Sponsored content: Firm celebrates 25 years of sensor technology development
Alphasense, the UK-based manufacturer of gas detection sensors, is celebrating its 25th anniversary in October 2021
Originally founded by scientist and entrepreneur Paul Gotley OBE...
Heated VOC analyser goes portable
Signal Group (UK) has launched a portable gas analyser, the SOLAR XPLORE, which apparently brings the advantages of the firm's Flame Ionisation Detection (FID) technology for VOC measurement to a compact, easily transportable device.
Healthy choices helper?
An emerging class of personal air quality monitoring devices fills a need for people who care about pollution exposure in their immediate vicinity. This level of granularity does make a difference, it seems. Envirotec spoke to Rainer Kiirsk, who helped develop the AirSniffler, a seemingly ground-breaking product for its power consumption and sub- 70 price tag, as well as the usefulness of the software that runs alongside it.
Simple setup for VOCs
Simple and accurate detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is promised by a new measurement approach developed at Gdansk University of Technology in Poland. Potential applications include air quality analysis and patient health screening.
Quick characterisation of critical thermal data
Intelligent sensing solutions firm FLIR (part of Teledyne Technologies) has released the latest versions of FLIR Research Studio software.
Fume faculties
Underpinning the effort to comply with marine emissions regulations is the monitoring of these exhaust gases, and instrumentation seems an indispensable support for marine operators under pressure to make good decisions with respect to things like fuel selection and the specification of scrubber systems. Envirotec asked continuous emissions monitoring expert Protea for insight into the topic.
Multi-gas detector for simultaneous hazard detection
Whether you’re protecting workers or first responders — in industries from steel and wastewater to paper and pulp — Honeywell BW Flex delivers the flexibility you need.
PM and NO2 alerts during demolition
Envirochem Analytical Laboratories is undertaking perimeter particulate and NO2 monitoring for a client in a London district, during the demolition of a disused structure and subsequent construction project.
Sensitive and selective leap
An entirely new class of gas sensor seems in evidence with work recently published in Advanced Materials, which combines a graphene transistor and a customised metal-organic coating.
The light fantastic
A group has discovered a new way to fabricate tiny colour-changing gas sensors using new materials and a high-resolution form of 3d printing, with potential in indoor air quality monitoring and home automation.
Line walking limits
Most consumers across the world are supplied with gas via local distribution networks which vary in size depending on the country. In the UK there is 280,000 kilometres of pipework; in France 170,000 kilometres and in the US over 3 million kilometres.
City leaders invited to discover benefits of real-time monitoring of GHGs and pollutants
A pilot urban air quality monitoring project is being demonstrated in Glasgow during the COP26 climate change conference.
The project showcases a dense network of...
Sponsored content: Blackline Safety announces record-breaking deal for area gas detection monitors
Blackline Safety has announced the close of a £1 million contract with a leading UK defence contractor.
Sponsored Content: A technology for the timely warning
Robin Guy from OTT HydroMet believes that the worst effects of extreme weather can be mitigated by effective monitoring and alarm technologies.
Sponsored Content: Growth in gas sensing
Since its formation OBW Technologies has rapidly grown to become a leading supplier of gas detection equipment. The firm provides calibration and services in Ireland and the UK, and is now the largest re-seller of Honeywell portable and fixed gas detection units in Ireland.
Sponsored Content: Advanced technology for air sampling
Asbestos-related diseases take the lives of 20 tradespeople every week. Despite being banned in the UK, asbestos can still be found widely, posing a threat to anyone who disturbs the dangerous material.
Earth observation images reveal extent of ferocious forest fires in Siberia
Stunning satellite images depict the recent gigantic infernos that devastated one of the coldest areas on the planet. Last month fires burning across Siberia...
Using miniature drones to localise gas leaks
When there is a gas leak in a large building or at an industrial site, human firefighters currently need to go in with gas...
How to check the calibration and linearity of gas analysers
Calibration is the process of establishing the relationship between the output of a measurement and a known input. In common with most measuring instruments,...
Survey identifies significant micro plastic pollution on summit of Snowdon
Geoscience technology firm CGG has conducted a microplastics pollution survey as part of a scoping study into whether it would be possible to create...
