Protea has recently installed and commissioned a powerful process and emissions monitoring system for Blue Star Fibres Ltd, a UK producer of both oxidised and carbon fibre. The system, located at th...
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As local authorities and the private sector seek solutions to society’s waste disposal needs, the development, construction and operation of waste to energy and biomass incineration plants is increasi...
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The 10th International conference CEM2011 was held in Prague, The Czech Republic from 5th to 7th October. CEM, the International Conference on Emissions Monitoring, has grown in strength and populari...
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Traditionally, ambient particulates have been measured gravimetrically according to their size.However, in this article Jim Mills, Managing Director of Air Monitors, will demonstrate that thetime has...
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Incineration plants can be successfully used with both coal (fossil fuel energy sources) and biomass (renewable energy sources), resulting in decreased costs and emissions to the atmosphere. Continuou...
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Measuring and monitoring hazardous gases is a critical issue in industrial and workplace safety. Many facilities are especially vulnerable to the effects of an unhealthy indoor environment when fuel-b...
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Requirements for reducing emissions of air pollution have been evolving since middle of the 20th century and, as a result, they are now a complex medley of limits, targets and caps. Sources must not o...
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Following the sudden closure of the Bretby Conference Centre, the organisers of MCERTS 2011 had to find a new home in time for this year’s air emissions monitoring event. The International Centre at T...
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For around two decades, technological improvements of semi conductors has allowed the growth of photovoltaic devices (PV) for domestic and industrial use. This energy, which does not create greenhouse...
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MCERTS 2011 has moved to the Telford International Centre and will take place on 30th and 31st March. The new location will accommodate growth in demand for the latest information on the regulations,...
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M22 is an Environment Agency Technical guidance note on measuring stack gas emissions using Fourier Transform Infra Red (FTIR) instruments. FTIR is a powerful analytical technique that is able to iden...
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As of 2010 most of the world’s industrialised nations have recognised the climate change issues resulting from global warming that were presented in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. Since that time, the membe...
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What considerations are important when designing air monitoring stations for use in the Middle East and India?
The climate in the Middle East and sub-continent is generally hotter and more humid. Ins...
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Industrial process operator that have environmental permit, should be aware of the requirement to ensure that any continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMs) that are installed at emission points t...
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The first Environment Agency MCERTS scheme was introduced for the certification of Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems in March 1998 and over a decade later the scheme boasts over 100 certified sys...
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