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GAS MONITOR [15 records]

Record 1 2025-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Instruments
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Pollutants
  • Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
CONT

Optical gas imaging(OGI) cameras are specialized inspection cameras used to visually detect and monitor gas leaks and emissions through infrared technology.... OGI cameras operate by capturing infrared radiation emitted from gases, which is invisible to the naked eye. This capability allows them to detect gases such as methane, sulfur hexafluoride, and many volatile organic compounds...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'optique
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
  • Agents de pollution
  • Pétroles bruts et dérivés
CONT

Les caméras d'imagerie optique des gaz [...] sont des caméras infrarouges spécialement conçues pour détecter et visualiser les fuites de gaz. Cette technologie permet une détection sûre et non intrusive des émissions fugitives – telles que le méthane et d'autres composés organiques volatils (COV) – grâce à une méthode de filtrage spectral unique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
  • Corporate Management (General)
OBS

The CORE will be mandated to investigate allegations of human rights abuses linked to Canadian corporate activity abroad. The CORE will seek to assist wherever possible in collaboratively resolving disputes or conflicts between impacted communities and Canadian companies. It will be empowered to independently investigate, report, recommend remedy and monitor its implementation. The CORE's scope will be multi-sectoral, initially focussing on the mining, oil and gas, and garment sectors, with the expectation to expand within a year of the ombudsperson taking office to other business sectors.

Key term(s)
  • Canada Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)
OBS

Mandat de l'ombudsman canadien de la responsabilité des entreprises. L'ombudsman a le mandat d'examiner les allégations d'atteintes aux droits de la personne découlant des activités d'une entreprise canadienne à l'étranger, de formuler des recommandations, de faire le suivi de ces recommandations et de recommander l'imposition de mesures commerciales aux entreprises qui ne coopèrent pas de bonne foi, en plus de publier des rapports publics tout au long du processus d'examen. L'ombudsman se concentrera sur les secteurs des mines, du pétrole et du gaz et sur celui des vêtements.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Puestos gubernamentales
  • Gestión de la empresa (Generalidades)
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Record 3 2017-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Oil Refining
  • Air Pollution
Universal entry(ies)
9232
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Central control and process operators in this unit group monitor and operate petroleum, petrochemical and chemical plants and monitor, adjust and maintain processing units and equipment in these plants. They are employed by petroleum and natural gas processing, pipeline and petrochemical companies and industrial, agricultural and specialty chemical and pharmaceutical companies.

OBS

9232: classification system code in the National Occupational Classification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Raffinage du pétrole
  • Pollution de l'air
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
9232
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Les opérateurs de salle de commande centrale et de conduite de procédés industriels dans ce groupe de base surveillent et font fonctionner des usines pétrolières, pétrochimiques et chimiques et surveillent, ajustent et entretiennent l'équipement et les installations de traitement de ces usines. Ils travaillent dans des raffineries de pétrole, des usines de traitement de gaz naturel, des compagnies pétrochimiques et de pipelines et des compagnies de produits industriels, agricoles et de spécialités chimiques et pharmaceutiques.

OBS

9232 : code du système de classification de la Classification nationale des professions.

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Equipment
  • Tests and Simulations (Transportation)
CONT

Researchers at the River Road Environmental Technology Centre annually carry out about 1, 500 different types of motor vehicle tests by "driving" test cars on a chassis dynamometer. The data obtained gives Environment Canada an idea of the kinds and amounts of emissions being generated by Canada's 13 million automobiles. The dynamometer, a treadmill-like device which, in conjunction with sampling equipment and extremely accurate gas analyses, allows computers to tally a vehicle's emissions of hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and NOx under simulated driving conditions. Automotive manufacturers use similar equipment to certify vehicles before they are mass-produced; the tests serve as spot checks to monitor actual emissions.

OBS

chassis dynamometer: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et équipement (Recherche scientifique)
  • Simulations et essais (Transports)
OBS

dynamomètre de châssis : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Pollution
CONT

Previous exposures to contaminated soil gas have been documented in the residential areas to the west of the landfill. These exposures were from inhalation of volatile organic compounds in indoor air. ... Installation and operation of the active soil gas venting system has reduced or eliminated this exposure. However, at times the system has been interrupted, resulting in some subsurface landfill gas migrating off-site.

CONT

[In a chapter dealing with groundwaters and soils.] Enhanced biodegradation during soil gas venting: soil bioventing and vapour-phase biotreatment.

CONT

Efforts to characterize and monitor VOCs [volatile organic compounds] and methane often include analyzing the distribution and concentration of VOCs and methane in soil gas in deep vadose(unsaturated) zones beneath a contaminated site. These factors are integral to determining transport to the underlying aquifer and to evaluate potential remediation alternatives such as soil-gas venting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution du sol

Spanish

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Record 6 2013-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire Warning Devices
CONT

In an alarm situation, the gas controller would receive a flashing message, colour-coded as to severity of the alarm, in a dedicated window on the control monitor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alarme-incendie
CONT

Quand une situation d'alarme se produit, le contrôleur de l'acheminement du gaz voit apparaître à son écran de contrôle un message clignotant dont la couleur correspond à la gravité de l'alarme. Ce message clignote dans une fenêtre prévue à cette fin dans l'écran de contrôle.

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • Respiratory System
CONT

Caloric requirements can be measured using a metabolic cart. The metabolic cart measures the patient’s oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production at rest.

CONT

Metabolic carts are computerized instruments [that are mounted on a cart and] used to measure metabolic energy expenditure as well as cardiovascular and respiratory function at rest or during exercise.... The uniqueness of a metabolic cart is that, given the appropriate software, stand alone gas analyzers and airflow measurement devices can be integrated with a computer..., color monitor and printer. Peripheral analog input channels allow connection of external devices such as cycle ergometers, treadmills, pulse oximeters, blood pressure monitors and heart rate monitors.... the user can select or configure the cardiovascular, pulmonary and metabolic parameters for simultaneous display in a real time graphic, numeric or hard copy format.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Appareil respiratoire
CONT

On mesure directement les dépenses énergétiques d'un patient au moyen d'un chariot métabolique, en mesurant la quantité d'oxygène et de CO2 expirées. La consommation d'oxygène (VO2) et la production de CO2 (VCO2) sont ainsi estimées et la dépense énergétique calculée [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 2008-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
CONT

[...] biological indicators have been used worldwide by medical and industrial facilities to monitor steam, low temperature steam formaldehyde, ethylene oxide gas, propylene oxide gas, dry heat, hydrogen peroxide, and radiation sterilization processes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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Record 9 2005-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Technology - Equipment
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
CONT

Production optimization solutions consisting of well-site computer hardware, desktop analysis software, fiber-optic intelligent-well technology used in the oil and gas industry to remotely monitor and optimize downhole conditions and well production.

CONT

eProduction Solutions, Inc. is the world leader in production optimization solutions for flowing wells and all forms of artificial lift. The company provides advanced fiber optic intelligent well technology with well site and desktop intelligence as well as control systems for onshore and offshore production. eP provides hardware and software solutions for comprehensive production operations optimization including real-time monitoring, controlling, designing, and analyzing production oil and gas wells and facilities.

OBS

intelligent well technology: Technology that combines sensors and remote control to detect production problems and solve them without costly well intervention.

OBS

Optimizing reservoir performance with intelligent well technology. ... IWT is a key building block of real time reservoir management. By placing sensors and control valves at the reservoir face, teams of petroleum engineers can monitor reservoir and well performance in real time, analyze data, make decisions and modify the completion without physical intervention, to optimize asset performance.

OBS

... with advancements in material science, electronics, and data acquisition and processing, we have seen the use of sensors in oil well production turn in to what is now being referred to as "smart-well technology." With sensors located downhole (below ground), above ground, in the storage tanks, and even on the pump motors to detect low frequency vibrations that can indicate potential wear, "smart" is exactly what these wells are becoming. ... There are a variety of sensors currently used for downhole monitoring ranging from fiber optic to acoustic to quartz crystal sensors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareillage (Technologie pétrolière)
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
OBS

De nouvelles méthodes géophysiques et analytiques seront testées : [...] capteur à fibre optique pour l'enregistrement des déformations dans le forage; contrôle permanent des fluides chimiques dans les puits et diverses sources; réseau permanent d'électrodes dans les puits cimentés pour la surveillance de l'écoulement des fluides [...]

OBS

Les chercheurs d'ISIS utilisent un matériau plus solide et doté d'une durée de vie plus longue que les matériaux conventionnels pour la construction d'infrastructures. À ce matériau, ils ajoutent des réseaux de capteurs à fibres optiques et des faisceaux laser ce qui leur permet de surveiller en tout temps les tensions et les contraintes exercées sur les structures [...] La technologie «intelligente» d'ISIS peut également servir à recouvrir ou à rapiécer les structures de béton existante afin d'améliorer leur rendement et leur durabilité.

Spanish

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Record 10 2003-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
CONT

For smaller fields, rather than being drilled from a large central platform, the wells are drilled from subsea clusters. For these types of wells, the wellhead and Christmas tree is installed directly on the seabed, with production from several wells co-mingled at a subsea manifold. Subsea manifolds are often linked by pipelines and umbilical control lines back to a nearby platform, where engineers can control and monitor the oil and gas production.

Key term(s)
  • sub-sea manifold

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
CONT

Le promoteur se propose d'installer les puits et les collecteurs sous-marins dans des entonnoirs souterrains aménagés au fond de l'océan, à une profondeur suffisante pour que l'équipement ne subisse pas l'action d'affouillement des icebergs en mouvement.

OBS

collecteur : Arrangement de tuyauterie comprenant des vannes et permettant de diviser un écoulement, d'en combiner plusieurs ou d'orienter un écoulement particulier.

Spanish

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Record 11 2001-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Aerospace Medicine
CONT

The Gas Analyzer System for Metabolic Analysis Physiology(GASMAP) device is used to monitor and analyze inhaled and exhaled breath streams to determine their gas concentrations. The primary gases of interest are nitrogen(N²), oxygen(O²), carbon dioxide(CO²), argon(Ar), acetylene(C²H²), sulfur hexafluoride(SF6), helium(He), and carbon monoxide(C18 O). The GASMAP flight hardware consists of two components : an analyzer module and a calibration module, both of which are housed in drawers inside Spacelab. The analyzer module contains all the sensor and electronic hardware of the GASMAP.

OBS

gas analyser system for metabolic analysis physiology; GASMAP : term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Médecine aérospatiale
OBS

équipement de physiologie dédié à l'analyse métabolique des gaz; GASMAP : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 12 2001-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
  • Computer Mathematics
CONT

When specifying a mass flow control system, the first consideration is whether the process will take place at constant system pressure, constant throughput, and/or predetermined gas flow ratio. Another important consideration is whether system control will be automatic(microprocessor) or manual(setpoint potentiometers).... There are three major state-of-the-art systems that can be identified. The first uses a flowmeter(s)... as the primary transducer(s) to monitor mass flow. Using this format, a signal is compared in control circuitry to a setpoint signal. This generates an error voltage which is used to drive a valve, thus continuously controlling the flow. The second major type of system uses a pressure transducer as the primary sensing element. System pressure is held either constant or varied at a predetermined rate by controlling the mass flow rate of process gases. This leads to a third type of system that slaves valves and flowmeters to the primary sensing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques industrielles
  • Mathématiques informatiques

Spanish

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Record 13 2001-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Measuring Equipment
CONT

To monitor gas pressure and electrical current, the DESK II uses reliable solid state electronic bar graphs instead of analog meters. This eliminates mechanical moving parts, increasing meter reliability.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesures (Électricité)

Spanish

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Record 14 1999-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lasers and Masers
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

A technique to measure gas temperatures and velocities, densities of reactant and chemical intermediate species, and to monitor particularities in the gas phase.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Masers et lasers
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie

Spanish

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Record 15 1993-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Industries - General
OBS

Used to monitor solids flow, liquid, or gas cavitation, machinery faults, and valve leaks. The non-invasive sensors detect friction and impacts generated by leaks, flow, or gas cavitation. The sensors are utilized by attaching to the outside of chutes, pipes, or valves. Alarm and analog outputs may be adjusted by the user to determined setpoints.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Industries - Généralités

Spanish

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