x UK Focus - Air Monitoring Nuclear Development at Hinkley Point


Air Quality Monitors (UK) is proud to be working with EDF Energy on the nuclear development at Hinkley Point, Somerset. AQM has provided Indicative Particulate Monitors, which are coupled with its unique and innovative, real time, software solution, Dust Data. Dust Data not only enables EDF Energy to provide information to statutory bodies such as the Environment Agency but the software has been specially adapted by AQM to enable wider access by consultants and community partners including local authorities or county councils, giving transparency of the information being collected. AQM is commissioned to provide a complete backup service which includes servicing and calibration of the monitors.


AQM Sales Director, Adam Gray “We are delighted to be working with EDF Energy as they develop and build the next generation of power stations and we've worked hard to tailor our software to suit their needs for this exciting project. Dust Data will ensure that EDF Energy has instant access to real time data as well as providing access protocols for outside parties such as county councils and local authorities. As part of the EDF Energy supply chain, we hope to build on the work at Hinkley and provide our complete dust monitoring solutions for them on other sites”


Jamie Driver EDF Energy Senior Supply Chain Specialist said “It’s great to see AQM as part of the supply chain in the South West already delivering for the proposed new power station in Somerset. Hinkley Point C is expected to create up to 25,000 jobs and add £100 million each year to the regional economy during construction.”


AQM, formed in 2011, has grown rapidly in the last 12 months and brings together over 40 years’ experience in air quality monitoring and environmental services. This latest customer acquisition confirms AQM’s competitiveness in this industry. The company continues to grow and has recently moved to new offices in Exeter to accommodate this expansion.


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New Device Fills Gap in UK Air Quality Data


A device that plugs a gap in air quality data looks set to revolutionise the UK’s air quality monitoring market.


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The CanarIT from AirBase is a multi-sensor air quality monitoring device that has been designed as a low-cost, indicative alternative to traditional AQM stations.


The device, brought to the market by Enviro Technology Services (UK), uses nanotechnology sensors to continuously measures levels of air pollutants, transmitting the data over the internet for cloud-based storage and processing. The sensors can operate as a stand-alone monitoring station or linked to form a network. Either way, the data they transmit is analysed and widely available through a variety of channels including social networking sites and mobile phone alerts.


The first iteration of the device measures Ozone (O3), NO2, total VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) and Particulate Matter (Total Suspended Particles) as well as relative humidity, temperature and noise.


Under the Environment Act 1995 and subsequent regulations, all UK local authorities are required to review and assess the air quality in their area. Enviro Technology has sold hundreds of traditional AQMs to local authorities and via the UK National Monitoring Network, AURN. However, as ET’s Sales and Marketing Director, Duncan Mounsor argues, a standard AQM with its associated size, maintenance costs and reliance on a power supply represents a considerable investment:


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“They provide precise air quality data, which is exactly what the public would expect given the impact of air quality on our health. This new product from AirBase however, offers a low-cost, quick assessment of air quality and is a useful tool, an intermediate step, to establish the areas where air quality might be an issue before committing to a permanent AQM,” he said.


“It’s a fraction of the price, but – unlike for example, diffusion tube technology – the CanarIT gives you more than a one-off snap shot of air quality at a particular time. It offers real-time monitoring at diffusion tube prices. We think it fills a monitoring gap,” added Duncan.


Its inventors agree. Israeli-based enviro tech start-up firm, AirBase Systems describe the product as “a revolution in air quality monitoring.”


“The devices are designed for local authorities, community groups, citizen scientists and – given the dramatic reduction in device cost – even by individuals with health problems affected by air pollution,” said Liad Ortar, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at AirBase.


“For the first time, citizens and communities can take control of monitoring their own environment and share the data with the world at large. The availability of aggregated data on the internet has the potential to open everyone’s eyes to the damaging levels of air pollution that affect us all,” Liad concluded.


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Features of the CanarIT include: ease of installation (a true plug-and-play web device), low cost – approx £1000 per single module (includes set-up and first year hosting), immediate internet connectivity – GSM or Wi-Fi, in the “cloud” data processing, Social Networks plug-in, nanotech sensors, powered and hooked to LAN plugs in the internet router and sensors transmit information every 20 seconds. Any deviation from the authorised levels of pollution immediately generates an alert


Reader Reply Card No. Hydrogen Monitoring Videos


The instrumentation company Quantitech (UK) has added a range of new videos to its YouTube channel demonstrating the different applications for its unique hydrogen monitoring technology.


There are five short videos: the first explains the technology behind the H2scan solid-state sensors; the second summarises the product range and the final three explain the application for the technology in 1) a portable instrument for surveying work, 2) an in-line continuous process monitor and 3) an area monitor for health and safety applications.


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Managing Director Keith Golding says “"The main advantage of this technology is the ability to detect hydrogen against virtually any background gases without false readings or expensive support equipment, across a wide range of concentrations and temperatures with almost no cross-sensitivity to other substances."


Quantitech first introduced the H2scan hydrogen specific monitoring


technology to the UK market almost 5 years ago and Golding says that in that time, the technology has found application in health and safety, and process control applications including syngas production, hydrocarbon processing, lead acid battery monitoring, chlorine manufacture, nuclear power/waste, chrome plating, research, semiconductor and electronics manufacture, abatement exhausts, transformer oil, fuel cell technologies and hydrogen production.


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