The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the UK's national measurement institute, has deployed a Horiba PG250 SRM emissions monitor supplied by environmental instrumentation company Quantitech.
The NPL's staff provide advice on emissions monitor installation, calibration and quality assurance.
The organisation's emissions monitoring teams are Mcerts certified and UKAS accredited, which means they can provide services such as the quantification of emissions in accordance with EU directives, the validation of routine continuous emission monitors to BS EN 14181, turbine and burner optimisation and the validation of emission abatement techniques.
The UK's first Horiba PG250 SRM is being used for emissions monitoring work by the NPL.
Employing Standard Reference Methods, the PG250 SRM is an upgrade from a portable multi-parameter continuous emissions monitor.
'The new version includes a paramagnetic analyser for oxygen, which is particularly useful because we occasionally use the instrument purely as an oxygen analyser,' said Kevin Blakley, project manager for emissions monitoring at the NPL.
It also has a tighter measurement range for carbon monoxide (0-75mg/m3), which has improved accuracy and resolution.
The NPL has employed the PG250 SRM in a range of emissions monitoring applications, including petrochemical refineries.
In March 2011, the monitor was also awarded an Mcerts certificate, verifying that the instrument analyses CO, NOx, SO2, CO2 and O2 to the standards required by the Environment Agency.
