinsic safety regulations. The remote hydrogen sulphide and explosive gas sensors on each drilling rig form a network that wirelessly connects to each drilling rig’s control room. The systems were inexpensive to install and quick to deploy since no power or signal wiring were required and each sensor operates for six months on batteries.
Each wireless system consists of multiple wireless toxic and explosive gas wireless monitors and a controller. The wireless sensor systems deployed at this location had to be regionalized to conform to radio and intrinsic safety regulations. The remote hydrogen sulphide and explosive gas sensors on each drilling rig form a network that wirelessly connects to each drilling rig’s control room. The systems were inexpensive to install and quick to deploy since no power or signal wiring were required and each sensor operates for six months on batteries.