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Operation Manual SUPREMA
1. General Information
1.1 Areas of Installation and Use of the SUPREMA
The AUER SUPREMA is a stationary gas warning system with multiple measurement sites,
which operates continuously to monitor work sites for the presence of combustible, explosive,
and toxic mixtures of gas and/or vapour with air and to monitor the ambient air for oxygen
content. The system supplies power to the sensors, displays the measured concentrations,
and monitors the limit values, but it also actuates alarm devices. The various functions of the
gas warning system, that is, the acquisition of the measurement values, the evaluation of the
signals, the actuation of the alarm devices, etc., are performed by the various modules of the
SUPREMA.
The SUPREMA can process the standardised current and voltage outputs of various types of
sensors. This means that the system can display and evaluate not only gas measurements but
other measurement variables as well (e.g., temperature and pressure).
Typical areas where the SUPREMA can be used include:
• The chemical and petrochemical industry
• The paint and solvent-processing industry
• The gas-processing industry
• The steel-processing industry
• Municipal areas
Monitoring functions are called for in the following areas:
• Production
• Warehousing
• Distribution
• Shipping
• The processing of gases and vapours
• Explosion monitoring for the protection of industrial plant and the workers.
Continuous monitoring of the atmosphere to detect the formation of explosive gas/
vapour-air mixtures and to give early warning, long before the lower explosion limit is
reached (LEL).
• Toxicity monitoring for the protection of the workers.
Continuous monitoring of the atmosphere to detect the formation of toxic gas
concentrations. Early warning prior to or on reaching the limit values.
• Oxygen monitoring for protection of the workers.
Continuous monitoring of the atmosphere to detect oxygen enrichment or deficiency.
Early warning prior to or on reaching the limit values.
• Oxygen monitoring for protection of industrial plant.
Continuous monitoring of inerted atmospheres to detect the presence of oxygen. Early
warning prior to or on reaching the limit values.
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