Ronald Verkroost, founder and CEO of Desu Systems, explains how the company’s advanced safety technologies are improving tank terminals
For over two decades, Desu Systems has been a trusted master distributor of high-performance flame and gas detection solutions, ensuring regulatory compliance and asset protection across more than 60 countries. The company’s expertise spans industries such as tank storage farms, offshore substations, refineries, energy storage, and hydrogen fuelling, ensuring safety and regulatory compliance in high-risk environments.
Flame and gas detection: As a distributor and channel partner for Spectrex, Desu supplies top-tier optical flame and gas detection for hazardous industrial settings.
Optical gas imaging (OGI) and methane monitoring: Desu’s AI- powered cameras are the most precise gas detection, gas quantification and methane detection solution on the market, helping industries comply with EU methane emission regulations.
Special projects: Desu is expanding into armoured vehicle fire suppression, addressing the increasing demand for advanced safety in military applications.
By combining expert consultation with market-leading detection technology, Desu offers cost-effective solutions and helps businesses achieve safety, compliance, and operational efficiency.
False Alarms
Desu’s goal is to simplify the complexity of flame and gas detection, ensuring that its clients receive not just technology, but complete, reliable solutions.
One key challenge Desu often solves is false alarms, which can lead to costly shutdowns and unnecessary emergency responses. Desu’s detection systems are designed with industry-leading precision, ensuring that alerts are only activated in the presence of real threats. This gives operators peace of mind, knowing that their facilities are continuously monitored with zero compromise on safety.
For example, a large industrial operator was experiencing frequent false alarms with their existing detection system. After implementing Desu’s optical flame detectors, their system became far more stable, reducing disruptions and significantly lowering maintenance costs.
Desu’s clients rely on the company for solutions that work exactly as expected, providing continuous protection while eliminating unnecessary disruptions. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, with clients reporting that the equipment not only meets, but exceeds expectations in reliability and performance.
By integrating its high-accuracy flame and gas detection technology, clients have been able to operate more efficiently, with fewer false alarms and greater confidence in their safety systems. This allows them to focus on their day-to-day operations, knowing that their assets, personnel, and compliance requirements are fully protected.
Enhancing Compliance
Another critical issue is the ability to monitor large areas efficiently. Many of Desu’s clients needs is to track gas leaks over wide and complex sites. Its Sensia AI-powered gas detection cameras provide real-time visualisation and quantification of leaks, allowing operators to take immediate corrective action.
This is particularly vital in the context of upcoming EU methane regulations, where accuracy in emissions reporting is becoming a compliance necessity. Balancing this with operational efficiency can be a huge challenge.
Desu’s approach is always about delivering the right solution, not the most expensive one. By designing smarter, leaner systems, the team can help clients achieve compliance while optimising their operations for long-term reliability and efficiency. Ultimately, what they bring to the table is expertise. Desu works closely with its clients to design solutions that make their facilities safer, more efficient, and fully compliant with local regulations.
Client Communication
Desu’s expertise lies in working closely with clients to design optimal detection solutions that are both cost-efficient and highly reliable. Being involved from the early stages of a project helps clients make informed decisions that improve site safety while optimising resource allocation. A perfect example of this was when a client approached Desu for fire detection in an aircraft hangar. Its initial plan included 22 flame detectors, but after a technical assessment of the space, the company designed a solution that provided full coverage with just eight detectors. This not only reduced installation costs, but also streamlined system maintenance, all while ensuring regulatory compliance.
Similarly, Desu assisted an offshore operator seeking a detection system for methane and hydrogen sulfide leaks at their unmanned platform wellheads. By conducting live demonstrations,
Desu demonstrated how Sensia’s methane cameras offered a multi-threat detection capability – combining gas leak monitoring and flame detection in a single solution. This cut down on equipment costs, improved efficiency, and ensured compliance with new EU methane regulations.
Vision For The Future
Over the past 20 years, Desu has grown into the world’s largest distributor of flame detectors, establishing itself as a trusted name in flame and gas detection solutions. This success has been built on a foundation of trust, expertise, and a relentless focus on quality and customer service. Desu has always prioritised speed, technical excellence, and availability, ensuring that its clients receive the best solutions when they need them. Desu’s commitment to maintaining a strong customer experience has resulted in long- standing partnerships across industries that rely on cutting-edge detection technology to safeguard their operations.
Looking ahead, the next five years for Desu will be focused on growth and innovation. The company aims to double the size of its business by investing in its people, expanding training initiatives, and equipping our teams with the latest knowledge and tools. Its mission is to continue offering the best technical solutions at the highest possible standards, ensuring that we remain the go-to distributor for flame and gas detection worldwide.
With new environmental regulations shaping the industry, Desu is at the forefront of AI-powered gas detection technology, providing solutions that offer unparalleled accuracy, efficiency, and compliance assurance.
