Air Monitoring 41 Fast and Precise Biomass Analysis Tool


Exeter Analytical (UK) reports that its Model 440 Elemental Analyser provides a fast and precise analytical tool for the biomass industry. Identifying a particular tree, crop, grass, or algae with the chemical composition to make it an optimal biofuel candidate has traditionally been laborious and painstaking. The Exeter Analytical Model 440 Elemental Analyser can analyse a sample in as little as 6 minutes to provide precise percentage Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H) and Nitrogen (N) data. Using the percentage Hydrogen data enables easy calculation of the biomass sample gross or net calorific value. With increasing global interest in 'Carbon Trading' the determination of percentage carbon provides accurate data to enable organisations (or countries) to buy and sell carbon permits as part of a programme to reduce carbon emissions. The determination of the Nitrogen content of biomass samples using a Model 440 saves considerable time and cost with no diminishment of data quality compared with the traditional Kjeldahl nitrogen determination method.


The Model 440 is a static combustion CHN Elemental Analyser, with a unique horizontal furnace design, which enables easy removal of sample residue between each biomass analysis. Consequently one combustion tube will analyse in excess of 1000 biomass samples without the need for removal and cleaning. By comparison other elemental analysers, employing vertical furnace designs, will require cleaning after as little as 20 samples. The gas flow characteristics of the Model 440 analyser are superior to other elemental analysers due to the effective elimination of troublesome residue build-up. This thereby provides longer-term calibration stability as well as enhanced accuracy and precision for measured biomass sample data.


In addition, as the Model 440 provides complete control over combustion parameters it is able to reproducibly achieve 100% combustion with the widest range of biomass samples. Proprietary Nitrogen analysis software uniquely enables accurate measurement of low Nitrogen levels (in the 0.1-0.2% range) with a high degree of accuracy.


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WEX: A Standard in Environmental Data Acquisition & Handling Systems


Significantly Accelerated Turnaround Time for Proficiency Testing Results


Environmental Resource Associates (ERA), a Waters (USA) Business, recently completed a nine-month project to significantly reduce the turnaround time for reporting laboratory proficiency testing (PT) results. Beginning August 1, ERA’s innovative new process will allow customers to know within two business days of a study close if they pass or fail a proficiency test – nineteen days faster than before. It is imperative that laboratories receive reliable PT results as quickly as possible. Laboratories rely on proficiency tests to signal potential quality issues within their facility. A failed proficiency test could be an indicator of a problem with testing methodology, instrument, or an analyst’s performance.


Dr. Carl Craig, President of ERA, who was a driving force behind the development of the new process explained, “A laboratory’s PT results drive key decisions in the areas of air and water quality, health care, environmental management, food safety, and laboratory operations. Having faster access to study results is absolutely critical because of the larger implications when testing drinking water, air pollutants or waste water.” The two-day report turnaround is effective with ERA’s monthly proficiency testing studies that include water pollution, drinking water, air and emissions, and soil. In addition, laboratories and facilities that participate in ERA’s study for the annual Environmental Protection Agency’s Discharge Monitoring Report- Quality Assurance (DMR-QA) program will receive their study results in two business days.


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TargetView, from Markes International (UK), is an immensely powerful software package allowing accurate and automatic identification of both target and ‘unknown’ compounds in GC–MS profiles. Load in your data file and your library, and within seconds TargetView will have located your compounds of interest, saving you hours of tedious manual processing. This updated version now features an improved user interface and new fast- search option – this saves even more time by speeding up target searches against very large libraries, and minimising memory usage for complex data.


EU directives today require severe performance of environmental compliance and reporting applications. With the implementation of actual standards & regulations in the field of emission monitoring (IED, LCPD, WID, EN 14181, ISO7168, ISO8258…), plant operators have to provide the supervisory authority with highly demonstrable and auditable emission reports.


Fully compliant with international guidelines and standards, WEX DAHS from Environnement SA (France) provides breakthrough features and an easier way for its users to match these requirements: Automatic comparison with mandatory Emission Limit Values (ELVs); Automatic management of AMS calibration and QAL3 procedures (control charts Shewhart, EWMA, CUSUM); AMS drift and accuracy control (QAL3); Predefined regulation compliant reports for local authorities and also defined by users; Alarms display for raw data, averages, trends, maintenance…; Auto backup with more than 10 years of data storage; Remote diagnosis and support, hotline and secured data hosting; Integrated automated Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS), also generating the work orders.


WEX is one of the most powerful solutions for your entire CEMS: therefore you can have complete turnkey tool for an elegant environmental management.


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