Stack Emissions & Air Quality Monitoring Services
PB Environmental utilizes international guidelines and practices to ensure that their product and services are of the required reliability and quality. To ensure the quality of our data, our equipment is calibrated and verified on a frequent basis. The selection criteria of our equipment also meet international standards.
Capabilities and Services Offered
- Compliance monitoring according to Atmospheric Emissions Licenses (AEL) and NEM: AQA act 39 of 2004
- Stack emissions monitoring
- Continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS) correlations/calibration, installations and maintenance
- Ambient air quality monitoring
- Dust fallout
- Abatement equipment efficiency testing
- Combustion gas testing
- Process parameters such as temperature, flow rate and gas composition
- Iso-kinetic sampling
- Project Management
Stack Emissions Testing
• Main reasons:
– Measure of environmental performance
– Measure of compliance with legislation
– Evaluation of plant performance
– Provide data for design purposes
• Conduct measurement according to legislative requirements
• Comply with applicable safety regulations and work safely
• Engage with authorities where required
Dust Fallout Monitoring
• Compliance with dust control regulations
• Utilize ASTM D1739 method
• Data can be utilized to determine effectiveness of dust control plans
• Development of emission reduction strategies
Ambient Air Monitoring
• Compliance with ambient air quality standards
• Conduct fence line monitoring:
– PM – TSP, PM10, PM2.5 and PM1
– Gaseous pollutant measurement such as SO2, NOx, etc.
– Measurement of organic compounds such as PAH, etc.
– Meteorological parameter measurement
– Periodic and continuous measurement
– Active and passive sampling
– Compliance reporting
• Installation, maintenance and operation of Ambient Air Quality Stations
• Conduct fence line monitoring:
– PM – TSP, PM10, PM2.5 and PM1
– Gaseous pollutant measurement such as SO2, NOx, etc.
– Measurement of organic compounds such as PAH, etc.
– Meteorological parameter measurement
– Periodic and continuous measurement
– Active and passive sampling
– Compliance reporting
• Installation, maintenance and operation of Ambient Air Quality Stations
Typical test methods performed:
| US EPA Method 1 – Traverse points | US EPA Method 23 – Dioxin and Furans |
| US EPA Method 2 – Velocity | US EPA Method 25a – TVOC |
| US EPA Method 3 – Molecular weight | US EPA Method 26, 26a -Halides & Halogens |
| US EPA Method 3a – CO2, O2 | US EPA Method 29 – Metals |
| US EPA Method 4 – Moisture | CTM 027 – Ammonia Emissions |
| US EPA Method 5, 17- Particulate Matter | NIOSH |
| US EPA Method 6, 6c – SO2 | US EPA Method 0061 – Hexavalent Chromium |
| US EPA Method 7a, 7e, CTM 034 – NOx | ASTM D1739 |
| US EPA Method 8 – Sulphuric acid mist | |
| US EPA Method 18 – VOC |
Industries Serviced
- Petrochemical
- Steel manufacturing
- Cement plants
- Pulp and paper
- Mills
- Power generation
- etc
We aim to be on the forefront of technology development and adoption in stack emissions and air quality monitoring.
Equipment:
Our equipment selection criteria ensure that we comply with legislative and international practices.
Some of the equipment used:
Some of the equipment used:
Clean air express
Our quality control comprises of using certified gases for verifications and calibrated reference material to conduct other equipment verifications.
Some of the equipment used for dust fallout monitoring:
Experience
Since commencing operations in August 2016, PB Environmental has successfully completed environmental monitoring projects across different industries. These industries range from glass manufacturing, petrochemicals, steel manufacturing, oil recycling, galvanizing, mining, chemical manufacturing and thermal treatment of hazardous waste. The sampling methods usually performed across these industries are listed under “The typical test methods performed” section.