The safety of an operator working in a hazardous environment is a recurring topic in the technical literature of recent years, especially for high-risk environments such as oil and gas plants, refineries, gas depots, or chemical industries. One of the highest risk factors is constituted by the presence of gaseous substances such as toxic compounds such as carbon monoxide and nitric oxides, particulate matter or indoors, in closed spaces, low oxygen concentration atmospheres, and high concentrations of CO2 that can represent a risk for human health. In this context, there exist many monitoring systems for lots of specific applications where gas detection is required. In this paper, the authors present a distributed sensing system based on commercial sensors aimed at monitoring the presence of toxic compounds generated by a melting furnace with the aim of reliably detecting the insurgence of dangerous conditions for workers. The system is composed of two different sensor nodes and a gas analyzer, and it exploits commercial low-cost commercially available sensors.

Parri, L., Tani, M., Baldo, D., Parrino, S., Landi, E., Mugnaini, M., et al. (2023). A Distributed IoT Air Quality Measurement System for High-Risk Workplace Safety Enhancement. SENSORS, 23(11) [10.3390/s23115060].

A Distributed IoT Air Quality Measurement System for High-Risk Workplace Safety Enhancement

Parri L.
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Baldo D.;Parrino S.;Landi E.;Mugnaini M.;Fort A.
2023-01-01

Abstract

The safety of an operator working in a hazardous environment is a recurring topic in the technical literature of recent years, especially for high-risk environments such as oil and gas plants, refineries, gas depots, or chemical industries. One of the highest risk factors is constituted by the presence of gaseous substances such as toxic compounds such as carbon monoxide and nitric oxides, particulate matter or indoors, in closed spaces, low oxygen concentration atmospheres, and high concentrations of CO2 that can represent a risk for human health. In this context, there exist many monitoring systems for lots of specific applications where gas detection is required. In this paper, the authors present a distributed sensing system based on commercial sensors aimed at monitoring the presence of toxic compounds generated by a melting furnace with the aim of reliably detecting the insurgence of dangerous conditions for workers. The system is composed of two different sensor nodes and a gas analyzer, and it exploits commercial low-cost commercially available sensors.
2023
Parri, L., Tani, M., Baldo, D., Parrino, S., Landi, E., Mugnaini, M., et al. (2023). A Distributed IoT Air Quality Measurement System for High-Risk Workplace Safety Enhancement. SENSORS, 23(11) [10.3390/s23115060].
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