Case Background
Confined spaces refer generally to fully or partially enclosed areas with limited access and poor natural ventilation. They are unsuitable for long-term human stay but allow short-duration operations. Typical scenarios include sewage wells, septic tanks, underground pipe galleries, storage tanks, reaction kettles, basements, tunnels, mine roadways and pressure vessels. Without effective air convection inside such spaces, gases tend to accumulate, making them high-risk operation sites for industrial and mining enterprises and municipal projects. In accordance with Safety Technical Specifications for Confined Space Operations (GB46768-2025) and Safety Provisions for Confined Space Operations in Industrial and Trading Enterprises, the core operational requirements and safety pain points are listed below:
1.1 Multiple Gas Hazards with Highly Sudden Accidents
Three major risks exist inside confined spaces: unbalanced oxygen concentration, accumulation of toxic and harmful gases, and excessive flammable gas levels. In long-term sealed environments, organic fermentation, residual media and equipment corrosion produce toxic gases such as hydrogen sulfide, carbon monoxide and ammonia. Meanwhile, methane and volatile combustible gases may build up and create explosion risks. Oxygen inside the space may also be consumed or displaced, leading to oxygen deficiency and suffocation hazards. These invisible hazards spread slowly and remain highly concealed, which can easily cause mass casualties from poisoning, suffocation, combustion and explosion, constituting the primary safety threat for confined space work.
1.2 Mandatory Compliance Requirements for Operation Procedures
National codes stipulate that confined space operations must strictly follow the core principle of ventilate first, test second, work last and monitor continuously. Oxygen level, flammable gas and toxic gas concentrations must be measured before entry, and real-time monitoring shall be maintained throughout the operation. Many enterprises suffer from non-standard testing workflows, unreasonable sampling points, lack of real-time monitoring and unattended monitoring during operations, which seriously violate safety supervision requirements and bring substantial compliance risks.
1.3 Special Spatial Environment Increases Detection Difficulty
Confined spaces feature long depth, narrow openings and complex internal structures, where gases stratify and uneven concentrations occur at upper, middle and lower layers. Traditional single-point and close-range detection easily leads to missed readings and false measurements. In addition, the dim, narrow and poorly ventilated interior exposes workers to high risks during close-range sampling. Conventional detectors cannot meet the demands of remote sampling and multi-point stratified detection.
1.4 Absence of Continuous Monitoring Mechanism for Dynamic Risk Control
Gas concentrations inside confined spaces fluctuate dynamically with construction activities, equipment disturbance and temperature changes, and sudden gas over-limit incidents may occur midway through operations. The traditional practice of only one pre-entry test fails to cover risks throughout the whole operation. Most sites lack real-time alarms, data storage and remote early warning functions, so sudden hazards cannot be handled promptly.
1.5 Lack of Data Traceability and Emergency Management
Confined space work is a heavily regulated high-risk procedure requiring recordable, traceable and archivable full-process detection data. Traditional manual handheld measurement and paper records suffer from missing data, falsified records, poor traceability and missing alarm logs. Root causes cannot be accurately identified after accidents. The absence of linkage warning and emergency prompts also results in extremely low emergency response efficiency.
Taizhi Solutions
This solution strictly complies with the latest national standard GB46768-2025 and safety management specifications for confined space operations. Targeting core pain points including oxygen deficiency, toxic gas accumulation, flammable gas explosion, non-standard detection and discontinuous monitoring in confined spaces, it builds a full-process confined space gas safety solution integrating pre-sampling pump suction detection, wearable real-time monitoring and remote management for supervisors. It covers pre-operation detection, continuous in-operation monitoring, post-operation re-detection, full data traceability and emergency warning linkage, thoroughly standardizing confined space operation procedures to realize proactive risk prevention, full-process controllability and inspectable compliance.
2.1 Overall Architecture
The solution adopts a three-tier structure of "preliminary detection + personal protection + background management", suitable for all confined space operation scenarios while balancing safety, compliance and practicality:
Pre-sampling Detection Layer: Pump-sampling multi-gas detectors with extended sampling hoses are adopted to realize long-distance, stratified and multi-point sampling inside confined spaces. Sampling is performed at upper, middle and lower height points to avoid risks of close-range entry for inspectors, accurately identify local gas accumulation hazards and meet the requirements of comprehensive pre-operation detection.
Wearable In-operation Monitoring Layer: Operators wear portable diffusion gas detectors throughout entry to monitor surrounding oxygen content, toxic gas and flammable gas concentrations in real time. Equipped with triple audible, visual and vibration alarms, the devices deliver real-time warnings of dynamic risks during operation to prevent sudden gas over-limit hazards.
Remote Supervision and Management Layer: Real-time data storage and wireless upload are supported. Supervisors outside the confined space can view gas data and device status of the operation area in real time, and full-process detection data is archived synchronously to achieve unattended supervision, data traceability and remote abnormal alerts.
2.2 Adaptation to Standardized Operation Procedures
The solution fully conforms to national standard operation workflows. After pre-operation ventilation, stratified multi-point detection is carried out via pump-sampling instruments, and entry is permitted only when measurement results meet standards. Operators wear detectors for continuous monitoring throughout the work. Re-detection is conducted after operation completion, and work can be wrapped up only after confirming no risks, forming a standardized closed-loop operation mode of "ventilation – detection – operation – monitoring – re-detection".
2.3 Core Advantages of the Solution
Applicable to all sub-scenarios of confined spaces, it supports precise stratified multi-point detection and solves blind spot problems of traditional single-point detection. Long-distance sampling ensures operator safety before entry, and wearable monitoring covers the whole operation cycle. Full-process data is automatically stored and tamper-proof, fully meeting safety supervision compliance requirements. The devices are portable and easy to operate without complicated wiring, suitable for temporary, short-duration and high-frequency confined space operations.
Impl. Results
3.1 Eliminate Detection Blind Spots and Realize Full-scale Accurate Investigation
In strict accordance with national standard sampling requirements, multi-point and stratified detection is carried out in both horizontal and vertical areas of confined spaces. The system accurately captures hidden hazards such as flammable gas accumulation at the top, toxic gas deposition at the bottom, and oxygen deficiency in the middle layer. It completely eliminates missed detections caused by traditional single-point and superficial testing, fully covers all internal risk areas, and significantly improves detection accuracy.
3.2 Full-cycle Dynamic Monitoring to Eliminate Sudden Operational Risks
Breaking the unsafe traditional mode of “one-time detection for the entire operation”, the solution implements full-process gas monitoring before, during and after work. It dynamically tracks real-time changes in gas concentrations throughout the operation. In cases of oxygen shortage or excessive toxic and flammable gases, the device triggers audible, visual and vibration alarms within seconds, reminding operators to evacuate and supervisors to respond immediately, effectively preventing sudden safety accidents during operation.
3.3 Standardize Operation Procedures and Fully Meet Compliance Requirements
The complete operating mode fully complies with all specifications in the Safety Technical Specifications for Confined Space Operations. It strictly enforces mandatory standards including pre-operation detection, full-time monitoring, standard sampling points and complete data retention. The system automatically generates complete detection records, alarm logs and operation ledgers without manual paper recording, enabling smooth responses to safety inspections and eliminating compliance violations.
3.4 Reduce Operational Risks and Protect Personnel Safety
Pump-type long-distance sampling avoids early entry of personnel into unknown high-risk spaces, fundamentally preventing poisoning and suffocation risks during pre-operation testing. Wearable devices provide real-time personal protection for dual safety assurance. Meanwhile, external supervisors accurately grasp on-site conditions through real-time data and realize internal and external linkage management, greatly reducing casualty risks in confined space operations.
3.5 Full Data Traceability and Closed-loop Hazard Management
All detection data, alarm records, operation time and sampling information are automatically stored, permanently retained and tamper-proof, supporting real-time query, export and traceability. Managers can analyze high-frequency hazard points and gas fluctuation patterns through historical data to optimize ventilation schemes and operation procedures, realizing closed-loop management of confined space hazards from passive disposal to active prevention.
Solution Value
4.1 Safety Value: Build Intrinsic Safety Barriers for Confined Spaces
Through full closed-loop management including pre-operation precise hazard screening, full-process dynamic monitoring and real-time early warning & disposal, the solution eliminates major safety accidents such as poisoning, suffocation, combustion and explosion in confined spaces from the source. It addresses the biggest safety hazards of confined space operations, comprehensively protects the life safety of frontline workers and avoids heavy losses including casualties, equipment damage and project shutdown caused by accidents.
4.2 Compliance Value: Standardized Operations to Mitigate Regulatory Risks
The solution fully aligns with the latest national standards and safety supervision requirements for confined space operations. It standardizes sampling points, operation workflows, data retention and ledger management, making up for enterprises’ compliance deficiencies in confined space work. It thoroughly avoids compliance risks such as penalties for irregular operations, production suspension for rectification, downgraded safety ratings and project restrictions, and ensures regular compliant operation of enterprises.
4.3 Management Value: Simplify Workflows and Improve Standardization of Safety Control
Intelligent detection and automatic ledgers replace cumbersome traditional workflows of manual testing, paper recording and manual statistics, reducing human operation errors and management costs. Meanwhile, unified standardized operation procedures eliminate irregular on-site work, non-uniform control criteria and unrecorded hidden hazards, promoting standardized, refined and digital upgrading of safety management for confined space operations.
4.4 Efficiency Value: Reduce Costs, Improve Efficiency and Optimize Operation & Maintenance Modes
The devices feature simple operation and easy deployment without wiring or commissioning, quickly adapting to various temporary confined operation scenarios. It greatly shortens pre-operation detection preparation time and improves work efficiency. Accurate gas data guides scientific ventilation and precise on-site operations, reducing losses from ineffective ventilation and unnecessary work and cutting operation and maintenance costs.
4.5 Emergency Value: Rapid Response to Minimize Accident Losses
The real-time early warning and fast alarm mechanism detects abnormal gas hazards at the earliest moment, winning precious time for personnel evacuation, ventilation disposal and emergency rescue to prevent hazard escalation. Complete log data provides accurate support for accident traceability, emergency review and scheme optimization, enhancing enterprises’ emergency response and risk prevention capabilities.
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Equip. Intro
This solution’s supporting equipment strictly complies with national standard requirements for confined space operations and is specially tailored for poorly ventilated, highly concealed and dynamically risky confined space scenarios. It supports both pre-entry sampling detection and full-process wearable monitoring. The core equipment is introduced as follows:
5.1 Pump Suction 4-in-1 Gas Detector (Specialized for Pre-operation Detection)Specially developed for pre-work hazard inspection in confined spaces, the device is equipped with a precision built-in suction pump and an extendable long sampling hose to realize deep and long-distance sampling. It enables internal gas detection without personnel entering the space. It accurately and simultaneously detects four core indicators including oxygen (O₂), flammable gas (EX), carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen sulfide (H₂S), covering more than 99% of common confined space risks. Featuring high detection accuracy and fast response, it supports upper, middle and lower layered multi-point sampling that fully meets national standard detection requirements. With explosion-proof, lightweight and user-friendly design, it supports manual data marking, storage and export, serving as the essential dedicated device for confined space pre-operation inspection.
5.2 Portable Diffusion Gas Detector (Wearable for In-operation Monitoring)Designed for full-time wearing by on-site operators, the ultra-compact, explosion-proof, drop-proof, dustproof and waterproof device adapts to narrow, dim and humid confined space environments. It provides real-time 4-in-1 simultaneous gas monitoring and adopts a high-definition backlit screen for clear data reading in low-light conditions. Equipped with audible, visual and vibration triple alarms, it ensures effective risk reminders even in noisy and visually obstructed environments, preventing missed alarm signals. With ultra-long battery life, it supports long-duration continuous monitoring and provides continuous safety protection for operators throughout the entire operation process.
5.3 Portable Electric Ventilator (Auxiliary Supporting Equipment)Developed for pre-operation ventilation and emergency ventilation in confined spaces, the ventilator features small size, large air volume and flexible mobility. It quickly replaces turbid and over-limit gas to improve internal air quality. Adopting explosion-proof design, it operates safely in flammable gas environments and eliminates explosion risks caused by sparks during ventilation. Fully compliant with the standardized principle of “ventilate first, test second, work last”, it serves as essential supporting equipment for standardized confined space operations.
5.4 Intelligent Confined Space Data Management TerminalCompatible with all detection devices, the terminal automatically collects and stores detection data, alarm records, operation time and sampling information with long-term and tamper-proof data retention. It automatically generates standardized operation ledgers and detection reports with one-click export and full traceability. Integrated with over-limit early warning, operation record archiving and hierarchical permission management functions, it realizes digital data management for confined space operations, fully meets safety supervision traceability requirements, and promotes standardized upgrading of enterprise safety management.
