Monitoring equipment

Using photographic, electronic, or keyed access and monitoring equipment. 

Master plan development for PTPM. A master plan must be created. Total condition monitoring equipment should be designed, and equipment should be purchased. 

Because of safety concerns, all combustible and/or toxic gases must be used in outdoor test loops or in a special indoor test building with the required safety monitoring equipment. The gas cost factor makes the problem even more difficult. The problem of known gas properties adds another complication. Despite all the negative aspects just mentioned, most performance tests are closed-loop tested. 

If time and circumstances permit, data should be recorded when the compressor is run on process gas to establish a new base reference point. During operation, all monitoring equipment should be observed to establish a signature of vibration and temperature, and to be sure these data are all within permissible limits. 

The use of appropriate instruments to monitor equipment operation and relevant process variables will detect, and provide warning of, undesirable excursions. Otherwise tliese can result in equipment failure or escape of chemicals, e.g. due to atmospheric venting, leakage or spillage. Instruments may facilitate automatic control, emergency action such as coolant or pressure relief or emergency shutdown, or the operation of water deluge systems. 

If the concentration of the chemical in the wastestream was measured by monitoring equipment and the flow rate of the wastestream was determined by mass balance, then the primary basis of estimate is "monitoring" (M). Even though a mass balance calculation also contributed to the estimate, "Monitoring should be indicated because monitoring data was used to estimate the concentration of the waste stream. 

Noise monitoring equipment, like air monitoring equipment, should be used, stored, and maintained in aeeordanee with manufaeturer ree-ommendations. Noise instrumentation is typieally ealibrated prior to use for eaeh shift and eheeked at the end of the shift to determine aeeuraey Noise readings also should be reeorded in a log and should beeome part of the permanent site reeord. 

The ineident eommander may rely on visual observation of plae-ards, labels, and manifests and information gathered during the response. Obtaining air measurements with monitoring equipment for toxie eon-eentrations of vapors, partieulates, explosive potential, and the possibility of radiation exposure is important for determining the nature, degree, and extent of the hazards [2]. 

M. L. Holcolm and R.C. Scholz, Evaluation of Air Cleaning and Monitoring Equipment Used in Recirculation Systems, Washington, D.C. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NIOSH, 1981, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 81-113. 

If you cannot select suitable equipment for your current environment, you may need to control the environment in order to carry out the measurements. In such areas the environmental factors important to maintaining stable measurement should be monitored and the monitoring equipment calibrated. Chart recorders enable you to monitor conditions without having to be in constant attendance. The environment should be controlled in areas where calibration is carried out in order to provide stable conditions in which accurate and precise measurement can be taken. However, some modern equipment is so stable that environmental controls are unnecessary except in special circumstances. 

Yucca Mountain, if it becomes the site for the isolation of SNF, will be laced with tunnels, waste in storage casks and monitoring equipment. A waiting period is planned while better isolation alteniadvcs are sought. IfYucca Mountain is not used, it is to be refilled with the tuff material removed earlier. In the United States the SNF that would be isolated in Yucca Mountain would be waste that has not been reprocessed it would be material that has come out of nuclear reactors and has been cooled at the plant site. 

Precautions must be taken against freezing for external pipework, tanks, meters, gauges, and monitoring equipment. 

Security patrol and guarding is only satisfactory if properly managed and controlled with trained guards and complemented by electronic detection and monitoring equipment. The guards would generally be available to react to the unexpected, and should be well briefed as to responsibility and how to obtain help as well as how to deal with any type of unexpected situation. 

In some systems, central computerized control and monitoring equipment. 

Oil and Gas Production This sector is a major user of corrosion monitoring equipment, in particular for offshore fields where ramifications of corrosion and consequent maintenance are far more serious and costly compared with onshore production. Carbon steel is used for approximately 70-80 70 of production facilities. The development of a field is assessed on a defined corrosion risk which may not be correct, leading to serious corrosion. In addition, a reservoir may become more corrosive as the field is extracted owing to (a) increased water content, and (b) eventual souring of the field (hydrogen sulphide production). 

Some types of inspection and monitoring equipment include ... 

Building 5—A motor control center (MCC) constructed of unreinforced masonry. An electrician spends 1 hour a day monitoring equipment in the MCC. The MCC provides power for process equipment critical to the continued operation of the facility. Critical power for safety shutdown equipment for both Process Units 1 and 2 is located in Building 5. 

Field demonstration. A field demonstration is always necessary to supplement a bench-scale evaluation, as some technical issues cannot be undertaken in a laboratory environment. In addition, field data help address nontechnical issues. Proper planning is critical for the implementation of a successful demonstration to ensure that all monitoring equipment, construction, and quality control procedures are in place. 

Equipment and supply centers Medical emergency response Medical monitoring activities Sanitary facilities Supply, maintenance, and repair of communications, respiratory, and sampling equipment Maintenance and repair of vehicles Replacement of expendable supplies Storage of monitoring equipment and supplies—storage may be here or in an on-site field laboratory... 

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