CAC GAS – Markets & Applications

Description

Leaders in providing unique solutions, CAC GAS takes the time necessary to properly evaluate and understand customer applications and objectives. We provide the most efficient and cost effective solution possible for the largest and smallest of applications.

We specialise in specialty gas products for gas detection, process gas analysis, and environmental monitoring, and laboratory gas analysis applications.

A total solution provider, CAC GAS supplies gas generators, mixers, and calibrators along with a complete gas control product range including regulators, outlet panel, manifolds and gas distribution systems.

A range of specialty gas mixtures, calibration gases, liquefied gases and liquid reference materials are available. More information on our gases can be found on our Certified Reference Materials, Calibration Gas , and Liquefied/Liquid Mixtures pages. 

A variety of cylinder sizes are available to meet customer requirements, including high pressure cylinders, non-refillable cylinders and other specialty cylinders. 

See below for further information on products & solutions we supply to specific markets and applications.

Applications for CAC GAS

Gas Detection

CAC GAS provides calibration and bump test solutions to help ensure safety of workers through the accuracy of your personal, hand-held, vehicle mounted, or fixed gas detection instruments. Whether you require a single, disposable cylinder or a complete gas distribution system connecting multiple gas mixtures to hundreds of docking stations, CAC GAS has the solution.

As a speciality gas manufacturer, we supply calibration gas, regulators, and accessories for every gas detection instrument whether they are portable or fixed. Gas mixtures are available in a variety of sizes from 34 litres to more than 7500 litres gas volume, with gas delivery equipment, to meet your requirements.

Gas mixing and dilution systems are available that can be used for multi-point or ‘span’ calibrations for all types of instruments, even where ISO17025 or ‘NATA’ calibrations are required.

Our products can be used in every application where calibration gas mixtures are required.

• Multi-gas mixtures (4 and 5gas) including H2S/CO/CO2/CH4/O2
• Single gas binary mixtures CO, CL2, H2S, HCL, HCN, NH3, NO, NO2, SO2
• ppm to % volume concentrations
• Refrigerant calibration gas
• Specialty mixtures for PID calibration – Isobutylene, benzene
• Specialty mixtures for marine applications- butane/isobutane
• Gas Mixtures in cylinders from 34 litre to 7500 litre size
• Large volume/high pressure cylinders for calibration/bump testing
• Gas Sample Conditioning System for water & wastewater applications
• Gas Distribution Systems for connection to Docking Stations
• Specialty carrying cases/systems for technicians calibrating fixed systems
• Experience in all sensor types for specialized calibrations.

Process Gas Analysis

 High quality calibration gas mixtures for process gas analysis and online instrumentation are necessary contributors to effective and accurate measurement in manufacturing, custody transfer, and quality assurance. High quality and high accuracy gravimetric gas and liquid standards are available for all applications in the LNG, natural gas, petrochemical, and oil refining industry.

Our range of ISO 17025 and ISO 17034 certified calibration gases ensure accurate and traceable calibrations in the most demanding applications.
Whether the requirement is a certified, traceable or an accredited gas standard, CAC GAS provides a technical solution which meets your specific needs or contractual obligations. A range of cylinder sizes and packaging options ensures your mixture and cylinders are fit for purpose, from 150cc to 50 litres, including piston cylinders, and liquid mixture cylinders.

Delivering high quality calibration gas requires speciality gas control systems. CAC provides complete technical solutions including calibration-specific regulators, fittings, lines, as well as diluting/mixing/vapourising systems compliant with ISO6145-7.

• Many different styles of carrying cases for our portable cylinders are available, providing a simple solution for any gas detector calibration or bump test requirement.
• Analytical calibration gas for process gas analysers
• Multi-component mixtures for hydrocarbon industry
• High purity gases
• Gas control systems, regulators and manifolds for continuous calibration gas systems
• Fixed system gas detection calibration
• Specialty Gas Control

Environmental Measurement

Environmental protection requires accurate and precise measurement of gas emissions. The global focus on emissions is leading to tighter controls and a greater need for high quality calibration gas mixtures. Whether the emission is stack gas, fugitive emissions, air quality or vehicle emissions, we supply the calibration gas to meet the exacting standards required.

CAC GAS provides EPA Protocol calibration gas mixtures prepared and analysed in strict accordance with the most current guidelines: EPA Traceability Protocol Assay and Certification of Gaseous Calibration Standards. In addition, we supply ISO 17025 and ISO 17034 Continuous Emissions Monitoring gas standards for CO2, CO, O2, NO, NO2 and SO2. All gas mixtures are traceable to BIPM though NIST, NPL, NMI, or other national measurement authorities, and certified by UKAS, NATA, DAkkS or other ILAC MRA signatories to ensure compliance with local and international regulations.

CAC GAS also provides specialty gas mixtures for combustion efficiency, biogas, landfill & soil remediation and agriculture environmental applications. Gas standards TO 14,15 and 17 are available for a variety of applications to measure VOC’s in ambient air & soil contamination.

• Emissions
  • CEMS (Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems)
  • Stack Gas Measurement (CO, CO2, NO, NO2, SO2)
  • EPA Protocol Mixtures
  • Fugitive Emissions
• Combustion
  • Combustion Efficiency Testing
  • Gas Turbine Testing/Mapping
• Landfill
  • Calibration Gas – Methane & CO2
• Biogas
• Waste-to-Energy
• Vehicle Emissions
  • Exhaust Test Calibration Gas (CO, NO, NO2)
  • Engine & fuel performance
• Volatile Organic Compounds
  • Airborne Emissions Gas Calibration
  • EPA TO 14,15 & 17 Gas Mixtures
• Carbon Capture
  • CO2 monitoring

Laboratory Gas Analysis

CAC GAS provides solutions for laboratory gas requirements, whether for calibrating a gas chromatograph, experimentation with synthetic atmospheres, use of rare and exotic gases, isotopes (or ‘labelled’ gases), or any number of unique applications involving gas.

Laboratory analysers require the highest level of accuracy and lowest level of uncertainty in a calibration reference gas to provide precise and repeatable results.
CAC GAS provides gravimetrically produced calibration and speciality gas mixtures manufactured to the highest global standards.

To complement traditional gas mixtures, CAC GAS provides specialised gas regulators, carrier gas generators, and gas mixers and diluters.
PEAK Scientific’s range of gas generators are specifically designed for laboratory applications, generating high purity air, nitrogen, and hydrogen. AlyTech GasMix devices provide the ultimate in flexibility when using gases in your lab. Create a practically unlimited number of gas mixtures on demand, with highly automated control via the GasMix software. With a complete line of gas control products, CAC GAS can provide a total solution for any laboratory application.

Markets for CAC GAS

Breath Alcohol Testing

CAC GAS provides ethanol gas mixtures to calibrate breath alcohol instruments used by law enforcement agencies; and in industrial & mining workplaces for worker safety.

Our ISO 17025 gases are manufactured to the highest quality, traceability and reliabilty. CAC stocks ethanol mixtures in both Sydney and Singapore.

With a 3 year shelf life, custom or standard gas mixtures are available in a variety of cylinder sizes. All of our cylinders have been approved internationally by ISO1118 and ISO7866. Our cylinders can be easily recycled through our recycling partners.

• Ethanol gas mixtures are available in three main cylinders sizes.
• Smaller, portable cylinders include our 34DA (34 litres of gas) and 103DS (103 litres of gas) with C10 valves.
• These are ideal for calibrating and testing breath alcohol detectors which portability is required

Defence & Emergency Services

Defence

• RAAF fuel cell entry
• Fuel depots
• Gas measurement on board ship and submarine
• Sewage treatment gas measurement
• Refrigerant monitoring
• Confined space entry
• CO & NO2 vehicle emission monitoring
• VOC Measurement
• Environmental monitoring
• Toxic gas measurement for homeland security

Emergency Services

• CO and HCN measurement at fire situation
• Sewer entry CH4,H2S,CO,O2
• VOC measurement for low level organics
• Natural gas measurement
• Specialty gas mixtures for GC lab analysis
• Gas measurement to locate meth labs
• Toxic gas measurement for homeland security
• Permeation tube devices for specialty gas mixtures
• Gas generators for carrier gases

Environmental protection requires accurate and precise measurement of gas emissions. The global focus on emissions is leading to tighter controls and a greater need for high quality calibration gas mixtures. Whether the emission is stack gas, fugitive emissions, air quality or vehicle emissions, we supply the calibration gas to meet the exacting standards required.

CAC GAS provides EPA Protocol calibration gas mixtures prepared and analysed in strict accordance with the most current guidelines: EPA Traceability Protocol Assay and Certification of Gaseous Calibration Standards. In addition, we supply ISO 17025 and ISO 17034 Continuous Emissions Monitoring gas standards for CO2, CO, O2, NO, NO2 and SO2. All gas mixtures are traceable to BIPM though NIST, NPL, NMI, or other national measurement authorities, and certified by UKAS, NATA, DAkkS or other ILAC MRA signatories to ensure compliance with local and international regulations.

CAC GAS also provides specialty gas mixtures for combustion efficiency, biogas, landfill & soil remediation and agriculture environmental applications. Gas standards TO 14,15 and 17 are available for a variety of applications to measure VOC’s in ambient air & soil contamination.

• Emissions
  • CEMS (Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems)
  • Stack Gas Measurement (CO, CO2, NO, NO2, SO2)
  • EPA Protocol Mixtures
  • Fugitive Emissions
• Combustion
  • Combustion Efficiency Testing
  • Gas Turbine Testing/Mapping
• Landfill
  • Calibration Gas – Methane & CO2
• Biogas
• Waste-to-Energy
• Vehicle Emissions
  • Exhaust Test Calibration Gas (CO, NO, NO2)
  • Engine & fuel performance
• Volatile Organic Compounds
  • Airborne Emissions Gas Calibration
  • EPA TO 14,15 & 17 Gas Mixtures
• Carbon Capture
  • CO2 monitoring

Food & Beverage Processing

• Ammonia (NH3) for refrigeration system monitoring
• Refrigerants ( R123, R404, R410, R134)
• CO2 for refrigeration 
• Wine and Beer Processing -Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Measurement
• Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) Measurement
• Chlorine(CL2)
• Confined Space Entry Instrument Calibration Gas
• Oxygen Analyser Calibration
• CO2/O2 Calibration Gas in Pubs

Marine, Shipping & Transport

CALIBRATION GAS FOR CEMS (Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems)

CAC GAS supplies the highest quality calibration gas used to calibrate these systems. With regulations constantly becoming more strict, it is imperative that emissions monitoring systems run without costly errors. Measurement data and precision depend on the quality and reliability of not just the CEMS but also the gas to calibrate them.

• Marine emissions calibration gas accredited to ISO:17025
• Marine emissions gravimetric calibration gas meeting NPL or NIST

ISO 17025 ACCREDITED MARINE EMISSIONS TEST KIT

The ISO 17025 Marine Emissions test kit provides SO2/CO2 calibration gases for marine stack gas analysis.   The kit provides the equipment necessary to calibrate and test CEMS to meet airborne pollution levels in the MARPOL Annex VI.

CALIBRATION & SPECIALTY GAS MIXTURES FOR GAS DETECTION:

Traceable, certified and ISO17025 accredited specialty gas mixtures are available in multiple cylinder sizes.

• Calibration Gas to meet Solas XI-Reg 7
• Butane / Isobutane Mixures
• 4GAS – H2S/CO/CH4/O2

Shipping & Transport

• Sea, Road, Rail and Air
• Confined space entry onboard ships
• Fuel cell entry of aircraft
• Refrigerants
• Fumigation
• LNG tanker gas measurement
• Gas measurement for specialised applications

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SINGLE AND MULTI-GAS MIXTURES 
All gas mixtures are available in the 5L (750 litre), 10L (1500 litre), 20L (3000 litre) or 50L (7500 litre) cylinders. Multiple gas mixtures meeting either ISO 17025 or EN34 are available. Many other gas mixtures are available in both binary or multi-gas component mixtures. Gas mixtures are available for weekly or monthly span testing, six monthly calibration or for GC calibration.

REGULATORS & GAS CONTROL SYSTEMS
CAC GAS provides a complete line of specialty gas regulators and gas control systems. Pressure and flow regulators are available in brass, nickel plated brass and stainless steel.   

PORTABLE, FIXED AND VEHICLE MOUNT GAS OPTIONS
103 Litre Cylinder or the 552 Litre cylinder is available as a 4GAS Mixture or with multiple or binary gas mixtures of CO2, CO, CH4, O2, SPAN GAS. The 4 in 1 Solution provides mines four gases in one cylinder, providing the ability to span test any one of the gas sensors, reducing the number of different gas mixtures on site and decreasing overall cost.

TUBE BUNDLE INTEGRITY TESTING
The 552L cylinder is an ideal solution for tube bundle integrity testing. It provides sufficient gas to test multiple lines, the 552 backpack allows the miner to do the job with ease. Cylinder carrying cases and backpacks are also available in 2, 3 and 4 cylinder options.

GAS MIXERS
CAC Gas Mixers are an excellent tool to meet NATA ISO17025 Annex H: Calibration of gas analysers. With catalytic & electrochemical requiring 3 points of calibration and IR, 6 points, gas mixers provide an efficient method to provide multiple concentrations of calibration gas from a single cylinder. 

BUMP TEST STATIONS
The BTS-X is the newest product for function testing hand held gas detectors. Completely pneumatic, the BTS-X operates using the calibration (test) gas. With no batteries or mains power the BTS-X can be located anywhere in the mine site.
Used with either disposable or high pressure cylinders, the BTS-X can be ready to go in minutes. One button operation provides up to 60 seconds of continuous gas flow for testing two instruments simultaneously.

Natural Gas, LNG, & LPG

CAC Gas provide a wide range of products and services to the Natural Gas, LNG & LPG industries for the measurement of both gas and liquid hydrocarbons, gas detection for OH&S applications and environmental monitoring requirements.

We assist our customers to reduce their risk by supplying industry leading, low uncertainty, ISO17034 / ISO17025 accredited gas standards produced by the highest quality manufacturers for the most critical measurements including fiscal metering and custody transfer applications.

• Hydrocarbon liquid and gas certified reference materials meeting both ASTM compliance and ISO17034 accreditation are available for use in LPG and NGL production facilities.
• Standards are packaged in ampoules, bottles, high/low-pressure cylinders, and constant pressure cylinders.
• Several unique gas control solutions including low, internal volume, precision regulators with SilcoNert coating, heater jackets and heated lines and regulators.
• A range of sample systems and associated equipment including Sample Systems, Sample Cylinders, Sample Probes and Probe Regulators.
• A a full range of odorization systems are available for odorant spiking of natural gas pipelines for domestic consumption.

CAC Gas currently offer multiple services to the natural gas and LNG industries including the facilitation of Effectech’s Proficiency Testing Scheme for Natural Gas and LNG (GGLNG), the Stack Emissions Proficiency Testing Scheme (SEPTS) , ISO10723 Performance Evaluations of Analytical Equipment and ISO17020 Inspection of Gas quality Measurement Systems.

Oil Refining & Petrochemical

CAC Gas provide a wide range of products and services to the Oil Refining and Petrochemical industries for the measurement of both liquid and gas hydrocarbons, gas detection for OH&S and environmental monitoring requirements.

• ASTM compliant and ISO17034 accredited certified reference materials.
• Liquid standards are available in ampoules and bottles.
• Gas standards are available in both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
• Light liquid hydrocarbons are available in both constant pressure cylinders and high-pressure cylinders with dual port, dip tube valves.

CAC Gas also have a range of sample systems and associated equipment available including Sample Systems, Sample cylinders, Sample Probes and Probe Regulators.

Power Generation

• EPA Protocol Gas Mixtures
• CEMS gas mixtures NO, NO2, SO2, CO, CO2
• Methane, natural gas measurement
• Combustion Efficiency
• Turbine testing/mapping
• Boiler efficiency calibration gases
• Confined space entry O2, CH4, CO, SO2
• Leak detection 
• H2 battery charging

Pulp & Paper

• CL2, CLO2 paper treatment process
• CH4, H2S, O2, SO2
• Confined Space Monitoring
• CEMS ISO 17025 Mixtures (stack gas)
• Process on-line measurement

Steel

• CO, CO2, SO2, CH4 gas measurement
• HCN gas measurment
• Confined space entry
• Process on-line gas analysis
• CEMS ISO 17025 gas mixtures (stack gas measurement)
• Blast furnace ISO 17025 gases

Scientific Research, Laboratory & University

GAS CONTROL
Everything required for carrier gas or specialty gas mixtures to be delivered from the
gas cylinder to the point of use.

SPECIALISED REGULATORS FOR GAS CHROMATOGRAPH APPLICATIONS
Single and dual stage high pressure regulators are available in brass, nickel plated brass and stainless steel. Specialized inlet and outlet fittings are available to provide easy GC connection.

HIGH PURITY AND SPECIALTY GASES
Gas mixtures are available in multiple cylinder sizes providing flexibility for research applications where small volumes of gas mixtures are required.

LECTURE BOTTLES
A standard in laboratory applications, lecture bottles are available for large range of gases from Argon to Xenon.

GAS GENERATORS
An alternative to gas cylinders, gas generators are available for Hydrogen, Nitrogen and Zero Air requirements.

GAS MIXERS
Expand your specialty gas mixture capability through the use of a gas mixer. Gas mixers are capable of many gas concentrations, completely programmable to store in memory your favourites or create new mixture concentrations as your applications change. 

Water & Waste Water Treatment

GAS SAMPLE CONDITIONING SYSTEM (GSCS)
A custom designed single or multiple sensor sampling system suited to monitor gas or vapour atmospheres from extreme environments containing temperature, humidity, particulate or pressure challenges.

CALIBRATION GAS FOR GAS DETECTION INSTRUMENTS
Gas mixtures in disposable or large volume high pressure cylinders are available for every gas detection application including CL2/H2S/CO/CO2/NH3/CH4/VOC/O2 and others. With a large variety of cylinder sizes available we have the cylinder size to meet your requirements. Flow or pressure regulators are available for all gas mixtures and cylinders sizes in brass or stainless steel. 

SPECIALTY GAS FOR LABORATORY APPLICATIONS
Certified Reference Materials: Gas mixtures are available in multiple cylinder sizes providing flexibility for research applications or continuous gas analysis applications.

GAS CONTROL
Everything required for carrier gas or specialty gas mixtures to be delivered from the gas cylinder to the point of use. Cylinder regulators, wall mounted regulators, manifolds, outlet points and delivery systems are available in brass, nickel plated brass and stainless steel. 

LOW LEVEL H2S FOR ODOUR CONTROL
Measurement of low concentrations of H2S is necessary to prevent nuisance odours from impacting the local community. Hydrogen sulphide concentrations down to 1ppm are available in gas cylinders. Using a gas calibrator can provide gas concentration down to .05ppm.

GAS GENERATORS, CALIBRATORS & MIXERS/DILUTORS
Are an alternative to gas cylinders for carrier gas applications.  Gas generators are available for Hydrogen, Nitrogen and Zero Air requirements. Gas calibrators can be used for gas mixtures where cylinder gases are not available such as chlorine dioxide and ozone. Other gases such as chlorine, hydrogen, hydrogen sulphide and hydrogen cyanide are also available. Expand your specialty gas mixture capability through the use of a gas mixer. With the use of a single gas mixture, they are capable of creating many different gas concentrations. Gas mixers are completely programmable and can store your favourites in memory or create new mixture concentrations as your applications change.  

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