Metrology for air pollutant emissions

Short Name: IMPRESS 2, Project Number: 16ENV08
Image showing a power plant on the banks of a river
Power Plant on the banks of a river

Standardised pollutant measurements to meet the requirements of current and future air quality regulations


Air pollution is responsible for around 400,000 premature deaths and €330-€949 billion in health-related costs each year in Europe. In an effort to protect citizens’ quality of life, limits on air pollutants are continually becoming more stringent, and limits continue to be introduced for previously unregulated pollutants. However, the necessary framework of standardised measurement methods to meet these requirements is not fully in place.

 

This project will use results from EMRP project ENV60 IMPRESS to address this measurement gap by developing measurement methods for newly regulated pollutants, such as ammonia and hydrogen fluoride, address the lack of uncertainty characterisation in flow measurements and develop next-generation techniques for increasingly-stringent pollution limits.

The results will enable regulators, process plant operators, manufacturers and measurement service providers to comply with emission limits and monitoring requirements, supporting efforts to ensure cleaner air across Europe for the benefit of public health and the environment.

 

Project website
Publications
The thermal boundary layer effects on line-of-sight TDLAS gas concentration measurements
2020

HostingInstitution: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt

Mid-IR ICL based TDLAS spectrometer dedicated to monitor HCl concentration in combustion emissions
2020

HostingInstitution: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)

Narrow stack emissions: Errors in flow rate measurement due to disturbances and swirl
2020

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

Modelling a quality assurance standard for emission monitoring in order to assess overall uncertainty
2018

Advanced Mathematical and Computational Tools in Metrology and Testing XI

Other Participants
Agenzia Nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (Italy)
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (Denmark)
Innovhub - Stazioni Sperimentali per L'industria s.r.l (Italy)
Institut national de l'environnement industriel et des risques ineris (France)
Technische Universiteit Delft (Netherlands)
Teknologisk Institut (Denmark)
Universidad Carlos III De Madrid (Spain)