Emission control

Article (1)
  • Industry needs to look to the future
    With a trend towards economic incentives to reduce air pollution, Australian companies need to look to the future when it comes to balancing the risk of their emissions with their bottom line.
Product (8)
  • Fluid Components International (FCI) Model FS10A Flow Switch/Monitor
    With a space-saving design incorporating advanced electronics, the Model FS10A Flow Switch/Monitor from Fluid Components International (FCI) is used for continuously verifying flows within liquid or gas process analyser sampling systems.
  • Odour monitor for environment and security
    The E-Nose Mk3.3 series is a real-time continuous odour monitor for outdoor air quality management in a wide range of industrial contexts.
  • 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.
  • Laboratory pumps
    The range of KNF Neuberger diaphragm pumps and vacuum systems is suitable for laboratory requirements. Whatever the vacuum or pressure requirements, whether it is the transfer of neutral, corrosive or aggressive media, KNF has a suitable product to assist.
  • Portable gas detectors
    The Impact portable gas detector is the latest generation of Neotronics gas detectors, which allows fixed-cost servicing, ease of calibration without the need for a dedicated computer or system of gas regulators and command modules.
  • Environmental data reporting program
    Ecotech has released an environmental data reporting program called WinCollect v4.0 that is claimed to offer users improved ease of use, increased robustness and more user-defined options.
  • Gas monitor
    Industrial Scientific Corporation has enhanced its full-featured, dockable GasBadge Pro single gas monitor by introducing an electrochemical hydrogen sensor option.
News (14)
  • Ecotech appointed to monitor air quality during Commonwealth Games 2010
    Ecotech has signed a contract with Delhi Pollution Control Commission, New Delhi, to supply four air-quality monitoring stations to examine air quality for the next five years, including during the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
  • Nitrous oxide - the big baddie of greenhouse gases
    Nitrous oxide, which comes from natural and man-made sources, is the most damaging of greenhouse gases according to scientists who have been modelling the impact of the gas on the ozone layer and on the climate.
  • Technology combats offending industry odours
    Murdoch University scientists have combined engineering and modern biotechnology in a process that will combat offending industry odours — particularly wastewater treatment and secondary waste processing.
  • Biotechnology combats offending odours
    A combination of engineering and modern biotechnology has been harnessed to combat offending odours produced by many industries including wastewater treatment and secondary waste processing.
  • Snail pace on petrol vapour puts air quality and public health at risk
    The NSW government’s go-slow on introducing technology to capture harmful petrol vapour at service stations will expose hundreds of thousands of motorists to harmful chemicals and undermine efforts to reduce air pollution, according to the Total Environment Centre (TEC).
  • Bank achieves CEMARS certification
    Westpac New Zealand Ltd has achieved a milestone in sustainability, by achieving Certified Emissions Measurement and Reduction Scheme (CEMARS) certification as part of its strategy to reduce its carbon footprint.
  • Soils could help combat climate change
    Could part of the answer to saving Earth from global warming lie in the earth beneath our feet? A team from Newcastle University in the UK aims to design soils that can remove carbon from the atmosphere — permanently and cost effectively.
  • 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.
  • Calls for increased recycling and a reduction of greenhouse gases
    Diageo Australia has announced its support for having effective means of recycling and reducing greenhouse gases following calls by Senator Steve Fielding, as well as those made recently by Clean Up Australia founder Ian Kiernan, for an effective national container recycling scheme.
  • NZ leads research into greenhouse gas emissions
    New Zealand will lead an international network to research greenhouse gas emissions from livestock, according to Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton and Climate Change Minister David Parker.
  • 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.
  • Company to cut truck emissions by 10%
    Visy Recycling aims to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of its recycling truck fleet by up to 10% as it begins to trial a dual fuel system fitted to one of its recycling trucks in the Whitehorse City Council area, in Melbourne.
  • Wood campaign to support growth
    Identifying consumer attitudes to timber and wood products will be the first step in a new promotional campaign being developed by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA).
  • Wood climate change credentials endorsed
    A report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlights the necessity of reducing emissions and provides strong endorsement of wood’s environmental credentials.
Case Study (3)
  • Improving air pollution in Iraq
    With growing concerns in Iraq about the heavy air pollution, the country’s Ministry of Environment took a decisive step in the direction for improved monitoring, control and prevention of air pollution, and announced a tender to procure five fixed and one mobile air quality monitoring stations to monitor SO2, NOx, NH3, O3, SO2, CO, PM10, PM2.5, methane, non-methane, BTEX and VOCs.
  • Dust suppression at recycling plant
    Traditional methods of dust suppression proved ineffective for a building material recycling plant. Tecpro Australia collaborated with Jeff Hill Plumbing to create a solution that surpassed the site operator’s environmental obligations.
  • Reducing the odour of biosolids
    The cost of biosolid treatment and hauling is a major expenditure for wastewater treatment utilities. Pathogens and odour problems may restrict the biosolid disposal options and affect hauling costs
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