Natural gas poisoning threatens our lives. We use natural gas in many ways for heating with many houses, using it on the stove, using hot water. Some precautions should be taken for the safe use of natural gas.
Before coming to the houses, natural gas is brought by the gas distribution company of the city with a service box in front of the buildings and houses. You need to make your natural gas line suitable for use by agreeing with one of the certified companies operating in your region on EMRA's website. Today, there are many technologies available to use natural gas safely. Natural gas distribution companies closely follow these technologies and try to provide you with the best service.
The stage of taking natural gas into the building happens in two ways.
1- Natural gas column line; It covers the pipeline from the natural gas service box to the door of the building interior installation.
2- Natural gas consumption line; It covers the entire pipeline from the mouth of the natural gas to the door (valve), then the counter and then the entrance line to the apartment.
According to these stages, security measures are in two ways as the security of the building and the security of the apartment.
Building Security
The natural gas pipes distributed to the apartments from inside the building are a safety measure that should be considered very important since it is the place where natural gas passes continuously. Measures to be taken against natural gas poisoning and explosion.
Placing a natural gas detector inside the building (stairwell)
With the placement of a gas detector in the building, when there are natural gas leaks in the building, it warns by beeping in the form of a siren and closes the gas inlet of the building by commanding the solenoid valve to be placed at the entrance of the building and ensures the safety of the building.
Placing an earthquake sensor inside the building (stairwell)
With the placement of an earthquake sensor in the building, it warns the building by sounding as a siren in case of earthquake tremors and closes the gas inlet of the building by commanding the solenoid valve to be placed at the entrance of the building and ensures the safety of the building.
Placing a solenoid valve at the building entrance
When the sensing circuit of sensors such as natural gas detector, carbon monoxide detector, earthquake sensor works, it is the system that takes the security of the building by cutting the natural gas inlet to the building by giving information to the selonoid valve via cable.
Measures to be taken according to staircase automatics
When a natural gas leak is felt on the stairs, the staircase automatics should be touched and the lights should not be switched on. A citizen who does not feel the odour downstairs may turn on the lights and cause the gas to explode where the gas is tight. In case of gas leakage in the building, the fuse of the staircase automatics must be automatically closed by the gas detector.
If the stair automatics are motion sensor, as an additional measure, a fuse switch should be placed in front of the main entrance door of the building and the electricity of the stair automatics should be manually switched off for emergencies.
Apartment security
When determining the device you will use for heating in the apartment, we recommend that you first use a hermetic device. Hermetic combi boiler or hermetic stove are the most commonly used hermetic heat generators.
Chimney devices are very dangerous unless the necessary safety precautions are taken. Find out whether your chimney device (combi boiler or stove) has a chimney safety sensor, if there is no chimney safety, do not approach at all. If you are using such a device, have a chimney sensor installed immediately, best of all replace it with hermetic types.
There is always danger in areas with natural gas. So much so that we come across different cases from the incoming news. Having a natural gas detector and carbon monoxide detector where there is natural gas, these detectors will be connected to the solenoid valve to be placed at the entrance of the apartment, and in any carbon monoxide or natural gas formation, the detector will feel the detector and automatically cut off the gas inlet to the apartment and prevent your great loss of life and property.
Natural gas cases are always caused by the lack of these safeguards. While cooking on the stove in the kitchen, the food overflows, extinguishes the hob and gas is trapped in the kitchen. When the person at home realises the smell of gas, he goes to the kitchen and as soon as he lights the lamp, a natural gas explosion occurs. Since natural gas is lighter than air, it is trapped above. However, if there was a natural gas detector and a selonoid valve, the gas inlet of the flat could have been cut off with a siren and the natural gas explosion could have been prevented very easily.
Another case is carbon monoxide poisoning, where the chimneys are not drawn and carbon monoxide gas is emitted into the environment from the devices that do not have safety or are defective and cause poisoning. With the solenoid valve connected to the carbon monoxide detector, the detector senses the gas and prevents the gas inlet to the apartment and prevents the spread of carbon monoxide to the excess environment by deactivating the natural gas-powered devices.
In order for users to always fulfil their responsibilities, they should have their natural gas installations, equipment, devices, devices such as stoves and combi boilers maintained at least once a year. It is necessary to have the chimney cleaning done, not to close or cancel the vents that provide air to the apartment.
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