Prevention of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Diesel Generator Sets

As we all know, diesel generator sets are good emergency power generation equipment. In order not to affect production and life, large factories, enterprises, hospitals, hotels, etc. will provide their own generator sets for emergency power generation, and some small units or individuals will also purchase low-power diesel generator sets to deal with emergencies, but the resulting The problem is that people ignore the adverse reactions caused by insufficient combustion of diesel generator sets.

We can often hear such reports: Affected by the disaster weather, the power supply in a certain place is interrupted, and people have used small generators to generate electricity, but they have ignored that the use of generators in relatively confined spaces is prone to carbon monoxide poisoning. The most typical example is in August 2005, Hurricane Katrina landed in Florida, USA. Due to the power outage, people used small generators to generate electricity. According to incomplete statistics, 28 people were poisoned by carbon monoxide within 2 days. In Alabama and Texas, when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita made landfall twice, 78 people were poisoned by carbon monoxide for the same reason, and 10 of them died.

Therefore, we must pay close attention to the safe use of diesel generator sets. First, generators and diesel generator sets must not be placed indoors where people live and work. It is best to use them in separate rooms and outdoors or in ventilated places. The second is rain and snow. , heavy fog and other weather are not conducive to carbon monoxide emission, be vigilant when using generators or diesel generator sets. Once it is found that someone has symptoms such as dizziness, chest tightness, weakness of hands and feet when using the generator or diesel generator set, they should immediately ventilate and contact the medical emergency agency.

The dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning:

Carbon monoxide poisoning is caused by inhalation of the product of incomplete combustion of carbon-containing substances through the respiratory tract. The poisoning mechanism is that the affinity of carbon monoxide and hemoglobin is 200 to 300 times higher than that of oxygen and hemoglobin, so carbon monoxide can easily combine with hemoglobin to form carboxyhemoglobin, which makes hemoglobin lose its ability to carry oxygen and cause tissue suffocation. It has toxic effects on tissue cells throughout the body, especially on the cerebral cortex. By the time people realize carbon monoxide poisoning has occurred, it is often too late. Because the cerebral cortex, which controls human movement, is the first to be damaged by paralysis, making it impossible for people to achieve purposeful voluntary movement. But the hands and feet have not obeyed. Therefore, carbon monoxide poisoning is often unable to carry out effective self-help.

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