MCERTS certified outdoor air quality monitor for smart city applications, fence line and indoor air quality monitoring

The AQ Guard Smart series is a compact and cloud-enabled measuring device series for the determination of air quality. In addition to the measuring principle of optical scattered light measurement of single particles based on the technology of the EN 16450-certified Fidas® 200 for fine dust measurement, it uses further gas sensors (Smart 1100 and Smart 1200) for measuring the pollutant gases NO2, SO2, O3, CO, TVOC and CO2 are integrated, which can provide information about the particle origin. In addition, the Smart 1200 system is equipped with a GPS sensor, which transmits current location data with the mentioned parameters. The system is designed to meet the requirements of outdoor air measurement in the smart city environment to improve granularity while maintaining high comparability to official measurements, for environmental monitoring and health protection. The simultaneous measurement of pollutant gases predestines the device for measurement in environmentally sensitive areas, especially where measurements of pollutant gases are already common or required by law.

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The AQ Guard Smart received MCERTS certification as an Indicative Ambient Particulate Monitor on 6/26/2022.

The AQ Guard Smart series supports model calculations for current particulate matter pollution and forecasts that require stricter limit values in the future and thus the necessary lower uncertainties in local measurements. Seasonal and cyclical particulate matter forecasts can be carried out in a more differentiated manner and with higher accuracy. This enables the timely planning of measures to prevent particulate pollution and protect health, the differentiated implementation of measures to protect the population, and the implementation of abatement strategies to reduce pollution, e.g., through anticipatory traffic control.




AQ Guard Smart in use on the volcanic island of La Palma


For a better understanding of the fine dust input and its cause, the device is optionally available with a corresponding weather station, which provides supplementary meteorological information. Sensors that measure temperature, humidity and pressure are integrated as standard.



AQ Guard Smart on a tripod

With the AQ Guard Smart, the most modern, continuous air quality measurement system is available, which also offers manufacturers and users of lower-resolution sensors a comparison option and thus a plausibility check before the measured values are made available for further processing and dispersion studies.

                   Palas my-atmosphere.net

The cloud application MyAtmosphere created for this purpose enables both private and government operators to retrieve current measured values directly, to compare them with other devices without time delay and further processing, or to integrate them into their own systems/environments via an optional programming interface (API). Of course, the usual protocols such as ASCII, MODBUS via TCP or UDP are also integrated.

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MCERTS-certified for outdoor air quality monitoring for smart city applications, fence line and indoor air quality monitoring
Highly accurate fine dust measurement with proven Palas® aerosol spectrometer technology and optional gas sensor technology

	AQ Guard Smart 1000 Air quality meter for monitoring fine particulate matter (PM1, PM2.5, PM4, PM10, TSP) under demanding environmental conditions	Applications Urban air quality monitoring Smart city projects Open pit mining and landfills Formation and dispersion studies Construction sites Immission monitoring of industrial plants Measurement of dust emissions from road and rail traffic as well as ports Risk areas (natural and anthropogenic)
	AQ Guard Smart 1100 Air quality meter for monitoring particulate matter and pollutant gases (PM1, PM2.5, PM4, PM10, TSP, SO2, NO2, O3, CO) under demanding environmental conditions	Applications Urban air quality monitoring Smart city projects Open pit mining and landfills Formation and dispersion studies Construction sites Immission monitoring of industrial plants Measurement of dust emissions from road and rail traffic as well as ports Risk areas (natural and anthropogenic)
	AQ Guard Smart 1200 Air quality meter for monitoring particulate matter and pollutant gases (PM1, PM2.5, PM4, PM10, TSP, SO2, NO2, O3, CO, TVOC, CO2) under demanding environmental conditions incl. GPS	Applications Urban air quality monitoring Smart city projects Open pit mining and landfills Formation and dispersion studies Construction sites Immission monitoring of industrial plants Measurement of dust emissions from road and rail traffic as well as ports Risk areas (natural and anthropogenic)
	AQ Guard Smart 2000 Air quality meter for monitoring nanoparticles (UFP number concentration, LDSA-"Lung-deposited surface area") for demanding ambient conditions	Applications UFP concentrations in and around airports and seaports Formation and dispersion studies Immission monitoring of industrial plants Urban air quality monitoring Supplementary measurement of UFP concentrations at traffic-rich sites