WG4: Protocols & Standardisation Methods
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WG4 will deal with procedures, protocols and pre-standardised methods for low-cost sensor-systems applied to AQC. These include:
- Performance of partner-developed and available sensors/instruments for measuring air pollutants (regulated in Air Quality Directive 2008/50/EC);
- Study and assessment of protocols and methods devoted to low-cost gas sensors for AQC with definitions of guidelines for standards;
- Air-quality case-studies;
- Benchmarking with official methods;
- Round-robin of procedures and tests for AQC sensors;
- Reference-materials for AQC;
- Assessment of gas sensors in well-characterized (industrial and natural) environmental situations;
- Indoor air quality monitoring;
- Assessment of physical and chemical characterization of nanomaterials and ambient particles;
- Assessment of measurement and exposure metrics in view of future use in ambient air quality assessment.
Originality of this COST Action consists in the definition of a new measuring paradigm of air pollution real-time pre-standardised control based on a new generation of low-cost ubiquitous smart microsensors integrating functional nanomaterials for a distributed map of urban air-pollution at high-resolution. Actually, the AQC sensors are not yet standardized in certified procedures of measurements and protocols. Currently, AQC is performed by standardised, expensive and bulky analyzers.
These depicted main research tasks will be studied via qualified manpower of the COST Action partners and investigated by their existing operational systems such as:
- Air quality analysis laboratories: mass spectrometers (MS), gas-chromatography (GC),
infrared (IR), visible (VIS), ultraviolet (UV) spectrophotometry, thermal desorption systems, cooled (cryogenic) injection systems, etc.;
- Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and particulate matter (PM) samplers;
- Calibration facilities for gas sensors, samplers and air-quality instruments;
- Particle sampling and measurement techniques (airborne): SMPS, FMPS, ESP, APS, TEOM, AMS, NSAM, minidisc, etc.;
- Particle analysis techniques: TXRF, SEM-EDX, HRSEM, EPR.
Objectives
- Assessment of characterisation, quality assurance, quality control, property database,
standardization of AQC gas sensors;
- Assessment of testing, standard operation procedures, safety aspects for AQC gas sensors;
- Evaluation of case-studies in round-robin testing of AQC gas sensors in odour-pollution, air pollution,
indoor control, outdoor control;
- Report/Recommendations of the new sensing AQC technologies for the future strategies in
the EU research programmes of air quality monitoring and environmental management;
- Report on scaling up, applications and commercialisation of AQC gas sensors.
- Evaluation Summary of AQC gas sensors performance through validation for selected case
studies of environmental monitoring in the air-quality plans;
- Overview of the current state-of-the-art on regulations, protocols and standards of the nanosensors
based AQC: possibilities of procedures extended to the AQC sensors;
- Recommendations/Guidelines for the validation methodology/protocol of AQC gas sensors;
- Recommendations on environmental applications of low-cost AQC gas sensors.
Chair | BRYNTSE Ingrid Lab.: CTO group Org.: SenseAir AB Country: Sweden Tel. +46c653717799 - Fax +46 653717789 e-Mail ingrid.bryntse@senseair.com Web http://www.senseair.se
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Vice-Chair | Dr. Nicolas Moser |
Members | CONRAD Thorsten Lab.: Org.: 3S GmbH Country: Germany Tel. +49 681 9100350 - Fax +49 681 9100359 e-Mail conrad@3S–ing.de Web http://www.3S–ing.de
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| MOSER Nicolas Lab.: Org.: SGXSensortech S.A. Country: Switzerland Tel. +41 (0)32 732 16 89 - Fax +41 (0)32 732 16 99 e-Mail nicolas.moser@sgxsensortech.com Web http://www.sgxsensortech.com
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| ORTAR Liad Lab.: Org.: AirBase Systems Country: Israel Tel. +972 584873737 - Fax e-Mail liad@myairbase.com Web http://www.myairbase.com
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| SAFFELL John Lab.: Org.: Alphasense Limited Country: United Kingdom Tel. +44 1376556700 - Fax +44 1376 335899 e-Mail jrs@alphasense.com Web http://www.alphasense.com
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| REIMRINGER Wolfhard Lab.: Org.: 3S GmbH Country: Germany Tel. +49 681 958286 14 - Fax +49 681 958286 11 e-Mail reimringer@3S–ing.de Web http://www.3S–ing.de
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| THOLE Ulf Lab.: Org.: SenSiC AB Country: Sweden Tel. +46 708176804 - Fax e-Mail ulf.thole@sensic.se Web http://www.sensic.se
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| GROZDANOVSKI Ljupcho Lab.: Air Quality Calibration Laboratory Org.: Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning Country: Republic of Macedonia Tel. +389 76 455 393 - Fax +389 2 3220 165 e-Mail lj.grozdanovski@moepp.gov.mk Web www.moepp.gov.mk; http://airquality.moepp.gov.mk/
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| ATANASOV Igor Lab.: Central Laboratory of Environment Org.: Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning Country: Republic of Macedonia Tel. +389 76 446 961 - Fax +389 2 3220 165 e-Mail i.atanasov@moepp.gov.mk Web http://www.airquality.moepp.gov.mk
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| TEIXEIRA Joao Paulo Lab.: Environmental Health Department Org.: National Institute of Health Country: Portugal Tel. +351 918707109 - Fax e-Mail jpft12@gmail.com Web http://www.insa.pt
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| KARPE Philippe Lab.: ETHERA Org.: ETHERA Country: France Tel. +33 1 69 08 37 44 - Fax +33 4 76 22 18 85 e-Mail philippe.karpe@ethera–labs.com Web http://www.ethera–labs.fr
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| ROSSIGNOL Jerome Lab.: Laboratoire interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne UMR 6303 –GERM Org.: Université de Bourgogne Country: France Tel. +33 3 80 39 60 46 - Fax +33 3 80 39 61 82 e-Mail jerome.rossignol@u–bourgogne.fr Web http://icb.u–bourgogne.fr/GERM
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| CVETKOVIĆ Anka Lab.: Laboratory for human ecology and ecotoxicology Org.: Institute of Public Health of Belgrade Country: Serbia Tel. +38163 8511614 - Fax +31811 324 1212 e-Mail anka.filipovic@gmail.com Web http://www.zdravlje.org.rs?????
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| FRKA MILOSAVLJEVIC Sanja Lab.: Laboratory for physical chemistry of aquatic systems Org.: Ru?jer Bokovi? Institute Country: Croatia Tel. +385 1 4681 105 - Fax +385 1 4680 242 e-Mail frka@irb.hr Web http://www.irb.hr/eng/People/Sanja–Frka–Milosavljevic
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| DE GENNARO Gianluigi Lab.: LABORATORY of ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY – DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY Org.: UNIVERSITY OF BARI ’ALDO MORO’ Country: Italy Tel. +39 0805442023 - Fax +39 0805442023 e-Mail gianluigi.degennaro@uniba.it Web http://www.uniba.it
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| DEMARINIS LOIOTILE Annamaria Lab.: LABORATORY of ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY – DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY Org.: UNIVERSITY OF BARI ’ALDO MORO’ Country: Italy Tel. +39 0805442023 - Fax +39 0805543254 e-Mail annamaria.demarinis@uniba.it Web http://www.uniba.it
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| ROMAIN Anne–Claude Lab.: Polluted atmsopheres Org.: ULg Country: Belgium Tel. +32 63230859 - Fax +32 230800 e-Mail acromain@ulg.ac.be Web http://www.campusarlon.ulg.ac.be/
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| JOVASEVIC–STOJANOVIC Milena Lab.: Radiaton and Environmental Protection Department Org.: Vinča Insitute of Nuclear Sciences Country: Serbia Tel. +381 113408695 - Fax +381 116458 e-Mail mjovst@vinca.rs Web http://www.vinca.rs
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