HI-Q Environmental Products Company

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HI-Q Environmental Products Company (HI-Q) has been a leading manufacturer of high quality Air Sampling Equipment, Systems, & Accessories since 1973.  HI-Q started primarily as a manufacturer of activated carbon cartridges and high/low volume air sampling pumps intended to be used as “Record Samplers” in the collection of radioiodine and radioactive dust particulate.  Over the past 33 years, HI-Q’s product line evolved into a complete list of air monitoring products, air sampling services and accessories for ambient air and stack sampling applications.

One of HI-Q’s major stepping stones, over 20 years ago, was the introduction of the maintenance free, brushless motor blower to its line of outdoor high volume Total Suspended Particulate (TSP) air samplers.  HI-Q’s introduction of the brushless motor blower, along with many other advantages, eliminated the monthly routine for technicians to change motor brushes during continuous air sampling projects.  With the brushless motor blower also came the ability to electronically control the motor speed which then opened the doors for instantaneous electronic volumetric flow rate and total volume display.  These new technologies lead to HI-Q’s development of its first maintenance free High Volume Pump Air Sampler with fully automatic flow control (HVP-AFC-Series). 

As a recognized industry leader in the design and manufacture of air samplers/movers, HI-Q, at the special request of their customers, has successfully integrated many independent real-time radiation detection devices for complete, turn-key, radiation detection/recording systems.  One of the most recent and ongoing examples of this, is HI-Q’s direct involvement with US EPA’s National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory (NAREL), to manufacture and install environmental radiological air monitoring instrumentation systems across the United States for the US EPA’s national Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring System (ERAMS) network.

Since September 11, 2001, HI-Q has also played a critical role in the development of air monitoring products geared toward the government’s attempt to better secure the US against acts of terrorism.  Since January of 2003, HI-Q has manufactured and deployed to government specified cities over 1000 independent, outdoor biohazard Portable air Sampling Units (PSU).  In comparative tests, EPA representatives have rated HI-Q’s PSU as the “Gold-Standard” on performance, price, and reliability.

In addition to a long list of commercial users in the Nuclear, Medical, Environmental, and Industrial Hygiene Industries, HI-Q continues to work very closely with many widely recognized U.S. National Laboratories, Specialty Agencies and Defense Branches in the design, development, and installation of complete air sampling systems.  HI-Q has and will continue to assist many independent municipality groups, such as First Responders, Emergency Response Teams and Civil Support Teams with their deployment and development of emergency response (air sampling) kits.

HI-Q is ready to help with your stack sampling requirements:

Nuclear facilities are required to follow standard protocol for sampling their effluent.  Possible emission of radionuclide to the general public has to be monitored in a systematic and acceptable manner.  The current requirements and guidelines for sampling in nuclear stacks and ducts are laid down in ANSI N13.1 1999.   HI-Q Environmental Products Company’s product line includes complete sampling systems, consisting of multiple types of probes, transport lines, sampling pumps and flow controllers. We recommend, design and supply complete systems.  HI-Q Environmental Products Company is able to make stack-sampling systems design suggestions by receiving your sampling requirements and operating conditions.

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Biomedical, Chemical & Pharmaceutical

HI-Q Environmental Product Company provides air sampling instrumentation & systems for several niche applications in a number of disciplines in the broad area of 'Life Sciences'. In the Biomedical, Chemical, & Pharmaceutical industries, HI-Q has marketed instrumentation for certain applications for many years. Our ambient, in-door breathing level air samplers, commonly known in the industry as 'Goose-Neck' or 'Giraffe' air samplers have been instrumental in analyzing workplace exposure. HI-Q has also developed accurate pre & post heap filtration stack sampling systems to aid laboratories in inventory control & atmospheric exposure monitoring for chemicals such as Radio Iodine.

Defense/Military

From portable hand held battery operated to rugged field deployable, military organizations worldwide rely of HI-Q air sampling systems & accessories during research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) and for reliable protection of personnel from Nuclear Biological Chemical threats. HI-Q’s emergency response air sampling kits have offered the Defense & Military Industries a way of recognizing, determining and identifying the presence of harmful biological & nuclear treats.

Emergency Response

From portable hand held battery operated to rugged field deployable air sampling systems, Emergency Response and First Responder Team’s worldwide rely of HI-Q air sampling systems & accessories during emergency response situations for reliable protection of personnel from Nuclear Biological Chemical threats. HI-Q’s emergency response air sampling kits have offered First Responders and other Emergency Response teams a way of recognizing, determining and identifying the presence of harmful biological & Nuclear treats.

Energy/Utilities

Finding efficient ways to generate, deliver and consume energy resources while reducing pollution is an ongoing quest for the Energy & Utility Industries. HI-Q has developed instrumentation geared toward monitoring emissions and the dispersal of pollutants from power plants and industrial facilities. HI-Q base-line & stack sampling equipment has been used in studies to identify and track the spread of pollutants around the globe.

Environment

Researchers and Engineers utilize HI-Q air sampling equipment and systems for analyzing and investigating environments around the world.  Data collected by HI-Q air sampling systems have provided critical information in the identification and prevention of pollution. HI-Q offers a line of high volume (TSP-Type) air sampling systems for data collection in perimeter monitoring & industrial emissions monitoring applications.

Fire & Police

Fire service and law enforcement workers frequently face unknown chemical and biological hazards.  Internal emergency response personnel must assess the situation before committing a rescue or control team. Today, the treat of biological agents is real.  Accurate situation assessment is of paramount importance when responding to an emergency or control situation.  HI-Q’s emergency response air sampling kits have offered Fire and Police emergency response teams a way of recognizing, determining and identifying the presence of harmful biological & nuclear treats.

Government

HI-Q serves the needs of various government agencies with a wide range of application-specific, customized air sampling products.  HI-Q works directly with governmental agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DOD) & Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop situation specific, cutting edge air sampling products to help recognize potential treats. Since September 11, 2001, HI-Q continues to have an ongoing relationship with the EPA & DHS by continually working on government-funded projects for the development of airborne biohazard collection systems. HI-Q Environmental Products Company plays an instrumental role in $11.5 million dollar contract awarded by the US-EPA in support of its National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory (NAREL) for the manufacturing and installation of all the ERAMS (Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring System), RADNET as of 2006, units being installed across the country today.

Nuclear

Since 1973, HI-Q has directly and successfully served the commercial nuclear industry worldwide with reliable, High Quality (HI-Q), continuous duty air sampling equipment, systems and accessories. For over 30 years, our products, professional design capability, and consumables have been used in remote & internal air monitoring programs including stack sampling system designs which implement the “shrouded probe” per ANSI N13.1 1999 design specifications.

HI-Q offers the highest quality & tested TEDA impregnated carbon cartridges for the collection of radioiodine in the industry.  Each batch of filter media is tested in cartridge format by Environmental Engineering & Testing, Inc., an independent laboratory, according to the American Society for Testing of Material’s retention efficiency test method ASTM-D-3803-98, Sect 12.  The tests are performed in cartridge format at 5 individual flow rate points (0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, & 4.0 SCFM), at both a 18-Hour Pre-Equilibration & a 168-Hour (7 day) Pre-Equilibration for a total of 10 tests, with one duplicate confirmation test point at 2.0 SCFM, through 11 separate carbon cartridges manufactured from a random sampling of HI-Q’s latest batch of 8 x 16 mesh TEDA impregnated carbon, LOT# Specific.  A cumulative performance curve is included with each report.  Copies of each lot specific, individual test reports are available from HI-Q.

QUALITY ASSURANCE:  HI-Q Environmental Products Company manufacturers all of its cartridges under an ISO 9001:2000 Certified quality assurance program.  Following the procedures set forth in their Quality Assurance Program ensures repeatable performance and dimensions of each cartridge manufactured.  HI-Q specifically has each individual lot of carbon and silver zeolite, from which the individual cartridges are made, randomly tested and certified by an independent testing laboratory at multiple sample flow rate points through the most common geometry of cartridges utilized in the nuclear industry.  The Lot-Specific test results are included with each customer order.

Occupational Health & Safety

HI-Q considers the responsibility for worker health and safety to be of paramount importance.  This is a responsibility that requires good documentation of facts.  Many studies are conducted to evaluate workplace health and safety conditions as they relate to workers exposure to radiation, chemicals, and biological hazards during the normal work day.  HI-Qs wide line of air sampling equipment, systems and accessories are used in the monitoring then documentation of these workplaces.

Universities, Colleges & Professional Schools

HI-Q realizes and supports the efforts of higher education with a variety of air sampling equipment, systems and accessories.  Many of instruments are used as teaching aids for future Health Physicists, Radiation Safety Officers, Industrial Hygienist, Environmental Engineers and other industrial disciplines.