Finland-headed Vaisala Oyj, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurements, has announced the launch of the Vaisala DMP370 Intrinsically Safe Dew Point Instrument for hazardous locations. The new instrument extends Vaisala's proven "DRYCAP" dew point technology into hazardous locations.
Announced at Gastech 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand, the world’s largest exhibition and conference for natural gas, LNG, low-carbon solutions, and energy innovation, the DMP370 enables continuous, drift-compensated moisture measurement in hydrogen production, renewable and natural gas infrastructure, chemical processing, and other industrial applications where combustible gases or dust may be present.
Growing need for reliable moisture measurement
According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Global Hydrogen Review 2026, global hydrogen demand surpassed 100 million tonnes already in 2025.
Much of this demand comes from industrial processes where gas quality directly affects safety, equipment performance, and operational reliability.
As hydrogen and biomethane (aka renewable natural gas – RNG) production and other decarbonized gas applications expand, reliable moisture measurement is becoming increasingly important across both new and existing gas infrastructure.
Moisture plays a critical role in many gas processes. Excess moisture can compromise fuel cell performance, reduce process efficiency, shorten equipment lifetime, and increase operational risks in gas infrastructure, electrolyzers, and industrial processing facilities.
In many of these environments, only hazardous-location-certified equipment may be used.
Existing solutions often require compromises
Measuring moisture in hazardous locations has traditionally involved trade-offs. Depending on the protection concept and application, some require additional protective enclosures or impose installation constraints.
Other technologies periodically interrupt measurements during regeneration or heating cycles, creating gaps in monitoring data.
Combine into a single intrinsically safe solution
According to Vaisala, the new DMP370 addresses these challenges by combining intrinsic safety with uninterrupted measurement.
The solution is enabled by Vaisala’s proven “DRYCAP” dew point technology for hazardous locations and an innovative drift-compensation solution.
The DMP370 combines Vaisala’s DMP37X probe and HMT370EX transmitter into a single intrinsically safe solution.
Intrinsic safety limits the instrument’s electrical energy by design, preventing it from becoming an ignition source in explosive atmospheres.
Designed for emerging and established industrial gas applications
According to Vaisala, the DMP370 supports gas quality measurement and gas purity monitoring across a wide range of hazardous industrial environments, including:
- Hydrogen: hydrogen production, storage, fuel cell, and electrolyzer output monitoring applications;
- Natural gas and biomethane: biogas upgrading into biomethane, grid injection, and monitoring of gas infrastructure, including natural gas pipelines;
- Chemical and industrial processing: synthetic fuels including eSAF, methanol production, pharmaceuticals, electronics manufacturing, and oil and gas;
- Battery manufacturing: dry-process applications where combustible carbon dust may be present;
- Compressed air and nitrogen: inerting, purge gas, and hazardous-location moisture monitoring.
The DMP370 measures continuously, combining fast response with long-term stability, providing operators with uninterrupted gas-quality data without measurement gaps.
As hydrogen and renewable gas projects move from pilot installations to full-scale industrial operations, the need for reliable, continuous gas-quality monitoring is growing. Operators need measurement solutions that support both process performance and safety in hazardous locations. With the DMP370, we’re bringing Vaisala’s proven DRYCAP measurement technology into hazardous locations, enabling continuous dew point measurement in applications where explosion safety is essential, said Antti Heikkilä, Product Line Manager of Industrial Decarbonization at Vaisala.
