The Government of the (USA) is one of the main users of this camera, designed in Virginia and manufactured in Sweden, has been bought by the IGN of the Ministry of Transport of Spain. It detects micro-CO2 exits in a pioneering way and also allows the sealing with CO2-impermeable paints and their expulsion to the outside. It requires the best tapes and the latest technology.
It will be fixed in Puerto Naos and the Bombilla.
This camera will complement the system of control and detection of emissions of gases of volcanic origin of the network of sensors, installed in the affected nuclei, vital in points where the place of emission was not clear.
Analyzing the use of the camera by specialized technical staff of the company that distributes it, the director of the National Geophysical Observatory, Carmen López, and the director of the Volcanological Institute of the Canary Islands, Nemesio Pérez, were present.
The Commissioner for the Reconstruction of the island of La Palma, Héctor Izquierdo, indicated that the camera will be used for those interiors in which the gas emission point must be detected, to carry out “surgical” mitigation measures such as the application of paint, or physical barriers that prevent the flow of CO2. Around 90% of the homes in these coastal areas already have a sensor installed inside them.
1,800 sensors installed in homes