• Leak Detection and Repair

• (U.S. EPA Method 21)

• Landfill monitoring

• Natural gas leak detection

• Petroleum products tank entry

• Emergency response

• Soil headspace screening

• Hazardous waste site delineation

• Solvent storage and piping

• Confined space pre-entry

• Underground storage tanks (UST)

• Transportation vessels

• Storage tank maintenance

• OSHA Compliance

• EPA Compliance

• Remediation efficiency

Natural Gas Pipeline Leak Detection FID Rental

Natural Gas is composed almost entirely of Methane. The MicroFID is the detector of choice for this application. The MAX feature combined with the user adjustable, audible alarm make it easy to pinpoint leaks. Automated datalogging with selectable recording intervals make record keeping simple.

Arson Investigations Flame Ionization Renal Detector

(Accelerants) Quite simply, the MicroFID is the detector to use for this application because anything that will burn will be detected. MicroFID’s optional 6’ telescoping extension wand allows the user to reach into areas that otherwise would be inaccessible.

Tank Entry Petroleum Products MicroFID Rental

Since Petroleum products are mixtures of Aromatics, Alkenes and Alkanes, either detector would be suitable. The MicroFID will respond almost equally to the short chain Alkanes and the more toxic Aromatics.

Soil/Water Jar Headspace Screening

The range of the MicroFID rental unit is from 0.5 to 50,000 PPM with manual datalogging capacity to allow independent storage of the Background, Sample, and calculated Difference from each jar. This convenient feature condenses the data to one line per jar sample.

Fugitive Emissions/EPA Method 21

When calibration to methane is a must and detection levels range to 10,000 PPM or more, the MicroFID is the right choice in Method 21 compliance. The MicroFID meets or exceeds all Method 21 instrument requirements while giving the convenience of the smallest and lightest datalogging FID.

Landfill Monitoring with Portable FID rental

In landfill monitoring, the detection of methane may be required, or exclusion of methane from the readings may be required. The MicroFID does respond well to methane, and when equipped with a charcoal filter can be used to obtain non-methane Total VOC. The manual datalogging mode does this calculation for the user. The filter is placed on the MicroFID and a background reading is taken. The filter is then removed and a sample reading is taken. The MicroFID automatically subtracts the background from the sample and records the Difference, or the non-methane VOC reading.

Emergency Response with VOC analyzer Rental

HAZMAT In HazMat applications, it is possible that the spilled material may not be known. Since the MicroFID responds relatively equally to a wide variety of compounds, it is suitable to situations that can be quite different.

Detectable Compounds

Saturated Hydrocarbons - Methane, Ethane, Propane, n-Hexane

Aromatics - Benzene, Toluene, Naphthalene

Unsaturated Hydrocarbons -Acetylene, Ethylene, 1,3-Butadiene

Chlorinated Hydrocarbons- Vinyl Chloride, Chloroform, Trichloroethylene, Methylene Chloride

Ketones - Acetone, Methyl Ethyl Ketone, Methyl Isobutyl Ketone

Alcohols - Methanol, Ethanol, Isopropanol, n-Butanol

Please note: This list provides examples of the types of compounds detectable by the MicroFID.

Specifications for the MicroFID Rental Analyzer

Size 43.4 cm (17.1“) long, 9.8 cm (3.85“) wide, 18.8 cm (7.4“) high

Weight 8.1 lb (3.7 kg)

Keypad 16-key, fixed function

Display 2-line, 16-character LCD with alphanumeric readout

Hydrogen Cylinder Discharge Greater than 12 hours

Hydrogen Cylinder Capacity 9.2 liters

Battery Capacity 15 hours

Serial Output RS – 232, 1200-19200 baud with no parity, for tabular and graphic printouts and connection to a Windows® compatible computer.

Audio Output On Alarm, LoBatt and NoFlm

Analog Output 0 to 1 volt full scale

Operating Temperature Range 41°F to 105°F (5°C to 45°C)

Operating Humidity 0-100% Relative Humidity (non-condensing)

Operating Concentration Range 0.5 PPM to 2000 PPM methane equivalent (Low Range) 10 PPM to 50,000 PPM methane equivalent (High Range)

Detection Limit 0.5 PPM methane

Accuracy Methane (after calibration with zero air and 500 PPM methane gas): within ± 0.5 PPM or ± 10% of actual methane concentration (0.5 PPM to 2000 PPM range).

Response Time Less than 3 seconds

Intrinsic Safety Class I, Division 1, Groups A, B, C, & D CENELEC Certified according to EN50021, EEx nA ll T5, Demko No. 00Y127355X