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Environmental Analysis
An Air of Optimism at Analytica 2010
Analytica 2010 closed its gates in Munich, Germany with nearly 33,000 visitors from 120 countries. An audience of highly qualified visitors and an increase in the number of exhibitors to 1,038 companies from 37 countries created an atmosphere of optimism in the industry. Visitors gave the fair top marks: They confirmed analytica as the industry’s leading trade fair and praised it for the presence of all key players. The scientific analytica Conference held in conjunction with the fair and the extensive program of related events saw an increase in attendance, and the audience of international professionals was convinced by both their content and their quality.
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The organisers of WWEM 2010, the world’s largest environmental monitoring event, have announced that this year’s event will include a dedicated Conference for the laboratory sector.
Focusing on efficiency, sustainability and accreditation, the Conference will address the key issues facing commercial laboratories in the new low-carbon, post-recession era and will be most relevant to analytical staff within the water, food/beverage, manufacturing, processing and environmental sectors.
Laboratory efficiency
With pressure on the costs of analytical services and demand from customers for faster results, efficiency has long been the key to success for laboratories. However, during 2009 improved efficiency provided a path to survival for commercial laboratories around the world and as countries emerge from recession the most efficient will be in the best position to prosper. The Lab Conference at WWEM 2010 will therefore examine ways to improve efficiency, particularly within the context of laboratory upgrade and new lab design.
Accreditation
Myriad standards, regulations and guidelines apply to analytical laboratories and the Lab Conference will examine the ways in which these can contribute to the overall success of a laboratory.
Sustainability The UK government has pledged that emissions of greenhouse gases will be cut by 80% CO2 equivalent (measured against 1990 levels) by 2050. However, over the same period Britain’s population is expected to grow between 15%
to 30% and it is likely that most industries will be required to meet higher quality and environmental standards – all driving up energy consumption. It follows, therefore, that all industries and their supply chains will be under pressure to reduce energy costs and contribute to the Government’s target.
Analytical laboratories have an important role to play in the achievement of sustainability objectives. Firstly by reducing the carbon footprint of their own activities, including the delivery of samples and results, and secondly through the provision of test data to inform operational decisions.
WWEM 2010
Taking place over two days (10th and 11th November) at the Telford International Centre, the Conference will be repeated on both days. Admission to the Lab Conference will cost £55/day or £100 for both days. Registered attendees will also have access to a parallel Conference at WWEM focusing on online monitoring and entitled: ’Water Monitoring in the 21st Century.’
1. Evolution User’s neck adapts over time, enabling head to turn 180° so that user can constantly monitor rotary evaporator, while simultaneously trying to undertake other tasks. Not regarded as a forward- looking development, for obvious reasons.
2. Revolution
Combination of Genevac Rocket Evaporator and Sample Genie evaporates or concentrates up to six large sample
volumes at a time, perfectly and without any supervision. User, now a much more advanced species, is busy
doing something else.
The Rocket age has arrived
www.genevac.com/Rocket
New Automated Soil Flux Network
ADC BioScientific (UK) specialist in the design and manufacture of high quality environmental research instrumentation has introduced a new, Automated Soil Flux Network.
Natural biomass respiration from soil is a major source of carbon
dioxide (CO2). Understanding soil CO2 flux and its relationship with other sources and sinks within the carbon cycle are currently subject to increasing scientific scrutiny in relation to global climatic change.
The new Automated Soil CO2 Exchange System (ACE) is designed for the long-term, unattended monitoring of soil flux.
The automated design of the ACE Station allows the area of soil being analysed to be exposed to ambient conditions between measurement cycles.
Each ACE Station features a highly accurate CO2 infrared gas analyser housed directly inside the soil chamber assembly. This design ensures the fastest possible response times to CO2 changes, avoids potential gas “hang-ups” in long lengths of tubing and is incredibly power efficient as there is no requirement to pump gas from a soil chamber to a separate analyser.
Each ACE Station is a complete, fully integrated soil flux system comprising the soil chamber and arm that pivots from the control panel.
The ACE Station is easy to set up and program in either an Open or a Closed mode configuration. Sensors for measuring PAR, soil moisture and soil temperature may also be connected to each ACE Station.
Up to 30 ACE Stations can be connected together, via a Master Control Unit, in an ACE Network that can cover a 200m diameter experimental area. The Master Control Unit can program and power all the ACE Stations as well as store data at one central point. However, as all soil flux measurements are made locally at each ACE Station, there are no long lengths of gas connections making the ACE Networks both highly accurate and very power efficient.
This powerful and sophisticated research system will prove an invaluable tool in enhancing our understanding of a host of global, environmental change issues.
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WWEM 2010 will also include a programme of more than 70 Workshops and an international Exhibition featuring the majority of the world’s leading providers of test and monitoring instrumentation and services. Entry to the exhibition and workshops will be free (saving a daily admission fee of £20) to all pre-registered visitors, who will also be entitled to free onsite parking, free lunches and refreshments on both days of the event.
The WWEM 2010 organisers have reported that the majority of the stands at the exhibition have already been reserved and that the remainder are being allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Further details are available at
www.wwem.uk.com
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