AQMS Articles
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New improvements on the OPANA model by using World Wide Web resources
In recent years, an extraordinary interest has grown within the scientific community to improve the operational versions of complex mesoscale urban and regional models. One of the most important limitations of the operational versions of such types of models are found in the convenient updating of boundary conditions for sufficiently long forecasting periods. Downloading boundary conditions from ...
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Buying AQM Equipment or AQ Data? It’s Your Choice
In the traditional approach to air quality monitoring, those “who wants to know” have also owned and maintained the monitoring equipment generating the answers. This approach worked quite fine as long as the user had the budget to invest in the equipment and an organization large enough to maintain it. However, recent years’ slimmed organizations have opened up for an ...
By OPSIS AB
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Centralised QA for CEM applications using AQM software
ABSTRACT: This paper illustrates how software developed for ambient Air Quality Monitoring (AQM) applications has been used to provide a readily available and field tested solution for CEM reporting requirements. Data processing to produce CEM compliance reports can be a significant task, requiring greater resource than the operation and maintenance of the CEM equipment itself. Where CEM ...
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken: A History of the U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards
ABSTRACT In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Air & Waste Management Association, this review examines the history of air quality management (AQM) in the United States over the last century, with an emphasis on the ambient standards programs established by the landmark 1970 Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments. The current CAA system is a hybrid of several distinct air pollution control ...
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CPCB to Validate Sensor-Based Air Quality Monitoring System??
Rapid economic growth has brought many benefits to India; but the environment has suffered, exposing the population to serious air pollution. The consequences of pollution have led to poor urban air quality in many Indian cities. The air pollution and the resultant air quality can be attributed to emissions from transportation, industrial and domestic activities. Due to pollution, the ambient ...
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Hanoi (Vietnam): Cairsens PM micro-sensors help increase air quality monitoring coverage - Case Study
Client: City of Hanoi Context: Extending coverage of AQMS stations network Solution: Cairnet mini-stations + Cairsens micro-sensors (PM10, PM2.5, etc.) Air pollution in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi has worsened recently according to measurements recorded by the AQMS stations network of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. They have indeed recorded orange alerts, causing a ...
By ENVEA
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What is the difference between a gas analyser and a gas monitor?
Technically, there does not have to be any difference at all. However, semantically, “analysis” might suggest something more scientific with higher precision and better performance than a simple “monitor” which possibly suggests a more indicative output where precision is of less importance. With that said, the two words “analyser” and “monitor” ...
By OPSIS AB
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Solar AQMS - World`s 1st solar powered AQMS station - Case Study
Well known for its pioneering role with regards to sustainable innovation, ENVEA is the first manufacturer in the world offering tropical climate class air pollution monitors. Furthermore, as they can be 24V power supplied and significantly reduced energy use, the e-Series monitors have made possible the building of a complete solar powered AQMS station. Installed since June in ...
By ENVEA
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Old container, new station: WS600 part of air quality measurement system in Kutaisi
An AQM station including a Lufft WS600 all-in-one weather sensor was installed by our local system integrator ELKO LLC in Kutaisi, Georgia in May 2017. It was mounted on an existing measurement container provided by the customer LEPL National Environmental Agency. The system consists of a Fidas® 200 fine dust monitor and immission measurement system detecting PM2.5 and PM10 particles from ...
By OTT HydroMet
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Old container, new station: WS600 part of air quality measurement system in Kutaisi - Case Study
An AQM station including a Lufft WS600 all-in-one weather sensor was installed by our local system integrator ELKO LLC in Kutaisi, Georgia in May 2017. It was mounted on an existing measurement container provided by the customer LEPL National Environmental Agency. The system consists of a Fidas® 200 fine dust monitor and immission measurement system detecting PM2.5 and PM10 particles from ...
By OTT HydroMet
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Old container, new station: WS600 part of air quality measurement system in Kutaisi - Case Study
An AQM station including a Lufft WS600 all-in-one weather sensor was installed by our local system integrator ELKO LLC in Kutaisi, Georgia in May 2017. It was mounted on an existing measurement container provided by the customer LEPL National Environmental Agency. The system consists of a Fidas® 200 fine dust monitor and immission measurement system detecting PM2.5 and PM10 particles from ...
By OTT HydroMet
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AQM for Local Authorities: Hidden costs
Legislation and increasing public scrutiny are focusing on the roles and responsibilities of local authorities in air quality management. In 2019 the Guardian published an article stating that five people die each week in Bristol as a result of high levels of air pollution and that “83% of reporting zones in the UK had illegal levels [of air pollution]”. As air quality monitoring ...
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Ambient Air Monitoring System: A Professor in Managing Air Quality
Air is a combination of gases with a constant percentage of each component. The appropriate balance of gases in the air is critical for living creatures. When dangerous elements, i.e., pollutants, are added to the air, the composition of the air changes. Air pollution has a lot of negative health effects. The Air Quality Monitoring System reduces the number of pollutants to a safe level. This ...
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FPI on the Day for Ozone Layer: Concise Solution Makes Big Progress
September 16th, World Ozone Day, is also known as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. The ozone layer is the second layer of the stratosphere, which is the mass of protective gases clinging to our planet. Protecting the ozone layer is for the good of every creature on the planet because of its great capability in trapping ultraviolet radiation (UV light), which may ...
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AQM at 40°C below Zero!
Most people think of the Arctic as a highly pristine clean environment, but this is not always the case. During the long dark Arctic winter, the urban atmosphere can become extremely polluted. Indeed, at some point during the year, the remote Alaskan city of Fairbanks turns into the most polluted city in the whole of the US. This is due to the very cold Arctic winter when emissions of gases and ...
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AQMS PILOT PLANT UPDATE: PLATING CELLS INSTALLATION AND MORE
Progress at Aqua Metals’ fully integrated lithium-ion pilot system, located at the company’s Innovation Center in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center in Nevada, continues at a rapid pace. Our copper, manganese dioxide, nickel and cobalt plating cells have been installed, as well as a leaching system, precipitation tank, filtration units, and holding tanks. Over the next few weeks we will ...
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Comparative assessment of the AQSPEC field evaluation reports
Air Quality Sensor Performance Evaluation Center (AQSPEC - http://www.aqmd.gov/aq-spec) was established by the South Coast AQM as a programme to inform the general public about the actual performance of commercially available “low-cost” sensors. The objective of AQSPEC programme is to carry out a complete characterization of the currently available “low-cost” sensors. In ...
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ET`s Acquisition of Casella Monitor’s UK Service & Maintenance Business - The Real Story
On 30th March 2012 ET and Casella Monitor completed an agreement whereby ET acquired the UK service and maintenance business for air quality monitoring from Casella. The agreement included the transfer of all 6 field based Casella Monitor’s Service Engineers to ET, all of Casella Monitor’s service contracts for air quality monitoring support and the entire stock of Casella’s ...
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Relief for Allergy Sufferers: AQM Stations from Plair Visualize Pollen
The prevalence of pollen allergy is vast, attaining 25-30% of the population worldwide, and this number continues to grow. Symptoms include rhino-conjunctivitis, asthma and eczema. Plair’s Rapid-E system powered with artificial intelligence provides real-time pollen measurements together with other particle present in the air to better alert allergic population and improve quality of life. ...
By OTT HydroMet
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Over 130 AQMS stations for the Turkish Ministry of Environment - Case Study
Customer: Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Installation: Turkey National Air Quality Monitoring Network ...
By ENVEA
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