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ANSI/ISA-92.00.01-2010 (R2015)
Performance Requirements
for Toxic Gas Detectors
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NAME COMPANY

J. Miller, Chair Detector Electronics Corporation

R. Seitz, Vice Chair Artech Engineering
M. Coppler, Managing Director Ametek Inc.
S. Baliga General Monitors
W. Bennett Mine Safety Appliances Co.
J. Berthold Senscient Inc.
G. Garcha GE Energy
R. Goins Lyondell Basell
K. Hedrick MSHA Approval & Certification Center
S. Henney FM Approvals
R. Masi Detcon Inc.
D. Mills Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
A. Spataru Adept Group Inc.
J. Stratman Honeywell Analytics Inc.
J. Thomason Omni Industrial Systems Inc.
A. Vial Shell Exploration & Production Co.
D. Wechsler Dow Chemical Co.

This standard was approved for publication by the ISA Standards and Practices Board on 23 December
2010.

NAME COMPANY

J. Tatera Tatera & Associates Inc.

P. Brett Honeywell Inc.
M. Coppler Ametek Inc.
E. Cosman The Dow Chemical Company
B. Dumortier Schneider Electric
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D. Dunn Aramco Services Co.

R. Dunn DuPont Engineering
J. Gilsinn NIST/MEL
E. Icayan ACES Inc.
J. Jamison EnCana Corporation Ltd.
D. Kaufman Honeywell International Inc.
K. P. Lindner Endress + Hauser Process Solutions AG

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V. Maggioli Feltronics Corp.

T. McAvinew Jacobs Engineering
A. McCauley Chagrin Valley Controls Inc.
R. Reimer Rockwell Automation
N. Sands DuPont
H. Sasajima Yamatake Corp.
T. Schnaare Rosemount Inc.
I. Verhappen Industrial Automation Networks Inc.
R. Webb ICS Secure LLC
W. Weidman Consultant
J. Weiss Applied Control Solutions LLC
M. Widmeyer Kahler Engineering Inc.
M. Wilkins Yokogawa IA Global Marketing (USMK)
M. Zielinski Emerson Process Management

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Contents

1 Scope ................................................................................................................................ 15

2 References ........................................................................................................................ 15

3 Definitions ......................................................................................................................... 15

4 General requirements ....................................................................................................... 18

4.1 General ............................................................................................................................. 18
4.2 Indicating devices (audible, visual and display) ................................................................ 19
4.3 Switches and outputs ........................................................................................................ 20
4.4 Alarm signal ...................................................................................................................... 20
4.5 Fault signals ...................................................................................................................... 21
4.6 Adjustments ...................................................................................................................... 21
4.7 Construction ...................................................................................................................... 22
4.8 Stand-alone gas detection apparatus for use with separate control units ........................ 22
4.9 Stand-alone control units for use with stand-alone gas detection apparatus ................... 22
4.10 Communication options .................................................................................................... 23
4.11 Gas detection apparatus as part of systems .................................................................... 23
4.12 Labeling and marking ........................................................................................................ 23
4.13 Instruction manual ............................................................................................................. 24
5 Test methods .................................................................................................................... 26
5.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 26
5.2 General requirements for test ........................................................................................... 26
5.3 Preparation of the apparatus ............................................................................................ 27
5.4 Conditions for test and test area ....................................................................................... 27
5.5 Unpowered storage ........................................................................................................... 29
5.6 Drop test (portable and transportable only) ...................................................................... 29
5.7 Vibration ............................................................................................................................ 29
5.8 Initial calibration and set-up .............................................................................................. 30
5.9 Accuracy ........................................................................................................................... 30
5.10 Fault signals ...................................................................................................................... 31
5.11 Repeatability ..................................................................................................................... 31
5.12 Consumables .................................................................................................................... 31
5.13 Step-change response and recovery ................................................................................ 32
5.14 Supply voltage variation .................................................................................................... 32
5.15 Temperature variation ....................................................................................................... 34
5.16 Humidity variation.............................................................................................................. 35
5.17 Position sensitivity ............................................................................................................. 35
5.18 Air velocity variation .......................................................................................................... 35
5.19 Long-term stability ............................................................................................................. 36
5.20 Battery and low-battery voltage alarm .............................................................................. 38
5.21 Exposure to high-concentration gas ................................................................................. 39
Annex A —Applicability & acceptance criteria (Normative) ........................................................................ 41

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CAUTION—EXPOSURE TO TOXIC GASES MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH AND LIFE.

1 Scope
1.1 This standard provides minimum requirements for the construction, performance, and testing of
portable, transportable, mobile, and stationary electrical apparatus whose purpose is for the detection,
measurement and notification of toxic gas in air that are used to enhance the safety of personnel in
commercial and industrial locations.

NOTE 1 — Laboratory- or scientific-type analysis or process control performance requirements are not part of this standard.

a) Residential locations are outside the scope of this standard.

NOTE 2 — Performance requirements for detection of flammable (explosive) concentrations of toxic gas(es) are not the purpose of
this standard.

NOTE 3 — The user should be aware of environmental effects on both the apparatus and the toxic gas. The effects are not
intended to be evaluated by this standard.

Hereafter, the term “apparatus” will refer to “gas-detection apparatus.”

2 References
ANSI/ISA-12.13.01, Performance Requirements for Combustible Gas Detectors

ISA-RP92.0.02, Installation, Operation, and Maintenance of Toxic Gas-Detection Instruments: Hydrogen

Sulfide (recommended practice for this standard), establishes user criteria for the installation, operation,
and maintenance of toxic gas-detection instruments

ANSI/ISA-92.04.01, Performance Requirements for Instruments Used to Detect Oxygen-

Deficient/Oxygen-Enriched Atmospheres

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards, Title
29, Part 1910.1000, Occupational Safety and Health Standards

Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances in the Work Environment Adopted by the American
Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)

Documentation for Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations (IDLHs) (NIOSH Taft
Laboratories)

EN 50270, Electromagnetic Compatibility - Electrical Apparatus for the Detection and Measurement of
Combustible Gases, Toxic Gases or Oxygen

3 Definitions
For the purposes of this standard, the following definitions apply:

3.1 alarm:
an audible, visual, or physical signal that alerts the instrument user of a dangerous gas concentration or
instrument problem

3.1.1 false alarm:

any alarm that is triggered by a condition other than the one(s) that the alarm function is set for (ex: high
gas alarm caused by RF interference or gas alarm caused by temperature changes)
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3.2 alarm-only apparatus:

apparatus having an alarm, but not having a meter or other indicating device.

3.3 alarm setpoint:

the selected gas concentration level(s) at which an alarm is activated.

3.4 ambient air:

air to which the sensing element is normally exposed.

3.5 bump test

application of test gas or other means of obtaining a response from the sensor to check its function. This
may include the generation of an alarm. This check is performed without adjustments of sensitivity.

NOTE  This is also known as a “response check” or “functional check”.

3.6 calibration:
the procedure to adjust the apparatus for proper response (e.g., zero level, span, alarm, and range).

3.7 calibration gas:

the known concentration(s) of gas used to set the apparatus span or alarm level(s).

3.8 clean air:

air that is free of any substance that will adversely affect the operation of or cause a response from the
apparatus.

3.9 consumables:
materials or components that are depleted or require periodic replacement through normal use of the
apparatus.

3.10 control unit:

that portion of a gas detection apparatus that is not directly responsive to the gas, but which responds to
the electrical signal obtained from one or more detector heads. This unit is intended to provide meter
indication, alarm functions, output contacts and/or alarm signal outputs when utilized with a detector
head.

3.11 detector head:

the gas responsive portion of a gas detection apparatus located in the area where sensing the presence
of gas is desired. It may be integral with or removed from its control unit.

NOTE  The detector head may incorporate, in the same housing, circuitry such as signal processing or amplifying components or
circuits in addition to the gas sensing element (sensor).

3.12 diffusion:
a process by which the atmosphere being monitored is transported by natural random molecular
movement to and from the gas-sensing element.

3.13 field check with gas (response check):

application of test gas to the sensor to check the response signal or the generation of an alarm, without
adjustments of zero, sensitivity, or alarm level.

3.14 full-scale:
the maximum claimed operational level of the gas-detection apparatus.

3.15 gas-detection apparatus:

an assembly of electrical and mechanical components (either a single integrated unit or a system
comprised of two or more physically separate but interconnected component parts) which senses the
presence of a gas and responds by providing an alarm, indication, or other output functions.

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3.16 gas-sensing element:

the particular subassembly or element in the gas-detection apparatus that, in the presence of a gas,
produces a change in its electrical, chemical, or physical characteristics.

3.17 indication:
a discrete communication of a measured value or alarm condition.

3.18 IDLH (Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health):

the maximum concentration from which, in the event of respirator failure, one could escape within 30
minutes without a respirator and without experiencing any escape-impairing (e.g., severe eye irritation) or
irreversible health effects.

3.19 mobile apparatus:

a continuous-monitoring apparatus mounted on a vehicle, such as, but not limited to, a mining machine or
industrial truck.

3.20 nominal voltage:

the voltage given by manufacturers as the recommended operating voltage of their gas detection
equipment. If a range (versus a specific voltage) is given, the nominal voltage shall be considered as the
midpoint of the range, unless otherwise specified.

3.21 PEL (Permissible Exposure Limit):

time-weighted average (TWA) concentration that must not be exceeded during any 8-hour work shift of a
40-hour work week, as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

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3.22 portable apparatus:
spot-reading or continuous duty apparatus that has been designed to be readily carried from place to
place and to be used while it is being carried. A portable apparatus is battery powered and includes, but
is not limited to

a) a hand-held apparatus, typically less than 1 kg, suitable for single-handed operation;

b) personal monitors, similar in size and mass to the hand-held apparatus, that are continuously
operating (but not necessarily continuously sensing) while they are attached to the user; and

c) larger apparatus that can be operated by the user while it is suspended by hand, by a shoulder strap
or by a carrying harness; it may or may not have a hand directed probe.

3.23 REL (Recommended Exposure Limit):

exposure levels that are safe for various periods of employment, including but not limited to the exposure
levels at which no employee will suffer impaired health or functional capacities or diminished life
expectancy as a result of that work experience.

3.24 range:
the values of concentrations of toxic gas over which accuracy is ensured by calibration.

3.25 spot-reading apparatus:

apparatus intended to be used for short periods of time as required (typically 5 min or less).

3.26 sample-draw:
a method to cause deliberate flow of the atmosphere being monitored to a gas-sensing element.

3.27 signal-processing detector head:

an apparatus intended to be incorporated with separate signal processing, data acquisition, central
monitoring, or other similar systems in which the apparatus provides a conditioned electronic signal or

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output indication to systems of the aforementioned type that typically process information from various
locations and sources including, but not limited to, gas-detection apparatus.

3.28 span:
the algebraic difference between the upper and lower values of a range.

3.29 stabilization:
state when three successive readings of an apparatus, taken at intervals equal to the maximum t(90)
value defined in Annex A (Item 5), indicates no changes greater than the accuracy value defined in Annex
A (Item 2).

3.30 stationary apparatus:

a gas-detection apparatus intended for permanent installation in a fixed location.

3.31 (TLV-)STEL, (Threshold Limit Value-) Short-Term Exposure Limit:

a 15-minute Time-Weighted Average (TWA) exposure that should not be exceeded at any time during a
workday, even if the 8-hour TWA is within the Threshold Limit Value - Time-Weighted Average (TLV-
TWA).

3.32 test gas:

toxic gas diluted with clean air or inert gas to a known concentration within the test-gas tolerance stated in
Annex A, Item 1.

3.33 transportable apparatus:

apparatus not intended to be portable, but which can be moved readily from one place to another.

3.34 (TLV-)TWA, (Threshold Limit Value-) Time-Weighted Average:

the time-weighted average concentration for a normal 8-hour work day in a 40-hour work week, to which
nearly all workers may be repeatedly exposed, day after day, without adverse effect.

3.35 toxic gas:

toxic gases, for the purpose of this standard, are gases that may cause significant acute health effects at
low concentrations. Health effects may include severe skin or eye irritation, pulmonary edema,
neurotoxicity, or other potentially fatal conditions.

3.36 trouble signal:

information that alerts an apparatus user to abnormal conditions.

3.37 stand-alone gas detection apparatus:

a detector which provides a conditioned electronic signal or output indication to a system. The stand-
alone detector head is intended to be interfaced to unspecified separate control unit, signal processing
data acquisition, central monitoring, or other similar systems in which the apparatus provides a
conditioned electronic signal or output indication to systems.

3.38 stand-alone control unit:

fixed gas detection control units intended to provide meter indication, alarm functions, output contacts
and/or alarm signal outputs when utilized with stand-alone detector head.

4 General requirements
4.1 General

4.1.1 The gas detection apparatus shall be suitable for use in the intended location.

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