Equipment

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PLUME Van

The UBC PLUME Van, short for Portable Laboratory for Understanding human-Made Emissions, is a mobile laboratory used to measure air pollutant concentrations in and around Metro Vancouver and British Columbia. Read more…

Aerodynamic Aerosol Classifier

This aerodynamic aerosol classifier from Cambustion can classify particles between 25 nm and >5,000 nm according to their aerodynamic diameter. Read more…

Beta Attenuation Monitor

BAM 1022 Real-Time Portable Beta Attenuation Mass Monitor continuously measures the mass concentration of ambient particulate matter collected onto glass filter tape with a time resolution of one minute. Read more…

Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer

This TSI SMPS 3938 has Electrostatic Classifier 3082 and Water-based Condensation Particle Counter 3789. The classifier compatible with both Long Column (TSI DMA 3081A) as well as Nano Differential Mobiity Analyzer (TSI DMA 3085A), enabling size distribution measurement in the range from 1 nm up to 1 µm. Read more…

CULTEX: Cell Culture System for Aerosol Exposure

Cultex Technology GmbH. CT-RFS-C200 CULTEX RFS Compact Type II (6 chambers). It can used to expose cell cultures to air pollution to study pollutant toxicity and is essential for high-throughput studies of sources and pollution at specific locations. Read more…

Proton Transfer Reaction Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer

Aerodyne Research Incorporated. VOCUS 2R (lab as well as field-deployable). With sub-ppt limits of detection and mass resolving power up to 10000, it is a powerful tool for the analysis of a broad range of volatile organic compounds. Read more…

Portable Emission Measurement System

AVL M.O.V.E GAS PEMS Portable Exhaust Gas Analyzer. The system allows us to accurately measure the THC, NO/NO2, CO/CO2 and O2 concentrations in gasoline and diesel exhaust gas while on the move. Read more…

Fourier-Transform InfraRed (FTIR) exhaust gas measurement system

The AVL SESAM i60 FT SII is an exhaust measurement system for the continuous analysis of raw and diluted diesel and gasoline exhaust as well as exhaust from CNG-, LPG- or alcohol-fueled engines. The AVL SESAM i60 FT includes an FTIR spectrometer that measures more than 20 exhaust gas components with a wide dynamic measurement range. Read more…

Multipollutant Sensors

PM sensors, gaseous pollutant sensors, wind & light sensors. Find the list of sensors here.

Methane Isotope – Ethane Analyzer

The Picarro G2210-analyzer is ideal for discerning and measuring the source of methane emissions real-time in the field or through grab-sample measurements in the lab. Simultaneously measures δ13CH4, C2H6-to-CH4 ratio, concentrations of C2H6, CH4, CO2 and H2O. Read more…

Potential Aerosol Mass (PAM) Oxidation Flow Reactor

Aerodyne Research Incorporated. The reactor provides a highly oxidizing environment that simulates oxidation processes on timescales of days in the atmosphere in minutes in real time. Compatible with gas and particle mass spectrometry techniques. Read more…

Photoacoustic Extinctiometer

Droplet Measurement Technologies. Photoacoustic Extinctiometer (PAX) 870nm and 405nm for analyzing black carbon and brown carbon, respectively. Read more…

Catalytic Stripper

Catalytic Instruments GmbH & Co., uses a heated catalytic element to remove the particle and gas-phase semi-volatile fraction of an aerosol. Read more…

Portable Incubator for Cells

The Cellbox Ground 2.0 is a CO2 incubator that provides lab-like incubation conditions during transportation of cells culture. Powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack, its CO2 conditioning system that relies on disposable CO2 cartridges. Read more…