www.airmontech.eu

Ch. Hueglin, Empa, Duebendorfand AirMonTech Consortium

Emep TFMM Meeting May 11-13, 2011

Air Pollution Monitoring Technologies for Urban Areas: The AirMonTech Project

FP7-ENV-2010-1GA No. 265116

• Coordination and Support Action• Project duration: 12/2010 – 05/2013• 9 partners from 8 countries• EC contribution: € 997.552,16• Coordinator: T. A. J. Kuhlbusch, IUTA e.V., Duisburg, Germany. • Website: www.airmontech.eu

AirMonTech - Overview

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• To review the state-of the-art and assess opportunities and limitations of recent and new generations of in-situ technologies for urban air pollution monitoring

• Particular focus on automatic analysers for the continuous routine monitoring of harmful substances, especially particulate matters and emerging pollutants, also using proxy indicators

• Include Equipment evaluation and selection, operation, maintenance and calibration, data quality, protocols, and processing as well as aspects of cost efficiency and equivalence to reference monitoring methods

• Deliver a technological research roadmap and consolidated recommendations for the development or implementation of Community environmental legislation

• Bring together the researchers and technology providers together with the stakeholders involved in routine monitoring of urban air pollution

• Establish strong links to relevant national and international programmes and networks

Call Text(FP7 - ENV.2010.3.1.7.1 Technologies for automated monitoring of air pollution in cities)

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• To provide relevant information to network operators and other stakeholders involved in routine monitoring

• about performance and operation of currently used AQ monitoring technologies for automated measurement of regulated air pollutants

(support harmonisation of AQ monitoring in Europe ) • about possibilities and limitations of new measurement

techniques for air pollutants and for other AQ indicators (proxy indicators).

• To identify future needs for improvement of AQ monitoring and to develop a corresponding research road map.

• To provide input to the revision of the AQ directive foreseen for the year 2013.

Objectives of AirMonTech

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Project structure

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EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR REGULATED AIR POLLUTANTS

Collection and evaluation (and dissemination via web- accessible Database) of

• Standard operating procedures (SOPs)• Type approval reports• Equivalence test reports (PM-monitors)

- Provide guidance on optimal use of available instruments

Þ Harmonisation of AQ measurements in Europe

AirMonTech WP1

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EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR REGULATED AIR POLLUTANTS

AirMonTech WP1

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SO2 EN 14212 (2005)

NO2 and NOx EN 14211 (2005)

O3 EN 14925 (2005)

CO EN 14626 (2005)

PM10 EN 12341 (1998) manual reference method

PM2.5 EN 14907 (2005) manual reference method

Benzene EN 14662 (2005)

- Pb, Cd, As, Ni EN 14902 (2005) manual reference method

- EC, OC no reference method

- Inorganic ions in PM no reference method

- PAH EN 15549 (2008) BaP only, manual method

NEW TECHNOLOGIES – OTHER PROXIES & METRICS

AirMonTech WP2

Quantum cascade laser (QCL) Photo: EMPA

Important recent developments of novel analytical techniques for measurement of air pollutants (gases and aerosol particles) – new possibilities for AQ monitoring ?

Approach:

• Collection of information as provided by manufacturers, developers/scientists

• Evaluation of possibilities and limitations of new technologies for air pollutants and of measurement technologies for other proxy indicators (metrics)

AirMonTech WP2NEW TECHNOLOGIES – OTHER PROXIES & METRICS

WEB-ACCESSIBLE DATABASE

• Information compiled by WP1 and WP2 will be made public via Web-based database.

Content:• Type approval test reports, SOPs, equivalence tests.• Technical data on new measurement techniques / instruments

(for regulated air pollutants and other AQ indicators/metrics).

AirMonTech WP3

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Development of recommendations for future AQ monitoring and research roadmap in consideration of: • Results from health effects research

(e.g. relevance of proxy indicators)• Capabilities of available instruments

and of new technologies • New monitoring strategies (e.g. sensors)• Experiences gained in monitoring

networks• EU environmental strategies• Existing legislation and practice PM10 sites

AirBase

MONITORING STRATEGIES AND RESEARCH ROADMAP

AirMonTech WP4

DISSEMINATION OF WORK PACKAGES by

Newsletters

Internet : www.AirMonTech.eu

Workshops

Flyers

Mailings

AirMonTech WP5

Conference Presentations

2011 2012 2013 2018

Harmonisationby database Recommendations

for AQD revision

Start FP8AQD revision

AQD revision

Research Roadmap and FP 8Recommendations in view of DG ENV and AQD-Revision 2018

WS1 WS2 WS3 WS4

Timeline

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Remarks

Success of AirMonTech relies …

… on the willingness of network operators, manufacturers, technology providers etc. to share their information with AirMonTech

… on the involvement of national and international programmes and networks (e.g. EMEP, CEN, AQUILA)

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Thank you !