Emission control

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  • Environmental footprint calculator for trucks
    It is no secret that truck transports use fuel, but with relatively modest means fuel consumption and thus emissions can be considerably reduced. The Volvo Trucks updated web service Environmental Footprint Calculator helps customers become more eco-conscious. The upgraded tool also offers tips for reducing truck emissions.
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  • Technology creating more efficient engines
    Impulse Engine Technology, a small engineering firm located in Sydney, has recently developed two new technologies which are claimed to make all engines, old or new, more powerful, more fuel efficient and cleaner to run, whether the vehicle uses carburetion, gas, fuel injection or diesel. In a recent interview with Sustainability Matters, managing director Alexander Chabry discusses the technology, how it works and how it could revolutionise the motor vehicle industry.
Product (8)
  • Particle & Surface Sciences HPVA100/HPVA 200 series gas adsorption analysers
    The HPVA100/HPVA 200 series gas adsorption analysers from Particulate Systems (a Micromeritics Brand) are designed to obtain high-pressure adsorption isotherms using gases such as hydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide using the static volumetric method.
  • Infrared cameras for greenhouse gases
    FLIR has released its second-generation line of GF-Series infrared cameras, previously known as GasFindIR.
  • NATA accredited pyranometer calibration facility
    Ecotech has extended its NATA accredited services to include calibrations of pyranometers.
  • Carbon emissions monitoring
    Ecotech provides a wide range of carbon monitoring instruments and systems that measure CO2, hydrocarbons and CO emissions for stack and ambient applications.
  • Toxic vapour analyser
    The TVA1000B is an 'over-the-shoulder' portable vapour analyser that offers both PID (photo ionisation detection) and FID (flame ionisation detection) in a single instrument.
  • Gas analyser
    Thermo Scientific's line of iSeries analysers is claimed to have the least requirement for maintenance of any analyser on the market.
  • Pneumatic focusing gas chromatography
    VOC Technologies has introduced the technique of pneumatic focusing gas chromatography (PFGC). It is a continuous speciated monitor for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs).
  • Photoionisation detectors for VOCs
    Third-generation photoionisation detector (PID)-based instruments, the MiniRAE 3000 and ppbRAE 3000 are suitable for applications in industrial settings, environmental monitoring, indoor air quality and hazardous materials response applications. The products are intended for use where hydrocarbon-based chemicals pose a toxic threat. They can be used for both leak detection and industrial safety. The instruments both have intrinsic safety certifications for use in hazardous environments in the US and Canada.
News (32)
  • Eminent Australian scientist joins MBD Energy
    MBD Energy Limited, which proposes to recycle waste CO2 emissions from coal-fired power stations and other forms of heavy industry into commercial production of algae biomass, has appointed Australia’s former Chief Scientist, Robin Batterham AO, to its board as a non-executive director.
  • Insurance policies to support greenhouse gas mitigation technologies
    Zurich has created two new insurance policies to support greenhouse gas mitigation technologies and address the unique needs of carbon capture and sequestration.
  • Australian Coal Association website launched
    A website devoted to coal, climate change and renewable energies has been launched in Australia.
  • Ads claim coal industry doing a lot to reduce emissions
    The coal industry has launched a public campaign of full-page ads that will appear in newspapers claiming the industry is doing 'a lot' to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  
  • Halving emissions possible by 2020, according to report
    A report released by Environment Victoria shows how Victoria’s greenhouse gas emissions could be more than halved by 2020.
  • Emissions rising faster this decade than last
    The latest figures on the global carbon budget to be released in Washington and Paris indicate a four-fold increase in the growth rate of human-generated carbon dioxide emissions since 2000.
  • Queensland carbon capture project
    In a first for Queensland, CSIRO and Tarong Energy today announced a $5 million joint pilot project to capture greenhouse gases.
  • Company in final acquisition negotiations
    Pacific Environment Limited is in discussions with EcoVision Solutions and Commerical Energy Services about the possible acquisition of both companies.
  • Carbon capture milestone for CSIRO in China
    Just weeks out from the Olympics, the CSIRO and its Chinese partners have launched a post-combustion capture (PCC) pilot plant in Beijing that strips carbon dioxide from power station flue gases in an effort to stem climate change.
  • National recognition for geosequestration project
    The CO2CRC Otway Project has received national recognition from the Cooperative Research Centres Association for its innovation in science and research.The project demonstrates geosequestration, which includes the safe compression, transport and storage of carbon dioxide, the most common greenhouse gas, in the deep subsurface.
  • Australia in position to help reduce global GHG emission
    Australia must work with rapidly developing nations, such as China, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to Victoria University’s Professor Peter Sheehan.
  • Alliance brings CO2 emission reductions
    WA-based Cool Energy Limited and national geoscience company Greenhouse Gas Storage Solutions (GGSS) signed a memorandum of understanding that will see them collaborate on more sustainable and economically sound methods for CO2 management.
  • Vehicle exhaust emissions to be put to the test
    Testing will begin tomorrow to ensure all vehicles entering New Zealand meet new exhaust emissions standards, according to Associate Transport Minister Judith Tizard. The Land Transport Vehicle Exhaust Emissions Rule requires all imported new and used vehicles comply with minimum emissions standards.
  • Carbon emission experts urge business to act
    A line-up of experts will tell industry that emissions targets and reporting deadlines set by the federal government demand instant action during a series of seminars sponsored by Victoria's Environment Protection Authority during the Australian Carbon Trading Expo 2008.
  • Economic analysis of the proposed emissions trading scheme
    The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research says it is well advanced with a study of the likely costs to the New Zealand economy of the Emissions Trading Scheme on which the Finance and Expenditure Committee is hearing submissions.
  • Calls for a national task force on carbon capture and storage
    In what is being touted as an historical alliance, the heads of the Australian Coal Association (ACA), Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU), The Climate Institute (CI) and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) have called on the federal government to establish a national carbon capture and storage taskforce to combat climate change.
  • Conference tracks pollution across Australia
    The National Pollutant Inventory contains 10 years of data on the emission of pollutants from industrial and non-industrial sources across Australia.
  • Low-emission energy future
    Australia and China have signed an agreement that will pave the way for the installation of low-emission coal energy technology in Beijing.
  • Planet’s innate ability to absorb CO2 declining: CSIRO
    A decline in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions absorbed by land and oceans is speeding up the growth of atmospheric CO2, according to a paper published recently in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
  • Diesel exhaust kills throat cells
    Researchers at Deakin University have found that diesel exhaust is far more damaging to our health than exhaust from biodiesel, the plant-based fuel.
  • Airport company achieves carbon neutral certification
    Rene Bakx, chief executive of Christchurch International Airport Ltd, has announced that the airport company has received carboNZeroCert certification from Landcare Research.
  • Action towards a carbon neutral capital
    Making Canberra a carbon neutral capital is a key focus for the Switch to Green expo and conference to be held at the National Convention Centre on 4–5 April 2008.
  • $4.3 m for clean-coal project
    Binderless Coal Briquetting Company, in conjunction with CSIRO, has developed a process which reduces the moisture content of low-value coals while significantly upgrading the energy content.
  • Industry guide to help curb carbon emissions
    RMIT University’s Global Sustainability Institute and EPA Victoria have found the number of carbon offset providers in Australia has doubled over the past six months.
  • Waste companies, recyclers and environmentalists unite
    Collaboration between Australia's waste companies, recyclers and the Total Environment Centre has resulted in the release of a national plan to prevent two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere.
  • Indoor air quality the focus
    The second annual Eco Expo Asia will be held 27–30 October. This year it will highlight the theme of ‘Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)’, as this has become one of the increasing concerns in both the environmental health and safety field and the general public.
  • CO2 emissions increasing faster than expected
    Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels have accelerated globally at a far greater rate than expected over recent years, according to a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
  • Greenhouse emissions reporting
    National greenhouse emissions reporting will commence by 1 July 2008 through purpose-built legislation or the National Pollutant Inventory, according to the Council for the Australian Federation.
  • Dangerous gas detector boosts brownfield building
    One of the main problems in developing disused brownfield sites is the risk from the underground accumulation of dangerous gases. Now an invention from a university company that monitors the deadly gas methane lingering in earth pockets could lead to much more building on old factory or industrial sites.
  • Forest and wood industries take to the air
    The forest and wood processing industries are taking their environmental message to the public next week in a multi-million dollar advertising campaign.
  • Sustainability experts support light rail plan
    Curtin University of Technology sustainability expert, Prof Peter Newman has welcomed the announcement by the state government that it will be considering a light rail system.
  • Cut carbon pollution - bury it at sea
    One smart and scientific way of helping to solve the world's problem of reducing carbon release through energy use is to put the carbon back where it came from — in the ground.
Case Study (1)
  • Reducing diesel engine emissions
    The application of two-stage turbocharging technology on Wärtsilä diesel engines has been developed through close cooperation between Wärtsilä and ABB Turbo Systems. Wärtsilä is focusing on developing advanced engine technology which, with the turbocharger, is able to reach the highest possible performance and become a cost-effective commercial solution. ABB Turbo Systems is delivering the turbocharging technology with defined performance in terms of airflow, pressure ratios and efficiency.
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