AUG and UofT SOCAAR to carry out new project for Industrial Air Quality Monitoring

AUG Signals is delighted to be a part of the new academic-industry collaborative project with the Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research (SOCAAR) at the University of Toronto.

This is a one-year project where the partners will expand AirSENCE, an advanced, accurate and afforable Continuous Ambient Air Quality Micro-Monitoring Station (caaqMMS)  to   AirSENCE-FIM (Fence-line and Industrial Monitoring) for pilot tests at selected strategic locations in the industrial manufacturing communities.

AirSENCE-FIM is a new product line that involves the integration of new sensors and the added capabilities to measure VOC and H₂S, as well as improvements to the sensitivity, longevity and seasonal accuracy shifts of the original AirSENCE devices. This industry-academic collaboration will help AirSENCE remain competitive in the smart cities landscape. Through offering new fence-line monitoring capabilities, AirSENCE will be able to better meet the expectations of clients operating within communities near major industrial emitters (oil sands, mining, pulp and paper, refineries and etc.)

Increased awareness of air pollution and its health impacts means there is a fast-growing need worldwide to monitor air quality. However, current low-cost air quality sensors have shortcomings with respect to sensor drift and degradation, which, along with interference effects from temperature and humidity, create challenges to acquire accurate data for long-term air quality analyses.  Through continuous investment as well as collaboration with air quality experts at SOCAAR, AUG aims to overcome these market challenges and further enforce the user confidence in the accuracy and reliability of AirSENCE. The new AirSENCE-FIM will further expand AUG Signals’ environmental monitoring product portfolio and create an affordable and sustainable solution for industrial communities.

This project is funded and supported by the NSERC Alliance – Ontario Center of Excellence VIP Program.