On the 1^st January 2021, the board of Directors of Winn & Coales (Denso) Ltd were delighted to announce three new appointments to the Board.

Mr Andrew Sweeney has joined Mr Chris Winn as Joint Managing Director of Winn & Coales (Denso) Ltd. Andrew qualified as a Chartered Accountant in South Africa and has held senior financial positions in multinational companies in various countries around the world. He joined Winn & Coales (Denso) Ltd in 2018 as Finance Director.

Mr Andrew Stuart has assumed the role of Sales & Marketing Director of Winn & Coales (Denso) Ltd. Andrew joined the company in 2015 as Export Sales Director and brings a wealth of knowledge to the role, having had 25 years’ experience with Denso South Africa working to develop their sales in not only South Africa, but also in the African export markets. Andrew has broad and extensive knowledge in the corrosion prevention industry and is responsible for UK sales and export sales in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Mr Ryan Darlow has been appointed as Production Director for Winn & Coales (Denso) Ltd. Ryan originates from Durban, South Africa and attended Rhodes University. After university, he joined his family-owned business Nine Kings Engineering. Nine Kings worked closely with Denso South Africa, where they designed, manufactured and commissioned their production lines. In 2017, Ryan relocated to the UK where he started working as the Production Manager for Winn & Coales (Denso) Ltd.

Gas Data has been manufacturing and maintaining gas analysis instrumentation for 30 years. The company’s breadth of products ranges from fixed analysers certified for use in ATEX zone 1 areas, to handheld devices for data logging and spot checking.

The flagship range of fixed gas analysers is the Click! product line. Designed and created by Gas Data for a vast array of applications, the Click! systems are deployed in the most demanding and hazardous industrial setups. Advanced technology and modular design ensure the best possible operational efficiency and in turn, low total cost of ownership. These systems are built around the unique Click! Sensor Module that is recognised for quality, reliability, and ease of operation. Click! systems offer a range of analogue and digital output signals and all common industrial communications protocols, including PROFIBUS-DP, PROFINET and MODBUS TCP/IP are supported, meaning the analyser will fit seamlessly into your SCADA centralised system. A telemetry option adds a further record of data, streaming readings directly to Gas Data’s proprietary, cloud-based Gas Data Portal. In the event the network connection is lost, the Click! System will store the data locally until the connection is restored. The company’s servers securely store your gas analysis information, historical and live, and this allows its service engineers to provide remote diagnostics when required. As the firm says: “We are proud to be supporting our clients producing and utilizing green and renewable sources of energy. We work closely with all our clients, developing the best analysis solution for you.” To find out more, check out the URL below.

www.gasdata.co.uk

Environmental sector ICT specialist Recycle2Trade has signed up to the national SPRINT (SPace Research and Innovation Network for Technology) business support programme, which is providing funding to support the company in a collaboration with the University of Leicester on a project that aims to use satellite observations of landfills to detect gas emissions and damage to surrounding vegetation.

Recycle2Trade is developing a machine-learning-based data intelligence platform to monitor landfill sites, integrating Internet of Things (IoT) ground detection systems and satellite data from Sentinel-5p and Sentinel-2 missions. This cloud-based solution will provide site operators with early warning of emissions, enabling them to take actions to prevent asset damage and thereby reducing the risk for insurance companies.

The firm will collaborate with the University of Leicester to test the feasibility of the Earth Observation component of the platform. The University will develop a feasibility study and test approaches for the satellite detection of methane emissions at landfill sites, and for the satellite detection of vegetation health changes in the proximity of landfills due to accidents or mismanagement. The project will involve two research teams from the University of Leicester – the Greenhouse Gas Remote Sensing team within the Earth Observation Science group and the Centre for Landscape and Climate Research.

The project will be funded by a grant from the £5 million SPRINT programme that provides unprecedented access to university space expertise and facilities. SPRINT helps businesses through the commercial exploitation of space data and technologies.

Heiko Balzter, Director of the Centre for Landscape and Climate Research, at the University of Leicester explained: “In this project, we are investigating whether satellites can see where plants are suffering from stress due to pollution from landfill sites. If we succeed, then we hope this will lead to better mitigation measures and targeted remediation.”

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Wastewater treatment and compliance services provider WPL has been acquired by specialist services company Marlowe for an enterprise value of £10 million. Marlowe is the UK leader in specialist services that ensure safety and regulatory compliance for its clients.

WPL, based in Waterlooville, UK, will join the Environmental Engineering Division that forms part of Marlowe’s grouping of water and air industry companies with collective annual sales in excess of £100 million and over 1,200 employees. The group brings together other well-established and respected companies including WCS Services, Guardian Water, B&V Chemicals, Clearwater and Atana.

“Following the acquisitions of Suez Water Conditioning Services in 2018 and Clearwater Technology in 2019, alongside a number of bolt-on acquisitions and strong organic growth, our water and air compliance business now has the broadest service capabilities and coverage in the UK. We look forward to the contribution that WPL will make to our continued growth in this market.”

WPL’s leadership team, Gareth Jones, Andrew Baird and Simon Kimber, will continue to play key roles within the new organisation structure structure as senior managers, reporting to Tim Gaston, managing director of the Environmental Engineering Division.

Gaston said, “WPL’s biological treatment technology and expertise are very much part of the decision to acquire WPL and grow our engineering division. Marlowe can now offer clients the complete range of engineered clean water and wastewater solutions – from influent to effluent and including reuse and recycling – under one roof.”

Jones said, “Integration into a larger organisation with the resources and skills to promote growth, especially in commercial and industrial markets, promises to be a huge next step. It is a testament to the professionalism of our talented staff and the growth we have achieved to date that we have now attracted this attention and investment from Marlow plc.

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The UK Government’s Clean Air Strategy identifies a number of target compounds that need to be reduced dramatically within industrial air emissions.

Two of the main target contaminants, namely volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and ammonia (NH3), can be abated efficiently via filtration with activated carbon.

CPL Activated Carbons is a leading UK supplier of carbon filtration solutions. In addition to a broad selection of specialised Filtracarb® activated carbons. Tthe company also manufactures and supplies a range of VOCSorber® mobile carbon filters.

The current range-topper is the High Flow HF24 unit (pictured above), which can be used for treating flow rates in excess of 40,000 m³ per hour.  This high flow rate capability makes these ‘HF’ units ideal for challenging air purification applications, such as  handling the air flow within waste transfer stations or the emissions from chemical production facilities.  A vertical version is currently under development, with a smaller physical footprint.

When a filter is spent, the used carbon is recycled at CPL’s thermal reactivation plant in north Lincolnshire.

CPL Activated Carbons is proud to be playing its part in helping its customers achieve the stringent targets required by the Clean Air Strategy.

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Flow measurement expert Katronic’s ultrasonic clamp-on flowmeters measure 16 RAS/SAS (returned/surplus activated sludge) lines in pipes up to 85 years old, in a large sewage treatment works. They were supplied by ABB and installed by Z-Tech. A novel approach saved a lot of time during the commissioning process.

Accurate measurement of RAS/SAS flow is vital to properly balance sludge processes. The sixteen grey cast iron pipelines, ranging between 80 and 790mm diameter, have had between 60 and 85 years of sludge running through them and building up on their inner walls.

Portable flowmeters provide 24-hour flow surveys. Katronic flowmeters share a common ultrasonic platform and user interface, so a trial performed using a Katronic portable will exactly match the operation of a fixed system.

Following the successful trial, the water company purchased 16 KATflow 150 fixed systems. Smaller pipes are measured with a single path (one pair of transducers) and those over 300mm diameter use two pairs to improve accuracy where flow may be inconsistent. The transducers are remotely positioned between 50 and 80m from the transmitters. Stainless-steel mounting rails were used to position the transducers accurately and firmly to the pipe.

A positioning assistant on the main display of every flowmeter gives dynamic feedback on transducer placement, so a compact Katronic Commissioning Module can be used with a KATflow 200 portable flowmeter in a way that lets operators remain by the pipe to position the transducers correctly, giving an identical result when the remote KATflow 150 transmitter is connected. KATflow 150 transmitters can be fitted with up to 11 outputs. ABB initially supplied the flowmeters with active 4-20mA outputs. Z-Tech subsequently adding a Profibus PA output card to each flowmeter to link to the site SCADA system. For more information, contact: Martin Hardwidge, mhardwidge@katronic.co.uk.

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Tank breather vents are often overlooked as critical safety assets. The consequences from poorly set, calibrated and serviced assets are potentially dire.

Apart from relieving due to changes in fluid level and temperature they must also:

• Prevent fugitive emissions of damaging and invisible flammable vapour clouds.

• Maintain quality of stored media.

Choose a supplier that has experience and knowledge in this field. This is key where tank design pressures are often lower than a party balloon but flow hundreds or thousands of cubic metres per hour.

To get on track for Net Zero by 2050 only buy tank vents that are supplied with a production leak test certificate showing results at 75% of the set point or higher. It is vital then to maintain them with a new leak test certificate every 3 years or less. This has been a requirement in API2000 and ISO28300 since 2008.

Quality vents that perform to the Standards cost a bit more than cheap untested devices but could save hundreds of thousands of pounds throughout their life.

Given that vents are fitted on a tank costing millions, the savings from buying a cheap vent are soon lost and their legacy is damaging for the environment.

If you have any questions, please email info@assentech.co.uk or phone us on 01726 844707.

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VEGA introduces the latest FMCW 80 GHz non-contact radar level technology for the water industry – using their very own radar level microchip, to deliver excellent performance and a low price that represents a real alternative to ultrasonic level sensors. This makes it highly economical for applications in the water/wastewater sector, or auxiliary applications in process automation.

The benefits include:

• Strong focusing – smooth measurement right down to the bottom

• No dead zones –  measurement right up to the sensor, ideal when there is limited head room

• Low power and fast start up – for remote sites, datalogger and telemetry operation

• Handles build up – enables longer reliable operation without maintenance

• EX approval – for hazardous areas and chemicals

The compact loop powered radar is available in two versions: a  model with a cable connection housing and a standard model with fixed cable connection (IP68).

The compact radars also have an optional field mounting controller for local display, extra outputs and level alarms. Both sensors and controllers can be easily and safely adjusted via Bluetooth with a smartphone or tablet – ideal for harsh environments, operational safety or Ex areas.

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The refinement and development of the AQMesh small sensor air quality monitoring system over many years, and through numerous global co-location comparisons, have brought a wealth of unique benefits, says the firm. As well as a range of comparison datasets across climates from the Middle East to Scandinavia, each AQMesh pod has always been subject to a comprehensive factory set-up, following best practise of co-location comparison with reference equipment.

At the AQMesh factory, a custom-built mobile enclosure houses climate-controlled reference/equivalence analysers sampling air from an ambient ‘cage’ which can hold up to 100 AQMesh pods at a time. As well as sensor characterisation, this allows pod-to-pod precision to also be evaluated at the same time. The reference equipment includes Thermo Scientific 42i for NO, NO2 and NOx, Thermo Scientific 43i for SO2, Ecotech Serinus 10 for O3, Ecotech Serinus 30 for CO as well as the industry standard FIDAS 200 for PM1, PM2.5, PM4 and PM10. The enclosure is maintained at a constant, consistent temperature of 18 +/-2 degrees centigrade all year round, and all analysers are serviced regularly and calibrated themselves before each sensor characterisation batch.

Access to their own reference station, and the ongoing development of AQMesh since it first commercially launched in 2012, has also enabled the team to continually review the product’s long-term performance. Baseline stability of AQMesh’s electrochemical sensors has been proven over many years of independent global co-location trials against certified reference equipment.

This combination of long-standing factory “calibration”, and extensive global co-location comparison field testing now spanning over eight years in real, ambient conditions across a range of environments and climates, and a number of other unique benefits, means AQMesh is arguably the most reliable and accurate small sensor air quality monitoring system available on the market today.

www.aqmesh.com

After decades of neglect, the result of land pollution has reached a level of significance which is now impossible to ignore. Many sites around the world now pose a major hazard for new construction operations and have created a huge clean-up conundrum. With toxic chemicals and pesticides leading to potentially fatal illnesses, careful VOC monitoring is now indispensable.

The remediation of contaminated land sites can prove to be a challenging undertaking; however, effective boundary monitoring solutions can help to mitigate any environmental issues during construction by effective measurements. Casella demonstrates its commitment to reducing environmental risks with the new Guardian2 site boundary monitor, designed to help site management remain compliant with emission levels, using simultaneous monitoring and reporting of noise, dust, VOC and vibration levels.

The innovative Guardian2 is equipped with photoionization detectors (PID) and measurement of VOCs up to 6,000 ppm (parts per million), assessing the emission limits and air quality of an area. VOCs are organic chemicals known for their volatile and harmful properties that leak into the ground leaving the topsoil of the land polluted. The levels need to be assessed and continually monitored to ensure the site is safe for operation, and to safeguard the health of the workforce and surrounding area.   

Casella is dedicated to reducing occupational health and environmental risks and supporting businesses in solving their monitoring and analysis problems. For more information about the Casella Guardian2 visit the URL below.

www.casellasolutions.com