Air pollution is the presence of dangerous substances in the atmosphere in concentrations high enough and for durations long enough to cause harm or undesirable effects. Chemicals, dust, suspended particles and gases, among others, pollute the air we breathe every day. The emissions of gases can be caused by natural or human factors, but only the gases generated by hu...
TVOC: a key term in Air Pollution Control Volatile Organic Compounds or VOC are organic chemicals that become a gas at room temperature and are the main origin of air pollution at ground level. A common term used when measuring and eliminating VOCs is “Total VOC” or TVOC. TVOC means the total concentration of multiple VOCs present simultaneously in the air. Measuring TV...
Air pollution is a reality. The excess of pollutants in the atmosphere brings consequences and harmful effects for the environment and for people’s health. The greenhouse effect, acid rain and global warming are just some examples of the negative effects of air pollution, which affects our health and mortality rates worldwide. But what causes air pollution? We can su...
When we think about air pollution, we think about black smoke coming out of stacks in a grey, industrial area in a developing country. And that is also the case. But not only. Air pollution comes in different forms and not always visible to the human eye. Origin of World Health Day To raise awareness about the need to preserve public health and the environment, the U...
10th May 2019 Air pollution is one of the most important environmental problems affecting people and the planet. The World Health Organization in its latest report warns that 1 in 9 people who breathe polluted air die from a respiratory disease. Cities and surrounding industrial areas are the ones that concentrate the highest degree of air pollution. Human and indu...
21st May 2019 To understand the projects aimed at reducing the Carbon Footprint on the planet, we must understand the context. Not only is it necessary to explain what the Carbon Footprint consists of, but it is also necessary to understand its effects and contribution to Climate Change. The Carbon Footprint is a metric that quantifies the amount of carbon dioxide ...
There are currently many environmental problems present in the world. As the months go by, we are more aware of how those issues affect the environment and our health. Climate change is clear. Pollution The presence of waste on land, water and air is being very difficult to manage because the rate of creation of polluting waste is greater than that of its treatmen...
24th April 2019 There are several manufacturing processes in which solvents, alcohols and paint need to be applied onto a given piece in order to obtain a finished product. As a result of that process, VOCs are issued into the atmosphere and must be eliminated efficiently. But what are VOCs? VOC stands for Volatile Organic Compounds. They are organic chemicals t...
29th April 2019 The constant pollution of the air has very negative effects on nature and on human health. Those long-term and medium-term effects have become problems that are difficult to solve. In this article, we are listing the main 10 negative effects that air pollution is causing worldwide: Global Warming Probably global warming is one of the most worryi...
How can we show you that the quality of our products matches the excellence of which we are proud? There is an important section on our website www.raasm.com where the "Quality" is sectioned and analyzed point by point. We suggest you to visit us to understand the effort that our staff makes every day to maintain the expectations that the market has towards RAASM. ...
Walk into the European plastic waste disposal Center: forklifts send piles of plastic waste to the feed port of the production line, through the feeding conveyor into the first shredding, magnetic separation, and then into the secondary shredding, and after the final sorting, get different kinds of products. The whole production line is with high automation, only 2 or 3 ...
According to news agency »Bloomberg«, a fund managed by Blackrock’s Real Assets unit will own 80 percent of Distributed Solar Development, a new company created from GE Solar. Financial terms were not disclosed. GE Solar focuses on solar and storage solutions for the commercial industrial and public sectors, says the article. GE had explored solar-panel manufacturing bu...
The project was developed by Sunseap and InfraCo Asia built with Longi Solar’s Hi-MO high efficiency monocrystalline modules Located in Ninh Thuan province on the southern coast of Vietnam, the project was commissioned as part of a 20-year solar power PPA inked in the second-half of 2018. It will sell electricity at a solar feed-in tariff of ¢9.35 per kilowatt hour.
While a spinning mill spends close to 5-10% of its total energy consumption for compressors, an air jet weaving mill spends close to 50-60% of its energy consumption for compressors. In a compressor’s life cycle nearly 85% of the costs are for its energy whereas the capital and maintenance costs contribute only to 8% and 7% respectively. Hence proper management of compr...
Nickel exists in the form of nickel silicate or sulfur, arsenic and nickel compounds in nature, and its applications range from civilian products to aerospace, missiles, construction and other industries. Nickel slag is an industrial waste discharged from the process of smelting metal nickel. The non-ferrous metal nickel smelting slag has a large discharge and has a h...
Once upon a time, many animals with short arms and legs could only wait to die. Even if they were adopted by good people, they could not return to normal life. With the development of prosthetic technology, especially after the emergence of 3D printing technology, it seems to bring new hope to customize prosthetic limbs for disabled animals through 3D technology, so as t...
As the most loyal partner of mankind, dogs have won the favor of most people. When we saw a puppy with a broken body, the sympathy was born. In fact, we have seen a lot of news related to dogs, but every time we learn about new news, Xiaobian will continue to be touched. A puppy named Maggie unfortunately lost a leg in a car accident. Recently, with the help of the new o...
I’ve been toying with the idea of changing up the regular transactions and investments column – with all of the news going on around the world of robotics, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, aerial robotics (you get the idea), I’ve decided to reduce the time spent on this particular end-of-week column. Because I love bullet lists, I’m going to do this colum...
As a chemical protective clothing specialist, WeeSafe ranks among the top players in terms of quality products and performance. Rigorous design, consistent manufacturing quality, attention to detail, permanent controls and exemplary standardization process are the pillars of our growth. Our mission is to provide every user and every business world with an adapted, comf...
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This webinar focuses on analyzing and processing dry matter content in addition to other quality traits in cassava using the Malvern Panalytical ASD QualitySpec® Trek Portable Spectrometer. Dr. Ugochukwu “Ugo” Ikeogu is a Post-doctoral Research Associate at Cornell University in the Section of Plant Breeding and Genetics. He holds both a Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy ...
Congratulations KNTECH winning the bid for the Tel Aviv Metro Project (Red Line) . The winning products are: 406 pcs Passenger Help Point KNZD-09 , 200pcs Video intercom KNZD-20 ,411pcs Emergency call stations KNEM-25 &100pcs Telephone console KNZD-59
The far infrared heater can stock electricity in the battery during off-peak hours for use during peak hours, usually between 6 and 8 pm. The system has a self-monitoring feature, and the user can even control the thermostat via a smartphone. The company says that implementing this technology could reduce a household’s electric heating bill by 60%.
The first report of the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI) has been published at the Tradewinds Ship Recycling Forum 2019 in Hong Kong. The data presented was collected through a disclosure questionnaire circulated among shipowners as part of the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative, the report clearly indicates that there is a growing movement stepping u...
Street lamp control and monitoring system. Thanks to IQRF technology, it is possible to collect data from a group of lights at the same time and to control groups of lights simultaneously. The light network operates locally, independently of the Internet. Remote management is possible by linking the IQRF gateway to the central application. In this particular case, 123...
These 3D printed structures are intended to be speculative 1:1 scale prototypes of living architectures, a new generation of thick biophilic architectural skins receptive to urban life. In H.O.R.T.U.S. XL Astaxanthin.g, a digital algorithm simulates the growth of a substratum inspired by coral morphology. This is physically deposited by 3D printers in layers of 400 mi...
The poultry industry is the largest sector of the agricultural industry in South Africa valued at €3.01 billion. The industry experienced large losses in 2017 that could be eliminated by bringing ICT and big data technologies to it and providing farm managers with tools for improving farms.
Austrian equipment manufacturer, EREMA Group, has acquired 60% of recycling equipment firm PLASMAC Srl to further expand its range of tailor-made plastic recycling solutions for in-house applications. The remaining 40% of the recycling machine manufacturer is owned by SYNCRO Group, an Italian manufacturer that makes equipment for the blown film industry. PLASMAC ha...
Northern Irish waste and recycling firm, Geminor, has made its first bulk shipment of RDF to the Landskrona Energi waste to energy facility in the south-western corner of Sweden. Geminor explained that the boiler at Landskrona Energi district heating facility is sensitive and needs a high quality 100 mm refined. The export comes as a result of Geminors partnership wit...
According to life-cycle engineer and team lead Dr Vi Kie Soo, using lightweight and eco-friendly vehicle material actually shifts the environmental burden to the recycling stage of the vehicle. “Previous work has looked at how the multi-material combination can reduce the vehicle’s carbon footprint during its use,” said Soo. “So I investigated how the changing vehi...
Perforated sleeves for PET Household and Personal Care (HPC) PET bottles which can be removed by the consumers have been touted as a potential solution to the problems in sorting via Near Infrared (NIR) and optical detectors in waste plastic packaging sorting and recovery plants by Petcore Europe's ODR Working Group. The trade association, which represents the comple...
Hong Kong’s Environmental Protection Department (EPD) has rolled out the Glass Container Recycling Charter and a series of promotional and publicity activities to further raise public awareness on glass bottle recycling. Officiating at a launch ceremony, the Secretary for the Environment, Mr Wong Kam-sing, said that the Government is implementing the Producer Responsi...
Austrian recycling equipment manufacturer, ANDRITZ, has secured a deal to supply a complete tyre recycling plant to Pyrum Innovations AG for its thermolysis facility in Dillingen, Germany. Pyrum Innovations AG is a recycling technology company with locations in Germany, France and Luxembourg. The company’s main activity is the engineering and construction of recycling...
This will allow developers to move closer to market by demonstrating their technologies at full commercial scale. Ocean Demo will release a first call for applications this year and devices will be installed from 2020 to 2022. The transition from single machine to pilot farm scale is critical for the future of the ocean energy sector. Scaling up to multi-device far...
WeeSafe Launches the first guidebook dedicated to chemical protective coveralls. The present guide lays out the professional activities where short usage protective coveralls are strongly recommended. It details the different areas of activity where chemical risk is omnipresent and the occupations involved, as well as the chemical substances encountered. This sales and t...
In September 2017, TRIAX has obtained the « EPV » label – Label Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (Living Heritage Company). This label is decerned by the State for excellence in craftsmanship and expertise. Its selection is based on an advanced “savoir-faire”, well-known or traditional, and highlights the added value of French excellence in the manufacturing proces...
