6 Air Monitoring


Premiere of the World’s Smallest, Commercial High- Resolution PTR-TOFMS Instrument for VOC Monitoring at Pittcon


IONICON Analytik, the Austrian based leading manufacturer of real-time trace VOC analysers, introduces a new compact high-resolution instrument. For the fi rst time IONICON combines highsensitivity with a high mass resolving power in a small and lightweight PTR-TOFMS.


The PTR-TOF 4000 has already been successfully deployed aboard NASA fl ying laboratories for air quality monitoring.


In 2014 the PTR-TOF 1000 was launched. A new platform developed by IONICON with the aim to create a compact and affordable PTR-TOFMS allowing customers from all over the world in various application areas to benefi t from the company’s advanced time-of-fl ight technology.


Inspired by this achievement and rewarded with immediate success in the market of more than 30 PTR-TOF 1000 systems sold since its introduction, the IONICON took this concept one step further.


“We decided to develop the ’no-compromise’ trace VOC analyser. A high-resolution PTR-TOFMS but small, lightweight, extremely sensitive and also competitively priced”, IONICON CEO Lukas MÄRK explains the challenges.


These efforts lead to the new PTR-TOF 4000 featuring the new Hexapole “ION-GUIDE”


technology and a novel high-resolution TOF. The results are an impressing mass resolution of up to 4000 m/m and a sensitivity of 200 cps/ppbv with a low detection limit of below 5 pptv.


The PTR-TOF 4000 complements IONICON’s PTR-TOFMS series ideally, being positioned in between the PTR-TOF 1000 system and the company’s current fl agship instrument, the PTR-QiTOF.


Prototypes of the new PTR-TOF 4000 have been extensively tested in the fi eld. A long-standing cooperation between the University of Innsbruck and IONICON made it possible to participate in airborne campaigns aboard NASA’s atmospheric research aircrafts for measuring air pollution in the atmosphere (e.g. KORUS-AQ). Mr. Märk comments on this mutually benefi cial collaboration: „We were able to test the PTR-TOF 4000 prototypes under the most demanding conditions and could also benefi t from the scientists’ experience when optimizing the performance of our novel trace VOC analysers.“


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A leading applied science company has developed a ground-breaking new portable air particle sampling technology that promises a wide range of scientifi c and industrial applications, including monitoring environmental health, detecting pollutants and identifying Nano and micro particles in the atmosphere.


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Developed by British-based Ancon Technologies, the Aero Select is a compact, light- weight device that can detect particles across the aerosol range. The technology has promise for wide-ranging application across many industrial uses, such as occupational hygiene, environmental research, automotive manufacturing, atmospheric science, nanotechnology and microelectronics.


The Aero Select provides researchers and technicians with a portable device that delivers laboratory accuracy in detecting the size, structure, morphology and chemical composition of aerosol particles.


“The Aero Select is a powerful tool for detecting the environmental impact or health risks associated with aerosol exposure,” said Wesley Baker, Commercial Director. “Our new product compresses advanced technology into an easy-to-operate device that gives users a number of options for measuring and monitoring aerosol levels. The possibilities for this technology are as widespread as they are fascinating.”


The Aero Select will be useful in a wide-range of markets and industries, including:


• Environmental monitoring - With growing concerns about the health impact of nanoparticle emissions, the Aero Select empowers accurate, timely and cost-effective control of diesel and other combustion processes, such as incineration, nuclear power generation and aircraft emissions.


• Clean rooms - The Aero Select can monitor the stringent air quality standards needed to maintain the rigid requirements for clean room applications.


• Occupational health - The occupational health risks associated with manufacturing and using nanomaterials are not yet clearly understood, as workers in nanotechnology industries can be exposed to uniquely engineered materials with novel sizes, shapes, and physical and chemical properties. The Aero Select provides the technology to detect airborne particles of a variety of sizes and properties.


The Aero Select is powerful enough to measure particles across the entire aerosol range, with the ability to determine concentrations of particles during processes like combustion, and distinguish man-made particles against a background of naturally-occurring aerosols. The technology is accurate enough to detect target substances against background atmospheric aerosols by a factor of 20,000-to-1.


The device’s size and shape make it convenient to transport, while a simplifi ed installation process and a 24-hour programmable timer provide an auto-start option if delayed operation is needed. With 12 Cascading size channels, the Aero Select minimizes sampling errors caused by turbulence and corrosion, as the design reduces time and costs associated with analytical testing.


“Whether it’s electronic and industrial manufacturing, scientifi c research or environmental monitoring, the Aero Select offers a powerful atmospheric testing tool that stands to improve productivity, effi ciency and most of all, safety,” Baker said.


Ancon Technologies’ Aero Select follows up on its revolutionary Nanotechnology Molecular Tagging system, which can be programmed to detect specifi c molecular markers. The NMT technology, and its variants can be used to detect atmospheric levels of everything from chemicals used in explosives to the biological molecules that indicate disease.


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Servomex has launched the SERVOTOUGH Laser 3 Plus range, the world’s smallest cross-stack Tunable Diode Laser (TDL) gas analysers which can be specifi cally optimized for combustion, ammonia slip and process control applications.


The new Combustion version is the latest addition to the range and can be optimised for O2, CO, or for a combination of CO and CH4 measurements. The Combustion CO and Combustion CO+CH4 models are a must for safety and control applications in gas-fi red, oil-fi red and coal-fi red processes. They can monitor CO in fl ue gas to trim oxygen levels and optimise combustion effi ciency and safety. The CO+CH4 version will also monitor light-off and running conditions to maximise safety.


The Combustion O2 version is optimised to measure oxygen in fl ue gas to control oxygen levels and optimize combustion effi ciency. Uniquely, it uses up to two absorbance lines to measure oxygen from ambient to 1500oC, utilising air or nitrogen purge gases.


Advanced, Portable Aerosol Sampling Device Unveiled


The Process O2 and CO versions monitor oxygen and carbon monoxide in processes where such monitoring is vital for the safe, effi cient and reliable running of the process, and is essential for safety applications. Using Servomex’s own cuvette line lock technology, it offers the most reliable solution for safety applications.


Working in gas-fi red, oil-fi red and coal-fi red processes, the emissions control Laser 3 Plus monitors ammonia slip in catalytic or non-catalytic NOX reduction systems, and is a must for low measurement ppm applications.


All versions offer the benefi ts of fast response times, simple installation, low maintenance, annual verifi cation, no contact with the process and average measurement across the process.


Rhys Jenkins, Photometric Product Manager at Servomex, said: “Based around Servomex’s revolutionary Laser 3 Plus platform developed at our UK Technical Centre, the Laser 3 Plus analyzer range is a remarkable ninety per cent smaller and eighty per cent lighter than many other comparable TDL analyzers, while offering improved measurement availability and safety integration.


“As a consequence, the Laser 3 Plus’s compact size and dramatically reduced footprint offers unparalleled installation fl exibility and a host of cost and performance benefi ts.”


Targeted at gas analysis in the hydrocarbon processing, fi red process and power generation market sectors, the Laser 3 Plus is an upgrade of Servomex’s MiniLaser range.


The Laser 3 Plus analysers join the SERVOTOUGH Laser range of TDL analyzers, providing the same industry-leading performance delivered by Servomex’s in-situ cross stack and extractive monitors.


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