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Affordable Air Quality Monitoring for Ports & Harbours

By South Coast Science

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Published: September 02nd, 2022

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Hutchison Port Holdings Limited approached South Coast Science to provide monitors for air quality monitoring projects at three UK Ports of Felixstowe, Harwich International and London Thamesport. Each site was keen to develop a method of self-regulation using a technology that was accurate yet affordable.

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The Need: Emissions reduction for ports & harbours

Following the UK Government’s Clean Air Strategy, all major ports in England are required to develop plans to reduce emissions as part of their Port Air Quality Strategy.

SO2 is one of the most harmful chemical pollutants associated with shipping. Between 2007 and 2012 approximately 11.3 million tonnes of SO2 were generated annually by maritime transport, according to a report by the International Maritime Organisation. NO2 is another pollutant of concern, in the form of emissions from dock-side mechanised handling equipment like cranes, forklift trucks and vehicles. Particulate matter (PM) is also of concern and is common to both environments.

Requirements for reducing emissions include, initially, gaining an understanding of air quality in ports and identifying baseline levels. The longer-term goal is to seek opportunities to mitigate high concentrations of pollutants.

The Solution: Actionable data from low-cost ambient air monitors

2 Praxis/Urban instruments were deployed at each port to gather air quality data in real-time. Each device is configured to measure NO2, SO2, PM1, PM2.5, PM10, temperature and humidity. They also operate using a solar power supply and transmit air quality data using 4G cellular communication (as well as storing data locally as a backup).

Devices are quick to install and require no supervision once running. Air quality monitoring data is distributed via the Cloud, in real-time and integrated with each port’s site management facilities.

The Outcomes: Impactful air quality interventions

Accuracy is key. Only with accurate data can each Port understand where and when concentrations of pollutants are above targets.

Using the South Coast Science Praxis, whose accuracy has been independently certified to national and international standards, provides a commercially viable way to quantify what actions will have the biggest impact.

Monitoring at the ports of Felixstowe, Harwich International and London Thamesport started in early 2022, and we await an update on progress towards reducing emissions.

“At South Coast Science we’ve spent nearly four years working to improve the performance of the sensors used within our Praxis range of products. We now meet the need for accuracy and reliability in devices used within harsh environments. We’re very pleased to be working with Hutchison Ports.”

– David Johnson, Sales Director – South Coast Science

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South Coast Science was founded in 2016 as a response to a market call for a standard digital front-end for Alphasense electrochemical sensors. A gap in the market was identified for an electronic interface between electrochemical sensors and industry-standard microcontrollers, including Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone. The result was a project that more than matched its brief.

The company was founded by three engineers with experience in environmental science, ultra-low noise analogue electronics, precision electronics manufacture, device firmware, and cloud data infrastructure. The fourth part of our team is Alphasense, South Coast Science’s founding investor and technical partner. Together, we have developed unique approaches to the problems of part-per-billion gas concentration monitoring at a realistic cost.

In addition to activity in electrochemical sensing, our products support particulate monitoring, photoionisation detector (PID), and non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) sensors. South Coast Science’s customers range from electronic engineers working in the development of scientific equipment, through to those in need of packaged solutions in environmental science, environmental health, workplace health, and air conditioning equipment monitoring and management.

South Coast Science offers key differentiators in the field of environmental monitoring:

• A core design, based on experience in low-noise design and environmental science practice, that rejects exactly the upper frequency noise that typically disrupts attempts to read gas electrochems.

• An open-source software stack that provides out-of- the-box internet connectivity to standard, open data infrastructures, using the emerging environmental metadata standards.

• For each product, a set of deliverables giving the most flexibility to the customer, from circuit boards to out-of-the-box solutions.

South Coast Science continues to develop gas electrochemical systems, related hardware and open software solutions, optimised for specific monitoring settings.

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