Air Monitoring - UK Focus The Future of Monitor Labs Air Quality Analysers


SupportingU, one of the UK’s leading Air Quality Monitoring companies has recently purchased the rights to manufacture and distribute ML & CM analyser spare parts from Casella Measurement (UK), securing the continued operation of ML & CM Analyser equipment and removing any need to unnecessarily replace existing air quality analysers with new equipment.


SupportingU are now the global manufacturer and distributor for all Monitor Labs and Casella Monitor spare parts and production will take place from a dedicated facility within their UK Headquarters in St Albans, Herts. Current users of these Air Quailty analysers are therefore safe in the knowledge that all parts will be produced using the original drawings, tooling and test procedures to the same quality standards set out by Casella Measurement and as used in the type approved analysers. The range of air quality monitors that will benefit from this deal are the: CM2010 Ozone Analyser; CM2030 Carbon Dioxide Analyser; CM2041 Nitrogen Oxides Analyser; CM2050 Sulphur Dioxide Analyser; ML 8800; ML 9800.


“We are acutely aware of the extensive capital investment made by many local authorities into the Casella Measurement range of equipment” said David Mackay, MD SupportingU. “Casella analysers are some of the most widely used air quality monitors throughout the country being both MCertified and approved for use within the AURN, which is why we were so keen to ensure their future operation.”


“Some air quality service providers have suggested that the ML range of equipment is obsolete” said David “but by investing in this new venture, SupportingU have guaranteed the future of Monitor Labs air quality monitoring equipment which means that customers should not need to replace their existing equipment for many years to come.”


With approximately 1000 ML analysers currently in use within the UK, the estimated cost saving to Local Authorities is in excess of £7 million. 26364pr@reply-direct.com


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The Complete Solution to Particulate Sampling


Air sampling is commonly carried out to ensure that workplace or environmental air is meeting regulatory standards and to help Occupational Hygiene and Health & Safety professionals assess employee exposure to airborne hazards, especially particulates. With 50 years of leading the world in air sampling technologies, SKC (UK) can offer a range of kits to suit both workplace and environmental particulate sampling.


The SKC Dust Kits are ideal for workplace sampling for dusts from metals, woods, foodstuffs, stone, cement and others. The kits include the small and lightweight IOM Sampler for inhalable and respirable dusts, which closely simulates the way in which airborne particles are inhaled through the nose and mouth. A Cyclone is also included, specifically designed for respirable dust which eliminates the effects of ambient wind speed and orientation. Complete the kit with our extensive range of pumps.


The EPAM-5000 is an easy to use, complete portable solution for environmental monitoring of particulates. Supplied in a compact, rugged, watertight carry case with a choice of a PM10, PM2.5 or PM1.0 sampling head the internal sample pump can operate for up to 24 hours on one battery charge or continuously using the AC adaptor.


Also, available in the SKC range is the DPS Kit for ambient PM10 and PM2.5 sampling. Supplied in a compact, heavy duty lockable case it meets the needs for monitoring remote locations or indoor air sampling. The kit includes the sample pump, providing 24 hours continuous monitoring, and everything else you need including a sampling head, filter cassettes, calibration adaptor, charger and tubing.


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Logging on the Roof of the World


Tinytag data loggers (UK) have a reputation for robustness and durability, and nowhere are these attributes more important than for those used as a key part of environmental research in the world’s highest mountain region, the Himalayas.


The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development is an international non- governmental organisation that works to reduce poverty and improve the livelihoods of people living in mountain regions. The ICIMOD is using Tinytags to help evaluate glacial contributions to stream flow in the Himalayas, as part of the Cryosphere Monitoring Project which is funded by the Royal Norwegian Embassy.


Dr. Joseph Shea is a glacier hydrologist with ICIMOD responsible for the Project which also covers the management of automatic meteorological and hydrological stations. Debris-covered glaciers exist throughout the Himalayas and field studies show that the presence of thick debris cover insulates the ice beneath from melt. However recent remote sensing studies have demonstrated that the debris covered areas are melting at the same rate as the clean-ice areas. The Tinytag loggers are being used to examine the heat conductivity of the debris layer, a parameter which is required to model the glacier melt, and to help solve this apparent mystery.


Two Tinytag Plus dual channel temperature loggers each used with two flexible thermistor probes have been installed at two sites on the tongue of the Langtang Glacier, which is in Langtang Valley north of Kathmandu, Nepal. They are monitoring temperatures at the surface of the debris layer and at the ice/debris interface every 20 minutes, and will be retrieved for analysis after a period of about 7 months. The recorded data will be used to estimate the thermal conductivity of the debris layer, which allows researchers to quantify the amount of heat transferred to the ice and the resulting melt.


As a robust, weatherproof sensor, Tinytags fit the bill for the rough climate and terrain in the area. As Dr. Shea comments, “At 4700 metres you get intense heat, cold, rain, and snow in all seasons – and sometimes in one day! We were confident of leaving the loggers to record reliably, and set up was simple.”


Another Tinytag will also be installed at the ICMOD Knowledge Park at Godavari, Nepal, which is a 30-hectare park attracting over 5000 visitors a year. The Park is a repository for important biodiversity resources and a practical venue for testing sustainable technologies and farming practices, and demonstrating them to farmers, researchers, students, and development practitioners. The logger will be an interesting added feature for the Park with details as to how it is being used.


Manufactured in the UK, data loggers in the Tinytag range monitor environmental parameters including temperature, humidity,


power usage and CO2 in a range of applications and industries across the world. Recorded data is downloaded to a PC via a USB cable and viewed with easy to use Tinytag Explorer software. 26378pr@reply-direct.com


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