particulate monitoring News

New web-enabled ambient particulate monitor

Ashtead Technology has added the new TSI Environmental DUSTTRAK Aerosol Monitor to its fleet of environmental monitoring equipment. Available to rent or purchase, the Environmental DustTrak is an advanced, mains or battery powered instrument for the continuous monitoring of ambient particulates, with ‘cloud’ based connectivity. “This new instrument will be ideal for a wide ...

Apr. 21, 2016

By Ashtead Technology Ltd

New TEOM particulate monitor passes equivalence tests

Specialist instrumentation company Air Monitors has announced that the new TEOM 1405-F and 1405-DF ambient particulate monitors have successfully completed a series of laboratory and field trials in the UK and Germany. The trials were part of a combined UK-Germany PM Equivalence Program to achieve both MCERTS and German UBA certification for the measurement of PM2.5 and PM10 without the need for ...

Mar. 5, 2012

The MP101M particulates monitor strengthens the Asian cooperation

Environnement S.A and his local Partners have finished the installation of a complete particulate measurement system MP101M for the monitoring of PM2.5 fine dust for the ACAP (Asia Center for Air Pollution Research) in the field of Vietnamese institute IMHEN. Environnement SA is proud that his solution has been selected for such a major challenge in Asia and continues its cooperation with the ...

Mar. 10, 2015

BAM1020 particulate monitors receive new MCERTS certificates

Air quality monitoring specialist, Enviro Technology Services is pleased to announce new MCERTS Product Conformity Certificates for its popular automatic particulate monitor, the BAM1020. The Smart Heated PM2.5 model received certification on the 14th February 2014 and is certified up to the 5th December 2018 and the Smart Heated PM10 model ...

Aug. 14, 2014

Real time monitoring using particulate samplers

Ecotech is pleased to announce the release of a real time particulate module for use with its range of particulate samplers.High Volume Air Samplers are designed to sample ambient air through a pre-weighed filter for 24 hours after which the filter is weighed and PM concentration calculated. While there are approved methods for semi-real time monitoring such as the Tapered Element Oscillating ...

May 6, 2010

By Ecotech Pty Ltd

BAM1020 particulate monitors receive new MCERTS certificates.

Air quality monitoring specialist, Enviro Technology Services is pleased to announce new MCERTS Product Conformity Certificates for its popular automatic particulate monitor, the BAM1020. The Smart Heated PM2.5 model received certification on the 14th February 2014 and is certified up to the 5th December 2018 and the Smart Heated PM10 model ...

Aug. 14, 2014

New particulate monitors will improve understanding of health effects

Globally, fine dust particles have been the focus of much greater attention in recent months as their role in deaths related to poor air quality becomes better understood. However, knowledge of the relationship between airborne particles and health effects is limited by the information that can be obtained by monitoring technologies. Jim Mills, a particulate monitoring specialist from Air ...

Apr. 10, 2013

New particulate monitor included on Australian Standards

Ecotech Pty. Ltd. and MetOne Instruments Incorporated are pleased to announce that the BAM-1020 has been approved under Australian Standard AS/NZS 3580.9.11.2008 for the determination of particulate matter, PM10, using Beta attenuation.The BAM-1020 is the currently the only instrument available on the market that has both Australian certification for PM10 and U.S. EPA certification for PM10 and ...

Jul. 10, 2008

By Ecotech Pty Ltd

Air Monitors MD speaks out on national network particulate monitor performance

Many of the adverse health effects from air pollution can be attributed to fine particulates, so the accuracy and reliability of the UK’s ambient particulate monitoring network is extremely important. Since the early 1990s, this network has relied on TEOM and more recently the TEOM-FDMS direct mass measurement technology, but Air Monitors MD Jim Mills is concerned that the reputation of ...

Jul. 9, 2013

By Ultra Electronics Nuclear Control Systems

Lab Impex launch SmartCAM their New Alpha/Beta Particulate in Air monitor

SmartCAM is the next generation Continuous Air Monitor (CAM) delivering unparalleled performance in terms of detectable limit, sensitivity and speed to alarm. SmartCAM utilises Spectral Measurement Analysis in Real Time (SMART) technology to provide real advances in alpha particulate detection techniques.Using an isotope peak fitting algorithm is proven to be more accurate than using ...

Jul. 15, 2008

BAM1020 Real-Time Ambient Particulate Monitor Wins MCERTS Approval

On behalf of Met One Instruments (USA), air quality monitoring specialists, Enviro Technology were presented with an MCERTS certificate for the BAM-1020 continuous ambient particulate monitor at the recent annual MCERTS 2011. Under strict UK and European laws, businesses and organisations which release emissions into the air must carefully monitor their discharge to the environment. To this ...

May 10, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

New Yakima Valley air monitor measures particulate pollution

The Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency will begin operating a new air quality monitor to measure fine particulate matter in the Sunnyside region of the Yakima Valley. The monitor, which will gather data on particulate matter for a year, will allow regulatory agencies to develop effective strategies to protect air quality in the Yakima Valley and inform burn ban decisions. The monitor is located at ...

Oct. 2, 2014

Met One wins US EPA class III designation for particulate monitor

Met One Instruments has become the first instrument manufacturer ever to successfully be awarded USEPA Class III equivalency designation for a continuous PM-2.5 particulate monitor. The BAM-1020 beta attenuation mass monitor has been assigned USEPA designation EQPM-0308-170, notice of which was published in the US Federal Register on March 12, 2008. The implication of this achievement is very ...

Apr. 30, 2008

By Met One Instruments, Inc.

BAM-1020 continuous particulate monitor awarded USEPA class III designation.

Met One Instruments has become the first instrument manufacturer ever to successfully be awarded USEPA Class III equivalency designation for a continuous PM-2.5 particulate monitor. The BAM-1020 beta attenuation mass monitor has been assigned USEPA designation EQPM-0308-170, notice of which was published in the US Federal Register on March 12, 2008. The implication of this achievement is very ...

Apr. 22, 2008

French WWTP are using PCME view 370 for Sludge Dryer Particulate Monitoring

The amount of dust produced in the dryer and later processing plant is affected by the type of dryer installed. As sewage sludge dust has a similar range of figures to wood flour, there is the potential for a dust explosion to occur in the main dryer, dust collection and handling plant, pelletiser and final product discharge plant. The material can ...

Jun. 14, 2016

BAM1020 real-time ambient particulate monitor wins MCERTS approval

On behalf of Met One Instruments (USA), air quality monitoring specialists, Enviro Technology were presented with an MCERTS certificate for the BAM-1020 continuous ambient particulate monitor at the recent annual MCERTS 2011 Conference & Exhibition Gala Dinner in Telford. Under strict UK and European laws, businesses and organisations which release emissions into the air must carefully ...

Aug. 3, 2011

French WWTP are using PCME VIEW 370 for sludge dryer particulate monitoring

The amount of dust produced in the dryer and later processing plant is affected by the type of dryer installed. As sewage sludge dust has a similar range of figures to wood flour, there is the potential for a dust explosion to occur in the main dryer, dust collection and handling plant, pelletiser and final product discharge plant. The material can also self heat leading to ignition and a slow ...

Jun. 14, 2016

Our LOAC Monitors highest peak of particulate pollution in Paris

Through a partnership with the City of Paris, Airparif, CNRS, GENERALI and AEROPHILE, the balloon Generali located in the Parc André Citroën in Paris, one of the eight sites operated by the AEROPHILE group since 1999 has permitted a major scientific discovery for the health of the Parisians. Flying up to 300 meters high, in addition to the passengers flight, the balloon ...

Dec. 18, 2014