Air Monitoring
A Cleaner Chapter for Manufacturing in Australia and India
The Australia India Business Council (AIBC), launched a new business initiative, Cleantech Chapter on 29 October 2011 announcing Manoj Kumar, International Business Manager at Ecotech (Australia) as President.
The AIBC was set up in 1986 following recognition of the enormous trade potential between Australia and India by the Prime Ministers of the day, Bob Hawke of Australia and Rajiv Gandhi of India.
The AIBC, which has representatives and members across all states and territories, is positioned so members can benefit from the continuing upward trend in two-way trade in goods and services between the two countries.
Members of the Cleantech Chapter will have access to professional opportunities including trade forums, business development initiatives, policy development sessions and a large network of people in the manufacturing and service sectors.
As the new President of the Cleantech Chapter, Manoj will be promoting clean technology businesses through multilateral engagement between leading Australian and Indian manufacturers, researchers, service and technology providers and customers.
“I am excited and proud about this new opportunity. The cleantech sector in Victoria includes over 300 companies employing more than 19,000 people with annual revenues of more than $3.5 billion, so I am looking forward to working with members and companies to help create a cleaner future,” he said.
Manoj is currently an AIBC Management Committee member and International Business Manager at Ecotech, creating business opportunities in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia.
With more than 15 years experience in clean technology and scientific instrumentation, he worked on the Delhi Pollution Control Committee setting up air quality monitoring systems during the Commonwealth Games in 2011.
Manoj has contributed several articles on clean technology and also been published in the magazine, International Environmental Technology.
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With more than 15 years of experience in the measurement of volatile organic compounds (VOC), Environnement SA (France) introduces the VOC72M, a new generation analyser for the measurement of VOC’s by gas chromatography with photo ionisation detector (PID). The VOC72M can sample up to 40 compounds, with 8 configurations for analysis. This compact and fully automated analyser with a wide voltage range (90-240V) provides equal performance to the laboratory chromatographs and is particularly well-suited for fixed or mobile ambient air quality monitoring laboratories.
EU Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimated to Increase in 2010, but Long-term Decrease Expected to Continue
The European Union remains well on track to achieve its Kyoto Protocol target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions despite a 2.4 % emissions increase in 2010, according to first estimates by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The 2010 increase follows a 7% drop in 2009, largely due to the economic recession and growth of renewable energy generation.
The latest analysis of greenhouse gas trends in the EU was published by the EEA today in three reports which together analyse emissions levels since 1990 and look forward to the EU’s greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2020 and beyond. They also cover progress towards Kyoto Protocol targets, early estimates for 2010 emissions levels and an analysis of drivers of emissions since 1990. Overall, EU emissions declined by 15.5 %.
EU-15 emissions were 10.7 % below base year levels, still well below its collective 8 % reduction target for the 2008–2012 period. However, of the 15 EU Member States with a common commitment under the Kyoto Protocol (the ‘EU-15’), Austria, Italy and Luxembourg were still lagging behind their Kyoto Protocol targets at the end of 2010.
Looking ahead to 2020, EU Member States will have to implement planned measures to achieve the Union’s unilateral 20 % reduction commitment, itself a precursor to the much deeper emission cuts needed in the long run to build a low- carbon economy.
“Many different policies have played an active role in bringing down greenhouse gas emissions”, Professor Jacqueline McGlade, EEA Executive Director, said. “Besides renewable energy or energy efficiency, efforts to reduce water pollution from agriculture also led to emission reductions. This experience shows we can reduce emissions further if we consider the climate impacts of various policies more systematically.”
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Heated Portable Gas Sample Probe
The JPES Series from JCT (Austria) is used for applications where periodic monitoring is required over a short time period. Operators and Test Laboratories require lightweight and easy to handle equipment that are designed to meet a whole range of process parameters and regulatory needs. Traditional methods can be expensive, heavyweight or technically poor. The JPES changes this completely: it is high quality, lightweight, easy to set up and offers the user a superior product that can easily be taken to the sample point with the flexibility to give excellent
performance on virtually every application.
The JPES probe works by removing particulates from the gas measurement stream and is the primary filtration device for the overall analysis system. It is fully heated to eliminate cold spots that cause filter element blockages due to the build up of wet particulates. The design and location of the internal heaters ensure that the probe has absolutely no cold spots where condensation can form, additionally the clever design of the supplied heated hose means that the temperature controller, thermocouple cable and voltage supply cables are all integrated into the device. This means that the operator has only one connection to make to the site power supply.
The JPES portable probe is supplied in a lightweight and compact carry case. Once on site, the operator only has to take out the probe and connect the supplied heated hose and connect the power cable to the site connection. Within a short time, the probe is up to temperature and the sample monitoring can begin.
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Equipped with a large LCD screen and operational in less than 30 minutes, the VOC72M performs all the functions, such as: sampling, analysis and data management, in a simple and completely autonomous mode. The quick check of the chromatograms measured components is possible directly on-screen without the use of a computer. The memory effect (10 times lower than that required by the standard EN14662-3) allows the calibration of the analyser on a single cycle without an external PC. The column is equipped with an innovative liquid-cooler; retention times are stable even with a fluctuating temperature.
Additionally, remote diagnosis, made possible without opening the hood, the replacement of the trap in less than 2 minutes requiring no adjustment, the integrated flow control fittings, the use of only one gas (nitrogen) and 3 levels of in-built security ensure this robust and low maintenance instrument is ideal for air quality monitoring networks.
The VOC72M complies with the European standard EN14662-3 for the measurement of benzene.
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New Compact and Robust VOC Analyser
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