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Two Days Hands-on Training Program on

Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Technique &Instruments

at

Prakrati Consultants Services,Aliganj, Lucknow

on 14th & 15th June 2011

by

Envirotech Instruments Pvt. Ltd.

New Delhi

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Envirotech Instruments Pvt. Ltd.

Introduction:

Envirotech has a dominant share of the Indian market withhundreds of customers spread all over the country. Envirotech alsoexports Air Pollution Monitoring equipment to many countries of

the region.

Envirotech helped to develop competent manpower by organisingtrianing programme for all over the country. More than 50 suchprogrammes trained 1000 personnels who are now working invarious organization.

Envirotech now providing fully automated Stations for monitoringAmbient Air Quality and source monitoring including monitors forSO2, NO & NO2, CO, O3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX, Methane & NonMethane Hydrocarbons, Mercaptans and Meteorologicalparameters.

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National Ambient Air QualityStandards (NAAQS)

The ambient air quality objectives/standards are pre-requisite fordeveloping programme for effective management of ambient airquality and to reduce the damaging effects of air pollution. The

objectives of air quality standards are: - To indicate the levels of air quality necessary with an adequate

margin of safety to protect the public health, vegetation andproperty.

To assist in establishing priorities for abatement and control of

pollutant level;

To provide uniform yardstick for assessing air quality at nationallevel; and

To indicate the need and extent of monitoring programme.

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NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITYSTANDARDS (2009)

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NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITYSTANDARDS (2009)

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NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITYSTANDARDS (2009)

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NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITYSTANDARDS (2009)

* Annual Arithmetic mean of minimum 104 measurements in ayear at a particular site taken twice a week 24 hourly atuniform intervals.

** 24 hourly or 8 hourly or 1 hourly monitored values, asapplicable, shall be complied with 98% of the time in a year.2% of the time, they may exceed the limits but not on twoconsecutive days of monitoring.

NOTE: Whenever and wherever monitoring results on twoconsecutive days of monitoring exceed the limits specifiedabove for the respective category, it shall be consideredadequate reason to institute regular or continuous monitoringand further investigations.

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NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITYSTANDARDS (2009)

Pollutants TimeWeighted

Average

Concentration in Ambient Air Methods of Measurement

Industrial,

Residential,

Rural and

other Areas

Ecologically

Sensitive Area

(Notified by

Central

Government)

Sulphur Dioxide

(SO2), g/m3

Annual *

24 Hours **

50

80

20

80

-Improved West and Gaeke

Method

-Ultraviolet Fluorescence

Nitrogen

Dioxide

(NO2), g/m3

Annual *

24 Hours **

40

80

30

80

-Jacob & Hochheiser

modified

(NaOH-NaAsO2) Method-Gas Phase

Chemiluminescence

Particulate

Matter

(Size less than

10m)

Annual *

24 Hours **

60

100

60

100

-Gravimetric

-TEOM

-Beta attenuation