xiv UK Focus - Air Monitoring Service and Calibration Expansion with Key Appointment


Air Quality Monitors Ltd (UK) supplier of air quality monitoring equipment has recently been joined by Chris Clooney as a Senior Service & Calibration Engineer. Chris brings with him valuable experience built up in almost 10 years in the ambient air quality industry. This key appointment expands the company’s ability to broaden its range of service and calibration in air quality monitors and gas analysers. His expert technical qualifications enable him to calibrate, service and maintain a variety of analysers such as Thermo Scientifics (i/c series), Partisol, TEOM and FDMS along with air quality monitors such as API, ML, CM and MET one (BAM) instruments. Equipment will be maintained to the highest standards in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations and appropriate certification provided. We offer a unique 24 hour response time, including weekend cover to maximise data capture.


AQM Sales Director, Adam Gray, said “We are pleased to have Chris on board, his vast experience will complement our team and could cut down service and calibration costs to our customers by reducing the number of site visits required to maintain a variety of instruments”.


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Best Available Techniques for Emissions Monitoring


Osiris-Portable, Direct Reading, Airbourne Particle Sampler


One of the family of Turnkey's direct reading airborne particle monitors, Osiris is a general purpose instrument which can be used as a portable instrument or deployed in a semi- permanent installation. Fitted into a Turnkey Lamp Post Box, Osiris can be quickly deployed to study short or long term pollution hotspots in towns and cities and exceedance areas rapidly determined. Osiris will


continuously indicate the concentration of TSP, PM10, PM2.5 and PM1 particles with a resolution of 0.1 micrograms per cubic metre. In its


workplacemode, it will indicate inhalable, thoracic and respirable concentrations. Osiris has achieved the Environment Agency's MCERTS certification, ensuring its accuracy in recording data.


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Dustmate-Hand-Held Direct Reading Fume and Dust Detector


DustMate is a hand-held instrument with a very fast response which has been designed to locate sources of workplace airborne dust and fumes even at very low concentrations. Highly effective for checking air quality within buildings. Its one second time resolution also allows it to be used as a road-side indicator to identify high pollution vehicles as they pass. The instrument will continuously indicate the concentration of thoracic, inhalable and respirable particles down to 0.1 micrograms per cubic metre. In its environmental mode, it will indicate TSP, PM10, PM2.5 and PM1 concentrations.


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Topas - Turnkey Optical Particle Analysis System


Topas (Turnkey Optical Particle Analysis System) is a fixed station monitor designed to continuously record


environmental TSP, PM10, PM2.5 and PM1 particles. Topas has achieved the Environment Agency's


MCERTS certification, ensuring its accuracy in recording data. The instrument is housed in a compact, unobtrusive stainless steel wall box with


IP66 protection. Inlet heating is fitted as standard. All controls and displays are located behind a lockable door. Several sites can be networked together to form a city wide monitoring system. Sites can be connected by radio, telephone or GSM modems, or fixed wiring and controlled by one PC using AirQ software.


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Firms in the UK’s waste sector are proactively seeking Best Available Techniques for emissions monitoring, according to Enviro Technology Services (UK).


Over recent months there has been a surge in demand for sophisticated equipment, such as monitors of total gaseous mercury. The air quality and emissions monitoring specialist believes that a combination of factors, such as the recast Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) and new national standards surrounding stack emissions in the US, are driving the trend.


Anthropogenic mercury emissions – typically associated with coal or lignite-fired combustion plants - are widely recognised as a serious pollutant. Mercury has been linked to brain and nervous system defects, and its vapour can stay in the atmosphere for up to a year before combining with soil and entering the food chain.


Enviro Technology supplies an MCERTS-certified Opsis DOAS Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) that recently received TUV approval for measuring total gaseous mercury. The equipment involves a non-contact method of measurement, using an optical path.


This innovative solution overcomes problems traditionally associated with measurement of mercury emissions. Extractive CEMS struggle to provide accurate total gaseous mercury measurements due to issues surrounding chemical reactions and contamination in the sampling system.


Enviro Technology believes that industry leaders are starting to consider the lifetime value of emissions monitoring equipment, and seeking to future-proof their investment as much as possible. For instance, they are opting for equipment that is capable of lower levels of detection than is currently required by law, so that they have room to manoeuvre if things change. Factors such as the new emissions standards set by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the IED’s shift towards Best Available Techniques are playing a role in the decision making process.


Jim Budd, UK CEMS Sales Manager for Enviro Technology, says: “Emissions limits are becoming ever tighter, and the waste sector understands that it is sensible to invest in the best equipment available. Naturally this makes sense from an environmental perspective, but it is also more economically sound when you consider the lifetime value of equipment. A cheaper system might seem more cost-effective upfront, but any savings are quickly lost if the equipment has higher running costs or a shorter replacement cycle.”


The Opsis DOAS Total Gaseous Mercury system is a non-contact monitoring solution that measures mercury vapour using an optical path. In addition to total gaseous mercury, it can measure all gases listed in the Industrial Emissions Directive,


including: NOx, SO2, CO, CO2, NH3, HF and HCl. Its cost of ownership is lower than extractive systems, due to reduced maintenance and calibration requirements, easy operation and low energy consumption.


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IET September / October 2012 www.envirotech-online.com


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