Welcome Acklands-Grainger April 16, 2003. Technology Applications Advantage: VX500

Welcome Acklands-Grainger

April 16, 2003

Technology

Applications

Advantage: VX500

Sensing

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UV Lamp

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UV Lamp

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UV Lamp

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UV Lamp

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UV Lamp

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UV Lamp-+

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Negative electrode

Positive electrode

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Negative electrode

Positive electrode

57.2 ppm

Lamp Choice

Technology

Technology• Power of lamp measured in electron volts (eV)

• eV rating of lamp must be higher than eV potential of compound (found in NIOSH guide) for compound to be detected

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Chemical Name IP (eV) Detected with a 10.6 eV lamp

Detected with a 11.7 eV lamp

Benzene 9.25 YES YES

Toluene 8.82 YES YES

m-Xylene 8.56 YES YES

Ethylbenzene 8.77 YES YES

Ammonia 10.20 YES YES

Methylene Chloride 11.32 NO YES

Carbon monoxide 14.01 NO NO

Oxygen 12.08 NO NO

Water 12.60 NO NO

Selectivity

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Technology• PID’s are not selective in which compounds they

detect

• Apply the correct response factor to the reading

• Need to consider:– What VOC’s am I likely to see?– What of these has the lowest Permissible Exposure

Limit?

Applications

• Benzene monitoring

• Personnel hygiene monitoring

• Safety monitoring applications

Applications

Petrochemical

• Arson investigation

• Site assessment

• Perimeter monitoring

• Spill tracking

• Leak detection

Applications

Fire Service/Hazmat

• Fuel cell entry

• Safety monitoring

Applications

Military & Commercial Aviation

• Remediation

• Soil sampling

Applications

Environmental

• Drug raid teams

• First responder

• Domestic preparedness

Applications

Law Enforcement

Advantage: VX500

The VX500 is completely compatible with the DS1000 Docking Station

Advantage: VX500

DockabilityDockability

The VX500 can be connected to the iTX or any non-aspirated Industrial Scientific instrument for real-

time multigas monitoring with ppm VOC, or can be used

in stand-alone

Advantage: VX500

FlexibilityFlexibility

• Accessible lamp• Easy lamp cleaning

• Lamp conditioning module• Duckbill pump filter

• Simple faceplate replacement• Easy ionization chamber cleaning

Advantage: VX500

Easy to ServiceEasy to Service

Advantage: VX500

Benzene Benzene MonitoringMonitoring

• Continuous monitoring of benzene• Cost effective

• Simple – same instrument

Lithium ion battery delivers 18 hours of runtime

Advantage: VX500

RuntimeRuntime

Rotating Dot Matrix Rotating Dot Matrix DisplayDisplay

Easy-to-read dot matrix display can be rotated 180 degrees

for easy reading while hanging during perimeter

monitoring

• Field input with iButton

• Snapshot Mode

• Expanded capacity • (7500 data points or 1800

snapshots)

Advantage: VX500

Datalogging Datalogging FlexibilityFlexibility

Flow technology and compensation programming minimizes the effect of humidity and temperature extremes on the VX500s performance

Advantage: VX500

Humidity & Temperature Humidity & Temperature PerformancePerformance

Advantage: VX500

Lamp 10.6eV

Sample draw range 100 feet

Range 0 – 5000 ppm

Resolution 0.1 ppm @ 0-99.9 ppm1 ppm @ 100 – 5000 ppm

Preprogrammed response factors

100 total with area for 5 favorites

Approvals UL, cUL, CENELEC (ATEX) and Australia – EEx ia IIC T4

Weight 25.6 ounces (726g)

Size 10.0” x 3.0” x 2.1”(253mm x 75mm x 53mm)

Resources• VX500 Launch CD

• VX500 manual

• Catalog

• 1-800-DETECTS (1-800-338-3287)

• Local ISC District Manager