Air & Climate News

Biorem Inc. (TSX-V: BRM) (“BIOREM” or “the Company”) announces that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Tus-Material Group to market globally their ultrafiltration membranes. Ultrafiltration membranes provide a barrier to contaminants in water including suspended solids and pathogens such as cryptosporidium, E. coli, and viruses. Tus-Material Group membranes ...

Jun. 20, 2017

By Biorem Technologies Inc.

There are three drain monitoring systems installed on the Northampton site which are serviced quarterly by Partech Engineers. There are regulations set by government entities to protect life and the environment and so the systems are in place to monitor for accidental contamination spillage making it’s way down the drains and into the River Nene. The systems installed on the site are able ...

Jun. 22, 2017

By Partech (Electronics) Ltd.

The award-winning collaborative project involved real-time, in-furnace thermal imaging using AMETEK Land’s Near Infrared Borescope (NIR-B) to optimise furnace operations at Encirc’s Elton site in Cheshire, UK.     “We are delighted to win this award. It is a testament to the three ...

Jun. 22, 2017

By AMETEK Land

Optomec, a leading global supplier of production-grade additive manufacturing systems for 3D printed electronics and 3D printed metals, today announced that the company was awarded a NASA SBIR contract for the further development of an Adaptive Laser Sintering System (ALSS)  The success of this endeavor will ...

Jun. 22, 2017

By Optomec Inc.

To ensure the durability of EMIRS 50 infrared sources, Axetris subjects device components to various stress tests. One quality test that has made a name for itself, particularly in the USA, is the HALT – Highly Accelerated Life Test. Capnography,  ...

Jun. 22, 2017

By Axetris Ag

After almost 20 years of reliable service a Gasmet FTIR multigas analyzer has finally been retired. The instrument, which is a Gasmet 9540 was purchased at the end of the last century by VTT, the Technical Research Centre of Finland. “We have utilised this analyzer in a variety of research projects over the years and it has performed extremely well. However, some of the spare parts are no ...

Jun. 22, 2017

By Gasmet Technologies Oy

UL Environment, a division of UL (Underwriters Laboratories), a global safety science leader, announced official recognition as a TSCA Title VI Third-Party Certifier (TPC) under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products final rule. TSCA Title VI requires producers of hardwood plywood, particle board, medium density ...

Jun. 21, 2017

By UL Environment

The Minamata Convention on Mercury (Convention), a global treaty aimed at scaling down mercury use and production developed by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), recently surpassed the 50-country threshold required for it to become legally binding for all of its parties.  This occurred on May 18, 2017, when the European Union (EU) and seven of its member states ...

Jun. 20, 2017

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Markes International (Llantrisant, UK) has announced that its automated air-monitoring systems for both canister and tube sampling have been officially endorsed by the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection. This cements their long-standing reputation as high-performance, well-designed and cost-effective technologies for the analysis of volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds (VOCs and ...

Jun. 19, 2017

By Markes International Ltd

Recent co-location comparison trials using the latest AQMesh processing (v4.2.3) have further proven AQMesh performance with impressive R2 values in excess of O.8 and 0.9 for NO2 in Benelux, Slovakia and ...

Jun. 19, 2017

By AQMesh

AMETEK Land’s innovative use of real-time, in-furnace thermal imaging for Encirc saw them win in the Innovative Solution category – sponsored by Glass Technology Services Ltd – at the Glass Focus Awards 2017. ...

Jun. 16, 2017

By AMETEK Land

AMETEK Land reveals in its latest engineering brief how power plant operators can benefit from opacity monitoring systems to verify that they are compliant with global and national emissions limits. The brief, which is available at https://www.landinst.com/documents/1217, outlines how power-generation plant operators must ...

Jun. 15, 2017

By AMETEK Land

We invite you to attend our webinar introducing the Thermo Scientific™ Q250 SEM. The Q250 SEM is the advanced, flexible solution for current and future research applications. Featuring three imaging modes, high vacuum, low vacuum and ESEM, it accommodates the widest range of samples of any SEM system. Discover how sample characterization becomes complete with fast and accurate elemental ...

Jun. 15, 2017

By Thermo Fisher Scientific

AEF has submitted a response to the Government’s consultation on its national plan for tackling nitrogen dioxide. The plan was drawn up in response to a court order that ruled that the previous strategy relied on ...

Jun. 15, 2017

By Aviation Environment Federation (AEF)

Hungary took a major step in the right direction with its National Energy Strategy to 2030, which was published in 2011. The country must now make greater use of market-based mechanisms in the energy sector to meet its goals, according to the International Energy Agency's  ...

Jun. 15, 2017

By International Energy Agency

EMLab P&K, a TestAmerica company and the leading commercial indoor air quality (IAQ) laboratory in North America, announces the expansion of services in its lab in Irvine, CA for Lead testing, including wipe, paint chip and bulk Lead samples, using flame atomic absorption spectrometry (Flame AA) Lead analysis. EMLab P&K’s lead analysis service is available to clients across the ...

Jun. 15, 2017

By EMLab P&K

Prior to the general election last Thursday 8 June, the government were urged to publish its draft plan to reduce nitrogen dioxide levels in the UK following hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of fines for not complying with EU air pollution limits. The government are finalising the consultation to reduce nitrogen dioxide in our towns and cities today, which coincidently co-insides with ...

Jun. 15, 2017

By Filtrex Global Limited

QED’s Quick-Change Orifice Plate Wellhead has revolutionised the control of landfill gas, with more accurate measurement and precise adjustment of gas flow, especially at very low rates (under 10 scfm).  Easy orifice plate exchanges take only seconds, with no time lost shutting down the control valve or retuning the well. The wellhead’s Precision Fine Tune Control Valve ...

Jun. 14, 2017

By Geotech

Protea exhibited at the Air Quality and Emissions Show in Telford on May 24th to 25th at stand numbers 13 & 14. This was the 9th Air Quality & Emissions exhibition and focused on industrial emissions and stack monitoring.  ...

Jun. 14, 2017

By Protea Limited

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are recognized as very toxic group of organic compounds, with documented carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic properties. PAHs are formed as a result of the incomplete combustion of organic materials. They are produced naturally like by wood fire, volcanoes and by human activities like coal and gasoline combustion. They are particularly prevalent in ...

Jun. 14, 2017

By Chromatotec Group