Chimney Air Emission and Ambient Air Monitoring

Chimney air emission monitoring is the process of measuring and analyzing the chemical and physical characteristics of gases released into the atmosphere through a chimney. Chimney air emission monitoring is important for several reasons, including:

1. Environmental protection: Monitoring chimney air emissions helps to ensure that harmful pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and particulate matter, are not released into the atmosphere in excess of allowed levels. This helps to protect the environment and human health.

2. Compliance with regulations: Chimney air emission monitoring is often required by federal, state, and local environmental regulations, such as the Clean Air Act, to ensure that industries and facilities are meeting their obligations for controlling air pollution.

3. Improving process efficiency: Monitoring chimney air emissions can help facilities identify areas where their processes can be improved to reduce emissions, leading to improved efficiency and reduced costs.

4. Maintaining public trust: By monitoring and reporting their chimney air emissions, facilities demonstrate their commitment to environmental responsibility and transparency, which can help to maintain public trust and support.

Monitoring of air and flue gas is essential to maintain the quality of living. Environmental issues are a leading concern in public opinion all over the world and this has resulted in increasingly strict regulations in air emission measurement and monitoring. Air pollution can cause a serious effect on human health and it would lead to negative impacts on the environment. It will post a direct effect of pollutants on vegetation, and indirectly through effects on the acid and nutrient status of soils and waters.

It is important that all the manufacturers or companies have accuracy, reliability and available air emission information in order to improve engineering equipment performance and subsequently reduce environmental impact. The New Ambient Air Quality Standard of 2020 adopts 6 air pollutants criteria which are particulate matter with the size of less than 10 micron (PM10), sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ground level ozone (O3) as well as 1 additional parameter which is particulate matter with the size of less than 2.5 micron (PM2.5).

The Eurofins network of companies in Malaysia perform Chimney monitoring with DOE recognized ISO-Kinetic method (MS 1596:2003 & USEPA) including but not limited to the following parameters:

• Dust particulates 
• Heavy metals (including mercury)
• NOx, N₂O, CO, CO₂, O₂, SO₂
• NMVOC (Volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds)
• Acids gases (HCL, HF, NH3)

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