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Air Quality Monitoring
AGAT Laboratories provides a full range of air services to industries and the government making us a recognized leader throughout Canada. We assist clients in achieving regulatory compliance by evaluating the effectiveness of their air monitoring management systems and providing accurate assessments for their environmental impact studies.
We specialize in source emissions testing, ambient air monitoring, meteorological monitoring, passive air monitoring and data acquisition for a range of industry sources including:
- Oil and gas processing
- Power generation
- Pulp and paper processing
- Wood products
- Waste incinerators
- Manufacturing facilities
- Urban areas
- Background rural locations
Quality Assurance and Quality Control
Rigorous and comprehensive quality programs are implemented to ensure that data collected is complete, representative, accurate and defensible.
Our Quality Assurance Program is comprised of the following components:
- Daily data monitoring conducted by staff for every parameter of the past 24 hours.
- Organized Staff Training Program involving internal seminars, classroom training, field training and attendance to industry conferences.
- In-house database of sampling and monitoring procedures.
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for monitoring, calibration and sampling systems.
- Automated daily zero and single-point span calibration, and monthly multi-point calibrations for continuous monitoring stations.
- Enhanced data validation services available to maximize precision.
WebAIR
This secure website is used for ambient air monitoring data applications. Some features include daily reports consisting of hourly recorded and trended calibration data. This dramatically improves the efficiency of report generation and enhances the overall alarming structure.
WebAIR capabilities result in more effective cost controls through:
- Cost effective and efficient communications.
- Efficient and quick accessibility to data.
- Exchange of technical knowledge between our staff and client personnel.
WebAIR analyzes data through its internal quality control system checks. All results are compared and reviewed for any anomalies. These are automatically flagged and highlighted in WebAIR daily reports, which allows our personnel and your personnel to effectively monitor data and system performance. WebAIR software automatically notifies all involved on the project of any errors, alerts, warnings and violations should they occur.
Wireless or land line communications enables AGAT Laboratories to poll stations on a regular basis to verify the stations’ data integrity and performance. Additionally, and maybe more importantly, the WebAIR software and our Quality Control System ensures data quality and decreases the chance of system down-time.
The WebAIR reporting software enables all monthly reports to be submitted to you electronically. The effective use of this modern communication and data transmittal technique significantly lowers paper usage and overall operating costs.
To access your WebAIR login page, click here.
Source Emissions Testing
AGAT Laboratories Source Testing will provide quality services to assure regulatory compliance for Relative Accuracy Test Audits (RATA), Cylinder Gas Audits (CGA) and Stack Surveys. We maintain industry requirements including CEMS certification and auditing, regulatory emissions compliance, turbine mapping, process optimization and pollutant control system performance testing.
Our Source Testing team services the following industries:
- Sour Gas Plants
- Oil Refineries
- SAGD and Oil Sands Extraction Refining Operations
- OSB Mills
- Pulp and Paper Facilities
- Turbine and Compressor Installations
- Coal Fired Power Plants
- Natural Gas Fired Power Plants
- Asphalt Plants
- Cogeneration Facilities
- Sulphur Plants
- Chemical and Product Manufacturing
Provincial and Federal approvals and codes of practice may require source emissions testing (also known as stack emissions testing) for many types of pollutants.
Our Air Quality Monitoring Division provides emission testing services for several compounds including:
- NOx (Nitrogen Oxides)
- SO2 (Sulphur Dioxide)
- TRS (Total Reduced Sulphur)
- H2S (Hydrogen Sulphide)
- VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds)
- THCs (Total Hydrocarbons)
- CO (Carbon Monoxide)
- O2 (Oxygen)
- CO2 (Carbon Dioxide)
- PM 10/2.5
- Mercury
- Metals
- Dioxins and Furans
- Ammonia
- Formaldehyde
- Ethylene Oxide
- Benzene
Source Testing Services
AGAT Laboratories’ Source Testing services maintain sample equipment designed to be accurate, reliable and flexible. Source Testing services are applicable to meet regulatory requirements such as manual stack surveys and can also be used to evaluate pollution control device efficiency.
Additional applications include:
- Routine Compliance testing
- Performance testing
- RATA (Relative Accuracy Testing Audits)
- CEM Certification
- Fugitive Emission Measurements
Mobile Continuous Emissions Monitoring System
Our CEMS certification and auditing services include Relative Accuracy Test Audits (RATA) and Cylinder Gas Audits (CGA). RATAs are conducted using a mobile CEMS trailer equipped with pollutant analyzers, sample extractive equipment and data acquisitions systems. Audit results are calculated and reported on-site to ensure a timely response to regulatory compliance requirements. RATAs are typically performed on CEMS parameters NOx, SO2 , TRS, O2 and Mercury.
Our mobile Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) is uniquely positioned to deliver full on-site CEMS capabilities to meet any of your requirements. The system can be utilized to ensure regulatory compliance, pollution control, system performance evaluations and system optimization. Regulatory compliance monitoring such as RATAs or Manual Stack Surveys are the most common application.
Our mobile CEMS personnel use the following sample collection and analytical techniques:
- Chemiluminescence
- Photoluminescence
- Gas Chromatography (PID,FID, TCD )
- Non-Dispersive Infrared (NDIR)
- Paramagnetic
- Ion Chromatography
- GC/MS
- High Resolution MS
- Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP)
Test Methods
Industry regulations dictate test methods to be followed when sampling and analyzing for emission pollutants.
The typical test methods utilized by our Air Quality Monitoring Division include the following:
- US EPA
- Alberta Stack Sampling Code (ASSC)
- Manual Methods for Chemical Analysis of Atmospheric Pollutants (MMCAAP)
- Environment Canada
- American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Codes of Practice
Regulations come from the BC Field Sampling Guide, AENV CEMS Code, CCME, Air Monitoring Directives (AMDs) and provincial and federal codes of practice. These codes of practice cover:
- CCME Turbine Emission testing
- Asphalt Plant Emission testing
- Small Incinerator Code of Practice
- Ethylene Oxide Destruction Efficiency testing
- Coal Fired Power Plant Code of Practice
- Forage Drying Facility Code of Practice
Passive Monitoring Passive Air Quality Sampler (PAQS)
Our PAQS is composed of chemically treated filters that absorb target compounds. After filters are exposed to the environment, they are analyzed in our Clean Air Laboratory to measure pollution concentrations collected for the duration of exposure.
Sampling filter media is currently available for:
- Sulphur dioxide (SO2)
- Hydrogen sulphide (H2S)
- Ozone (O3)
- Nitric oxide (NO) and Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
- Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s)
- BTEX
The sampling system allows for up to four samplers, consists of a rain shelter, mounting hardware and room inside for storing on-site blanks. One shelter can support duplicate sampling of two parameters.
This system provides a cost-effective method for collecting air quality data. It does not require power, making it an excellent tool for sampling in regions that are remote or local, large or small. Additionally, PAQS provides the advantage of easy operation for simple and easy sampling. The system is portable, does not require electricity, data loggers or pumps and ensures that there is no active movement of air through the sample. The sampling system has a protective rain shelter and is a cost-effective solution when conducting passive air monitoring.
Passive sampling devices operate on the principles of absorption and permeation, physically binding to the specific compounds that are being targeted. Air pollutants that are being sampled will diffuse or permeate through a semi-permeable membrane and then collect on a filter that has been chemically treated to absorb those targeted compounds. After being exposed, the sample is analyzed in the laboratory for the amount of the targeted compound collected. An average concentration is then calculated based on the duration of exposure (accounting for the effects of relative humidity, temperature and wind speed).
Applications
Passive monitoring is available for use as an alternative and complementary to the continuous monitoring analyzers in numerous applications such as:
- Measuring large areas for spatial variation of pollutant levels.
- Studying long-term trends.
Compliance or regulatory monitoring is the most common form of use. Results can be utilized in long-term trending of collected data and can be operated either independently or as part of a larger network of samplers. The PAQS can continue to be used for repeat sampling as the filters are submitted to our laboratory for analysis.
Clean Air Laboratory
Laboratory analysis for our Passive Air Quality Monitoring System is performed in our state-of-the-art, positive pressure, Clean Air Laboratory. Ventilated air is first passed through a multi-stage HEPA filtration system which removes 99.99 per cent of all particles in the air. After passing through the filtration system, the air is then directed through a chemical scrubber which removes any air contaminants such as Ozone, Hydrogen Sulphide, Sulphur Dioxide and others.
Our air laboratories are designed to meet all US EPA and European Union standard requirements for temperature and humidity, which are precisely controlled through a computerized access panel. In this way we ensure that no contamination will come into contact with the passive monitors and that our laboratory controls are of the highest quality possible.
Ambient Monitoring Continuous Air Monitoring Stations
AGAT Laboratories maintains a large fleet of Air Monitoring stations in North America to service multiple industry types, government agencies and regional airshed monitoring programs. We offer fully equipped, ambient air quality monitoring stations on a rental or purchase basis for on-site measurement of ambient air pollutants.
These stations are equipped with the following features:
- Varied chemical monitoring configurations.
- PC-based data acquisition and control systems with enhanced remote access capabilities.
- Monthly calibration, servicing, data validation and reporting services.
- WebAIR, our online enhanced reporting and notification software.
- Single and multi-parameter monitoring configurations for; SO2, H2S, TRS, NOx, NO2, NH3, O3, THC, NMHC, CO, MHC, HF, NO, TSP, PM1.0, PM10, PM2.5 and VOCs.
- Custom air-conditioned and heated instrument shelter design.
Ambient monitoring stations are available for single-station and multi-station air quality monitoring networks.
Applications
- Non-point source testing
- Community exposure assessments
- Industrial Fence-line Studies
- Industrial compliance monitoring
- BTEX testing
- Ethylene testing
- Vertical and horizontal windspeed
- Wind direction
- Solar radiation
- Temperature
- CH4
Data Acquisition Systems
Our data acquisition systems provide excellent on-site evaluation and measurement of ambient air quality data. These fully-equipped data acquisition systems include the following features:
- Single to multiple parameter ambient air configurations.
- PC-based or stand-alone data acquisition and logging systems.
- Multi-range communication options.
- Custom alarming tied into plant alarm systems.
- CSV file exports and Microsoft Excel reporting.
- Data validation, reporting services and MODBUS exports to plant DCS.
- Standard deviation alarming.
- Daily reports online via WebAIR.
Integrative Monitoring
We offer various integrated sampling programs based on drawing air through filters and absorbents for both indoor and outdoor monitoring as well as soil vapour testing.
Applications
- Environmental monitoring
- Odour profiling
- Chemical warfare agents
- Material Emission Studies
Samplers and Capabilities
We use specialized sampling techniques as per EPA TO Methods that can be supplied for multiple components including the following:
- Filters: High volume sampling for TSP and PM10.
- PUF Tubes: High volume sampling for PCBs and PAHs.
- Sep – Pak Cartridges and Gastec Tubes: Formaldehyde and Phenol.
- SILONITE Canisters and Tedlar Bags: VOCs.
Sampling Programs
We can provide you with integrated sampling programs based on drawing air through filters and absorbents for multiple components including:
- High volume sampling for TSP and PM10 with filters.
- High volume sampling for PCB and PAH with PUF.
- Collection of whole air samples in Tedlar bags and polished Stainless Steel (i.e. SUMMA Canisters) for VOCs.
- Formaldehyde and Phenol through Sep-Pak Cartridges and Gastec Tubes.
- Specialized sampling as per EPA TO Methods.
Summa Canisters
AGAT Laboratories offers Silonite Canisters, the latest in SUMMA testing technology, for the collection of indoor, ambient and stationary air sources and soil vapour. These canisters are used for volatile organic determination in ambient indoor air by EPA TO-14A/15A- Canister Sampling.
Silonite technology increases the integrity of samples by preventing degradation by exposure to sunlight and the permeation of VOCs through the vessel walls. This allows easy shipping and storage over longer periods of time.
Meteorological Monitoring
We provide complementary and stand-alone meteorological monitoring stations that are solar-powered with PC-based or remote accessed data acquisition and data logging systems. With monthly servicing, we provide data validation and reporting services.
Applications
- Forecast poor air quality days
- Air advisories
- Air Quality Dispersion Modeling
Capabilities
- Ambient temperature
- Relative humidity
- Wind speed and direction
- Precipitation
AGAT Laboratories provides complementary and stand-alone meteorological monitoring stations with the following configurations:
- Simple: Single 10 m level wind speed and wind direction.
- Multi-parameter/multi-level: Wind speed, wind direction, horizontal turbulence, vertical turbulence, temperature, temperature profile, barometric pressure, solar radiation, net radiation and precipitation.
Data Acquisition Systems
Our data acquisition systems provide excellent on-site evaluation and measurement of meteorological data.
Our fully-equipped data acquisition systems are capable of logging from meteorological instruments including:
- Meteorological monitoring stations.
- Solar radiation\net solar radiation.
- Barometric pressure.
- Horizontal wind speed and direction.
- Vertical wind speed.
- UV – UVW wind systems.
- Multi-level temperatures.
Fugitive Emissions
AGAT Laboratories is pleased to introduce Fugitive Emissions as the latest service to be added to the Air Division. With the extensive expertise that AGAT Laboratories holds in dealing with other streams of air testing, we are well positioned to work with our clients to provide reasonable and efficient solutions to this important issue.
Using our state-of-the art FLIR cameras, we can assist preventative maintenance efforts and detect leaks in real-time in all manner of pipes and connections, at a wide variety of facilities. Thousands of components can be scanned in one shift, and it is a valuable tool to help to increase workplace safety, while also improving your bottom line, by helping to identify costly leaks. Using the latest software, AGAT Laboratories’ field specialists can embed GPS data into the imaging, helping to pinpoint leaks immediately and safely. Following identification of the leak, AGAT Laboratories’ specialists are trained to quantify the leak accurately using portable flame ionization detectors (FID) or photoionization detector (PID) analyzers, as recommended by USEPA standards. This method can be easily adapted to local standards.
Air Quality Monitoring
AGAT Laboratories provides a full range of air services to industries and the government making us a recognized leader throughout Canada. We assist clients in achieving regulatory compliance by evaluating the effectiveness of their air monitoring management systems and providing accurate third party assessments for their environmental impact studies. Our Air Quality Monitoring team has over 40 years of combined experience in providing regulatory technical support and data management services.
We specialize in source emissions testing, continuous ambient air monitoring, passive air monitoring, fugitive emissions testing, integrative monitoring, and multi-sector air pollutants over a range of industry sources including:
- Oil and gas processing
- Power generation
- Pulp and paper processing
- Wood products
- Waste incinerators
- Manufacturing facilities
- Urban areas
- Non-point source testing
Quality Assurance and Quality Control
Rigorous and comprehensive quality programs are implemented to ensure that data collected is accurate, defensible, representative, and conforms to regulatory guidelines (where applicable).
Our Quality Assurance Program is comprised of the following components:
- Field Technician Training Program involving internal seminars, classroom training, field training and attendance to industry conferences
- In-house database of sampling and monitoring procedures
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for monitoring, calibration and sampling systems
- Automated daily zero and single-point span calibration, and monthly multi-point calibrations for continuous monitoring stations
- Enhanced data validation services available to maximize precision
- Remote access to continuous monitoring systems
WebAIR
This secure website is used for ambient air monitoring data applications. Some features include daily reports consisting of hourly recorded and trended calibration data. This dramatically improves the efficiency of report generation and enhances the overall alarming structure.
WebAIR capabilities result in more effective cost controls through:
- Cost effective and efficient communications.
- Efficient and quick accessibility to data.
- Exchange of technical knowledge between our staff and client personnel.
WebAIR analyzes data through its internal quality control system checks. All results are compared and reviewed for any anomalies. These are automatically flagged and highlighted in WebAIR daily reports, which allows our personnel and your personnel to effectively monitor data and system performance. WebAIR software automatically notifies all involved on the project of any errors, alerts, warnings and violations should they occur.
Wireless or land line communications enables AGAT Laboratories to poll stations on a regular basis to verify the stations’ data integrity and performance. Additionally, and maybe more importantly, the WebAIR software and our Quality Control System ensures data quality and decreases the chance of system down-time.
The WebAIR reporting software enables all monthly reports to be submitted to you electronically. The effective use of this modern communication and data transmittal technique significantly lowers paper usage and overall operating costs.
To access your WebAIR login page, click here.
Source Emissions Testing
AGAT Laboratories Source Testing will provide quality services to assure regulatory compliance for Relative Accuracy Test Audits (RATA), Cylinder Gas Audits (CGA) and Stack Surveys. We maintain industry requirements including CEMS certification and auditing, regulatory emissions compliance, turbine mapping, process optimization and pollutant control system performance testing.
Our Source Testing team services the following industries:
- Sour Gas Plants
- Oil Refineries
- SAGD and Oil Sands Extraction Refining Operations
- OSB Mills
- Pulp and Paper Facilities
- Turbine and Compressor Installations
- Coal Fired Power Plants
- Natural Gas Fired Power Plants
- Asphalt Plants
- Cogeneration Facilities
- Sulphur Plants
- Chemical and Product Manufacturing
Provincial and Federal approvals and codes of practice may require source emissions testing (also known as stack emissions testing) for many types of pollutants.
Our Air Quality Monitoring Division provides emission testing services for several compounds including:
- NOx (Nitrogen Oxides)
- SO2 (Sulphur Dioxide)
- TRS (Total Reduced Sulphur)
- H2S (Hydrogen Sulphide)
- VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds)
- THCs (Total Hydrocarbons)
- CO (Carbon Monoxide)
- O2 (Oxygen)
- CO2 (Carbon Dioxide)
- PM 10/2.5
- Mercury
- Metals
- Dioxins and Furans
- Ammonia
- Formaldehyde
- Ethylene Oxide
- Benzene
Source Testing Services
AGAT Laboratories’ Source Testing services maintain sample equipment designed to be accurate, reliable and flexible. Source Testing services are applicable to meet regulatory requirements such as manual stack surveys and can also be used to evaluate pollution control device efficiency.
Additional applications include:
- Routine Compliance testing
- Performance testing
- RATA (Relative Accuracy Testing Audits)
- CEM Certification
- Fugitive Emission Measurements
Mobile Continuous Emissions Monitoring System
Our CEMS certification and auditing services include Relative Accuracy Test Audits (RATA) and Cylinder Gas Audits (CGA). RATAs are conducted using a mobile CEMS trailer equipped with pollutant analyzers, sample extractive equipment and data acquisitions systems. Audit results are calculated and reported on-site to ensure a timely response to regulatory compliance requirements. RATAs are typically performed on CEMS parameters NOx, SO2 , TRS, O2 and Mercury.
Our mobile Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) is uniquely positioned to deliver full on-site CEMS capabilities to meet any of your requirements. The system can be utilized to ensure regulatory compliance, pollution control, system performance evaluations and system optimization. Regulatory compliance monitoring such as RATAs or Manual Stack Surveys are the most common application.
Our mobile CEMS personnel use the following sample collection and analytical techniques:
- Chemiluminescence
- Photoluminescence
- Gas Chromatography (PID,FID, TCD )
- Non-Dispersive Infrared (NDIR)
- Paramagnetic
- Ion Chromatography
- GC/MS
- High Resolution MS
- Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP)
Test Methods
Industry regulations dictate test methods to be followed when sampling and analyzing for emission pollutants.
The typical test methods utilized by our Air Quality Monitoring Division include the following:
- US EPA
- Alberta Stack Sampling Code (ASSC)
- Manual Methods for Chemical Analysis of Atmospheric Pollutants (MMCAAP)
- Environment Canada
- American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Codes of Practice
Regulations come from the BC Field Sampling Guide, AENV CEMS Code, CCME, Air Monitoring Directives (AMDs) and provincial and federal codes of practice. These codes of practice cover:
- CCME Turbine Emission testing
- Asphalt Plant Emission testing
- Small Incinerator Code of Practice
- Ethylene Oxide Destruction Efficiency testing
- Coal Fired Power Plant Code of Practice
- Forage Drying Facility Code of Practice
Passive Monitoring Passive Air Quality
Passive Air Quality Samplers (PAQS) provide a cost-effective method for collecting air quality data over a large geographic area. This system does not require power, data loggers or pumps, making it an excellent tool for sampling in any region, no matter how remote. AGAT Laboratories is accredited under ISO 17025 by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and our PAQS have been field-validated to meet the requirements of regulatory air quality monitoring programs.
The main advantage to this simple but effective sampling device is the ease in which they can be deployed and operated. The PAQS are housed within a protective rain shelter which holds up to 4 samplers, and can be mounted to a post, fence, or other stable structure in the area easily and quickly. The shelter hold the PAQS in a downward position and ensures there is no active movement of air through the sample.
How Does the Sampler Work?
PAQS operate on the principles of adsorption and permeation, physically binding to the specific compounds that are being targeted. Air pollutants will passively diffuse through a semi-permeable membrane and then collect on a filter that has been chemically treated to adsorb those targeted compounds. After being exposed for a specific period of time, the sampler is analyzed in the laboratory to determine the amount of the targeted compound collected.
Pollutants of interest for passive air monitoring include Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Ozone (O3), Ammonia (NH3), and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs).
Applications
Passive Air Monitoring Samplers are routinely used to meet regulatory air monitoring requirements in Canada, to determine baseline readings prior to facility startup, or as a means to monitor a large geographic area where continuous air monitoring is cost-prohibitive.
Results are used to establish long-term trending of pollutants of interest and can be operated independently from or as part of a larger air monitoring program, which may also include continuous ambient air monitoring.
Continuous Ambient Air Monitoring
Our Ambient Air Monitoring team specializes in providing a full suite of services to clients requiring continuous air quality monitoring, from rental or purchase of custom-built stations, to meteorological monitoring, data acquisition and regulatory compliance reporting (monthly and annual). We work closely with clients to meet the goals of their particular air monitoring project. Our service offerings include:
- Maintenance and calibrations of air monitoring stations that are owned, leased or rented by our clients
- An extensive inventory of spare parts and supplies required to maintain a variety of ambient monitoring instrumentation (eg. Analyzers, meteorological instruments, data acquisition systems)
- On-call staff for emergency response to trouble calls
- Data acquisition and management, QA/QC analysis and government compliance reporting for all Canadian provinces
Applications
- industrial compliance monitoring
- industrial baseline studies
- non-point source testing
community exposure assessments
WebAIR
WebAIR is a secure website for accessing real-time (hourly) ambient air monitoring and meteorological data. This secure website is used for ambient air monitoring data applications. Features include printing daily reports of hourly records and trending of daily instrument verifications. Internally we use this powerful tool for daily data validation and site-specific alarms set to trigger immediate notifications for exceedances or indicators of equipment malfunction. With this knowledge we can promptly investigate issues to maximize instrument uptime.
The WebAIR platform functions to serve the end user by providing:
- Cost effective and efficient site communications
- Quick access to data
- Alarming to notify of pollutant exceedances or instrument failures
To access your WebAIR login page please click here.
Integrative Air Monitoring
We offer various integrated sampling programs including SUMMA canisters and filter-based collection,drawing air through filters and absorbents for both indoor and outdoor monitoring as well as soil vapor testing.
Applications
- Environmental monitoring
- Odour profiling/complaints
- Industrial hygiene
- Emissions studies
- Landfills
- Site characterization
- Wastewater treatment plants
- Remediation
Samplers and Capabilities
We use specialized sampling techniques that align with US EPA methods such as:
Summa Canisters
AGAT Laboratories offers Silonite Canisters, the latest in SUMMA testing technology, for the collection of indoor, ambient and stationary air sources and soil vapour. These canisters are used for volatile organic determination in ambient indoor air by EPA TO-14A/15A- Canister Sampling.
Silonite technology increases the integrity of samples by preventing degradation by exposure to sunlight and the permeation of VOCs through the vessel walls. This allows easy shipping and storage over longer periods of time.
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Meteorological Monitoring
We provide stand-alone meteorological monitoring stations that can be solar-powered, complete with data logging and real-time polling capabilities. Instrumentation measuring wind speed and direction sits atop a 10 meter tower, while lower down additional instrumentation can be mounted for ambient temperature, barometric pressure, etc. Meteorological data is transmitted through the LTE network and polled to our WebAIR data portal for 24/7 accessibility.
Fugitive Emissions
AGAT Laboratories offers Fugitive Emissions field services to assist clients in meeting regulations for emissions monitoring. Our specially-trained and certified technicians
Using our infra-red GF320 FLIR cameras and QL320 Quantitative Optical Gas Imaging instrumentation, we can assist preventative maintenance efforts and detect leaks in real-time in all manner of pipes and connections, at a wide variety of facilities. Hundreds of components can be scanned in one shift, identifying areas for repair to reduce emissions, increase workplace safety, and improve your bottom line. AGAT Laboratories’ field specialists can record detailed leak information, pictures and videos directly to an online platform, complete with GPS data, helping clients to track and pinpoint leaks immediately and safely. Following identification of the leak, we can accurately quantify the leak rate by loading the video captured by the FLIR camera to the Providence Photonics QL320 Quantitative Optical Gas Imaging device.