Why Chemical industries, Refineries & Industrial Areas Require Air Monitoring?
Numerous air quality research papers have demonstrated that air emissions from chemical plants, refineries, and industrial areas often contain a wide range of harmful substances with detrimental effects on the environment and human health. Chemical industries are major contributors to the global burden of various gaseous pollutants, particularly volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These pollutant gases are emitted not only during the manufacturing processes but also during the transportation of raw materials and finished products.
The most recent estimates from World Health Organization places the annual number of human deaths attributable to ambient air pollution at 4.2 million. It is therefore imperative that the chemical industry, as a significant contributor to the problem, strive for and maintain good air quality in and around refineries and processing facilities.
Problems & Impacts:
VOCs emitted from chemical plants not only negatively impact the environment and human health, but they are also an indirect contributor to smog generation. VOCs interact with oxides of nitrogen to generate tropospheric ozone in the presence of sunlight; when combined with fine particulates and nitrogen dioxide, the result is the murky haze known as smog. This has become a major nuisance in several parts of the world as it leads to road accidents and respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
There are ways to prevent, control, and eventually reduce such harmful pollutants, but they all start with identifying and quantifying the problem. Installing continuous air quality monitors can provide project managers and environmental experts with actionable data they can trust without the hassle, expense, and risk associated with air quality monitoring projects. A.U.G. Signals Ltd., an air monitoring manufacturer, has designed and developed a low-cost air quality monitoring system, AirSENCE, with this challenge in mind.
Why choose AirSENCE?
It is essential to implement adequate air quality management to manage potential health impacts. This allows industries to understand the connection between pollutant sources and the resulting exposure of the population. AirSENCE is a real time air monitoring device with a full range of gas sensors, making it the best solution for continuous ambient air monitoring in and around chemical plants and refineries.
As a Sensor-based CAAQMS, the AirSENCE Micro Air Monitoring System can be implemented by authorities to carry out air pollution monitoring of areas with dense chemical industries—and nearby residential areas —effectively and easily. Data collected by AirSENCE CAAQMMS can be fully to understand how, and to what magnitude, these air pollutants infiltrate into residential areas so that actionable remedial measures can be determined.
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