DEVELOPMENT OF DEVELOPMENT OF ESTONIAN AIR QUALITYESTONIAN AIR QUALITYMANAGEMENT SYSTEMMANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Supply and Technical Assistance Supply and Technical Assistance Contract for procurement of Air Quality Contract for procurement of Air Quality

Management System (AQMS) Management System (AQMS)

EU Commission Phare ProgrammeEU Commission Phare ProgrammeEuropeAid/114968/D/S/EEEuropeAid/114968/D/S/EE

The Background:The Background:According to the Air Quality Framework Directive According to the Air Quality Framework Directive 96/62/EC, all EU Member States,96/62/EC, all EU Member States,which do not have representative measurements which do not have representative measurements of the levels of pollutants for all zones andof the levels of pollutants for all zones andAgglomerationsAgglomerationsshall undertake series of representative shall undertake series of representative measurements, surveys ormeasurements, surveys orAssessmentsAssessmentsin order to have the data available for in order to have the data available for implementation of the Directiveimplementation of the Directive.

The Goal:The Goal:

To Provide EstoniaTo Provide Estoniawith awith a

Modern NationwideModern NationwideAir Quality Management SystemAir Quality Management System

A Presentation of the Project A Presentation of the Project ComponentsComponents

• Air Quality Modelling• Internet Based Application System

Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations• Meteorological Measurement Equipment• Passives Sampler Campaigns• Laboratory Equipment• Computers• Training

Main PartnersMain Partners• Estonian Environmental Research Centre (EERC)

via the formal BeneficiaryThe Ministry of Environment

• SMHI, Sweden Apertum, Sweden (Internet System) Candela, Poland (Laboratory Equipment) Conexor, Sweden (Project Management) FDS, Sweden (Meteorological Equipment) Horiba, Germany (Monitoring Equipment) IVL, Sweden (Passive Samplers) Kernel, Estonia (Computers)

How it startedHow it started• Phare Programme• Twinning Projects• Sida (Swedish International Development

and Cooperation Agency) project in Tallinn since early 90's

Air Quality Monitoring Air Quality Monitoring EquipmentEquipment

Three new monitoring stations will measure

• SO2

• NOX

• O3

• PM 10 / 2.5• TSP• BTX

C O M 1 C O M 2 C O M 1 C O M 2

D i g i t a l I / O

+

-

A D C D A C

R S 2 3 2

C P U

A

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

- H V

P

B l a c k C a r b o n D e t e c t o r

T S P - h e a d / P M - 1 0 / P M - 2 . 5

S i m u l t a n e o u s P a r t i c u l a t e s a m p l i n g a n d M e a s u r e m e t

F i l t e r b a n d

A i r F l o w M e a s u r e m e n t a n d - A i r F l o w R e g u l a t i o n

1 M e a s u r e m e n t - I - C h a m b e r 2 D u s t S a m p l i n g 3 S u c t i o n C h a m b e r 4 K r - 8 5 g a s e o u s S o u r c e 5 C o m p e n s a t i o n C h a m b e r I 6 C o m p e n s a t i o n C h a m b e r I I 7 C o m p . - I - C h a m b e r

Meteorological EquipmentMeteorological Equipment• Three 24 meter masts

will provide input to large scale modelling• Ultrasonic

Anemometers(x, y, z) wind components

• Differential temperature

• Temperature• Humidity• Precipitation

Passive SamplersPassive Samplers• The pollutant is

transported to the sorbent by molecular diffusion

• Sampling time1 – 4 weeks

• SO2, NO2, VOC• 145 samplers per

campaign;3 campaigns nationwide

Laboratory EquipmentLaboratory Equipment• Chromato-mass

detector for organic pollution determination

• High performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC) and UV detector (ketones + aldehydes)

• Heavy metal detection equipment ICP (air + precipitation)

The Internet ApplicationThe Internet ApplicationThe Airviro SystemThe Airviro System

• The Internet Airviro is based on the fact that many customers, like the EERC, are looking for applications which make use of the Internet for decentralization of work and responsibilities.

• One corner stone is that only ONE application installation is needed (in the Central Office).

• Users at the Central Offices access via the Local Area Network (LAN).

• County Offices access via the Internet utilizing a standard PC and an Internet connection. No additional application/software installations are needed at the County Offices.

• Another corner stone is that all applications are run (computed) in the Central Server at the Central Office. This means that only one powerful server is needed, but in this case it is duplicated.

• Service & Maintenance as well as upgrades are consequently easily accomplished only in the Central Server via direct access by the supplier.

• LINUX operating system is nowadays becoming the standard for Government systems especially when it comes to web servers.

• MS Windows based systems are vulnerable to virus attacks and have security problems.

What is Air Quality What is Air Quality Management?Management?

An endless loop ofo Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Datao Emission Databaseso Air Quality Modelling• Training

Please note that we are talking about MANAGEMENT!

Ambient Air Quality DataAmbient Air Quality Data• Real time data

collection• Quality controls• Various

presentation functions under MS Windows

• Statistical functions

Emission DatabasesEmission Databases• On-line emission input

via Internet• Cooperation between

various organizational levels

• Spatial presentation functions under MS Windows

Air Quality ModellingAir Quality Modelling• Wind model• Langrangean /

Gaussian model• Grid model• MATCH model• Heavy gas model• Street canyon model• Receptor model• Presentation functions

under MS Windows

Some more detailsSome more details

• 360 days project schedule• Many organizations involved on

various levels all over the country • Substantial amount of training

Some experiences from other Some experiences from other AQM projectsAQM projects

• Successful projects are based on synergetic principles;i.e. if I provide information to you and you provide information to me, 1 + 1 = 3

• TTT = Things Take Time• Sharing information with the general

public and/or the media often creates some problems but it also creates understanding and consequently long-term improvements

Thank you for yourThank you for yourinterestinterest

andandGOOD LUCK!!!GOOD LUCK!!!

Estonia will have one of the Estonia will have one of the most modern AQM systems in most modern AQM systems in

the world next year…the world next year…You can find this presentation on

www.conexor.com/estonia/phare_aqm/presentations/