MEDICAL GASES Hugo Gottschalk and Hector Cerruti – Electronic Technicians, Uptec
The benefits of tracking oxygen volume in pipelines
Many medical institutions pay a high cost for oxygen for a variety of reasons – distance from distribution centers, being in an area that is difficult to reach, lack of competition, and middle-man costs – to name just a few.
These are problems which are particularly typical in developing countries, but are also found in developed countries, especially those where there are long distances to be covered. A monitoring and control system,
developed in response to requests from many medical institutions, aims to provide an effective means to control and monitor oxygen consumption. The benefits of a system such as Vitalox goes beyond the particular source of oxygen being used. Whether it is a universal liquid oxygen tank, a cylinder bank or station, or a pressure swing absorption machine (PSA), optimising the use of an expensive and vital resource such as oxygen is always welcomed.
Keeping consumption under control The Vitalox system is not just applicable to oxygen. It can also be used with other pressurised gases or gas mixtures, when consumption needs to be kept under control. Some examples of those gases include air, methane, carbon monoxide, hydrogen, helium, nitrogen, and propane. The monitoring and control system is
based around maintenance-free, gas flow sensors coupled with proprietary software to achieve continuous, real-time data logging of parameters such as flow, accumulated volume, pressure, and temperature. Because the computer system operates continuously and stores data in its hard drive, it is
‘Optimising the use of an expensive and vital resource like oxygen is always welcomed.’
76 Figure 1: Sensor status and latest alarm report.
Figure 2: Statistics – featured activity from a sensor from 1pm to1.40 pm.
Hector Cerruti Hector Cerruti is a trained electronic technician with more than 30 years of working experience in medical and industrial applications,mainly as pneumatic systems specialist.
Hugo Gottschalk
Hugo Gottschalk is a trained electronic technician, and completed additional electrical engineering courses at the University of Buenos Aires. He has more than 30 years of experience working in the medical electronics field and as a respiratory specialist.
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