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Michael Nofal is Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development at H2scan Corporation, a world-class hydrogen sensor solutions provider. Nofal has three decades of specialized experience in hydrogen and gas analyzers, industrial products and oil and gas equipment services. Nofal is an expert in implementing hydrogen sensing technologies across energy, industrial, power, and high technology applications.

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Hydrogen Detection Systems: Cross Sensitivity Could Shut Down Your Process

June 11, 2026

A false alarm shut down an entire semiconductor facility for a day. Equipment went offline, the building was evacuated, and the recovery took weeks, at a cost that likely ran into millions of dollars. The cause was not a hydrogen leak. The cause was a hydrogen detection system that did not distinguish between hydrogen and … Hydrogen Detection Systems: Cross Sensitivity Could Shut Down Your Process