Electricity, gas, water and the rest of the social infrastructure is used everyday as a matter of course. However, many analytical instruments provide support for a stable society, which maintains the matter-of-factness of such amenities.

Thermal power plants generate electricity by spinning gas turbine blades with high temperature steam. The quality of the blades, then, is an important issue not only from a safety standpoint but also for the stable supply of electric power. Analytical instruments are crucial to materials analysis and to developing and manufacturing surface coatings made for constant exposure to high temperatures.

The gas sulfur dioxide is generated when the sulfur components in oil are oxidized. This is not only the cause of air pollution, but also of acid rain via a chemical reaction. The Stack Gas Analyzer monitors the release of sulfur dioxide during combustion of fuel oil and checks that sulfur dioxide is not externally released.

At thermal power plants, electricity is generated by boiling purified water and spinning turbines with high temperature steam. But if the minute amount of silica contained in the purified water adheres to the inside of the piping through which the steam passes, the passage of the steam is affected, resulting in a decline in power generation efficiency. The Silica Analyzer prevents this by constantly monitoring the silica density inside the water.

These thermometers make it possible to measure temperatures without contact at remote locations. For example, in the field of safety maintenance, an extreme rise in temperature is considered to be a sign that a fire may break out. Such incidents can be prevented before they occur by monitoring changes in advance. In tankers and container ships, the thermometers are used to monitor temperature changes in the areas around engines to warn against fire.

As nuclear power plants grow older it is expected that they will be decommissioned and dismantled. When this happens, it will be necessary to safely dispose of them by minimizing the effects, including radiation leaks, on the surrounding environment. HORIBA provides a Scintillation Detector, which is rooted in single crystal purification technologies.

The amount of dissolved oxygen in an aqueous solution is related to corrosion in steel piping and is the cause of rust. Stable water quality can be ensured by measuring dissolved oxygen density.