Sensitive measurements to facilitate compliance
The 15M Technical Meeting was held from 17-18 January 2011 at the facilities of research partner IRIS in Castelldefels, Spain. All research partners and one SME attended the meeting to discuss the progress of the project and its next steps.
The ZERO-VOC project will develop a VOC emission monitoring tool using an iPAS sampling and calibration technique combined with FTIR technology. The ZERO-VOC technology will be continuous, affordable and reliable thereby enabling industry to better commit to reducing VOC emissions and meeting EU regulations.
VOC emissions can be dangerous to human health and the environment. EU regulations recognise this and set strict limits on VOC levels. However, before any long-term efforts can be made toward reducing VOC emission levels, industry needs access to better VOC measurement and monitoring technology.
The ZERO-VOC project aims to develop an affordable, reliable tool for the on-line monitoring of harmful and toxic VOC emissions that will be validated for its use in several demanding gas measurements (VOC emissions).
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are released, for instance, from organic solvents emitted from industrial processes. VOC emissions can be carcinogenic, and contribute to climate change and destruction of the stratospheric ozone layer. They react with nitrogen oxides forming ozone and smog.
In response to these needs, the ZERO-VOC project will develop an affordable, reliable tool for the on-line monitoring of harmful and toxic VOC emissions using a novel iPAS (Improved read-out PhotoAcoustic Spectroscopy) sampling and calibration technique combined with FTIR technology.
Developed By IRIS and Seventh Framework Programme
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