Oizom Instruments Pvt. Ltd. applications
As of 2018, 33.2% of the Indian population resides in urban areas. Hence, the expansion of cities has led to an increase in automobiles, industrial production, and rapid deforestation. Consequently, air pollution and environmental deterioration have reached an alarming stage. One of the fundamental features of smart cities is providing a sustainable environment. Rapid urbanization and industrialization have made it quintessential to monitor the environmental parameters. The major problem in environmental monitoring is real-time data acquisition through durable and accurate monitoring equipment. Hence, Compact Air Quality Monitoring Sensors play an important role in Environmental Monitoring for Smart cities.
Smart homes and campuses are common concepts nowadays. Therefore, Air quality and ambient atmosphere are among the key criteria in choosing a residential area. An average person spends 10-14 hours of his day at home. Hence, it is necessary to ensure that it is clean, dust-free, and healthy. With increased environmental pollution, people are more inclined towards being aware of its impact on their health. Increased urbanization and auto mobilizing have made it prominently essential to keep their outdoor activities in check during peak pollution hours. However, the lack of outdoor air quality monitors to spread awareness and adequate information about the surrounding environment restricts them from taking appropriate actions.
Chemical and biological treatment of the influents in a wastewater treatment plant (STP, ETP, CETP) emit toxic gaseous odourants. These odours consist of a complex composition of gases such as Hydrogen Sulfide, Ammonia, Methyl Mercaptan, and different VOCs. Emitted odourants affect the human nervous system over a period of time and also cause a nuisance in the surrounding areas. Subsequently, odour indicates a malfunction in the wastewater treatment process. There is an urgent need for real-time monitoring of these odour emissions. It hepls to mitigate their effect on human health as well as to optimize the treatment process.
Students spend more than 25% of their day at School and University campuses. Poor air quality levels at the school campuses put the most vulnerable group at the highest risk. UNICEF and WHO have stated that young lungs are more susceptible to air pollution. Exposure at a young age when the immune system is weaker may lead to permanent respiratory health issues such as asthma and lung cancer. This renders air monitoring essential in and around the school and university campus.
With the rapid increase in Aviation, it’s important to ensure Air Quality levels at Airports and their vicinity is regulated. Hence, by installing a network of real-time air quality monitoring systems, we can identify the environmental health of the airports. Also, through the generated data, the Airport authorities can derive air action plans. The data helps determine the impact of aircraft emissions on the airport staff and passengers. Consequently, the collected air quality data needs to identify carbon footprints and ensure that pollution levels are within permissible limits. Data-driven decisions like automation of HVAC systems at the airport & penalties for heavily polluting aircraft can be generated through the Air Quality sensor network data.
Vehicular emissions are the major sources of urban pollution and also affect about 55% of the total human population. The emissions from motor vehicles contribute to hazardous pollutants like nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and suspended particulate matter. These pollutants cause respiratory diseases and increase the chances of life-threatening diseases amongst the citizens.
Environmental Impact Assessment is compliance for any polluting manufacturing industry. Changes in weather conditions and wind speed, resulting in the monitoring of dust-particulates and gases. They escape from downwind direction which becomes a problem. Additionally, for large-area manufacturing sites, the required number of air-monitoring points is quite high. The absence of fenceline monitoring makes it difficult to track all possible emissions. Also, high investment and running cost limits the usage of analyzer based reference monitoring stations.
Today, many industrial activities have significant environmental aspects. These aspects have environmental impacts that seldom create irreversible damage to mother nature. Lack of process control, irregular maintenance, or over-burdened design considerations give rise to many environmental violations. Air pollution is one key element that is often challenging for the organization to deal with. The absence of real-time air monitoring delays corrective actions and hence, affects the industry’s vision of protecting the environment.
