Air Quality Monitoring:
the right tool for the job!
Simplifying
air quality investigations - The latest product from South Coast
Science, the Praxis/OPCube, responds to the call for a compact
monitor suitable for conducting air quality surveys or establishing
baselines.
It is a product destined for use in a ‘smart’ environment
and it’s designed for pragmatic data gathering when roadside
monitoring, or when undertaking local authority investigations.
As with its big brother, the Praxis/Urban, high-quality Alphasense
sensors provide proven sensing technology. The Praxis/OPCube
can be deployed in a high-density monitoring network using the
same data infrastructure and sampling rates as the Praxis/Urban,
so that in terms of accuracy, reliability and deployment, the
two devices operate in the same league.
The Praxis/OPCube, however, is a smaller, lower cost device specifically
designed to provide precisely what’s required in environmental
health and smart city use cases.
A device that solves your problems elegantly .
Product development at South Coast
Science operates on a philosophy of using the right tool for
the job and avoiding unnecessary complexity or cost. This is
essentially a scientific principle: the simplest explanation
is most likely the right one and simpler theories are easier
to test.
Effective air quality monitoring is achieved by understanding
the requirements of a particular task and identifying which measurements
are necessary to produce valid, verifiable data.
Data from multiple gas sensors is not required for every monitoring
task, so why have a larger, more complex device than is needed?
More components will require more maintenance and an unnecessary
multiplication of your costs over your monitoring network.
The Praxis/OPCube has a single gas sensor combined with a particulate
monitor, which is sufficient for most environmental health contexts.
The obvious benefit for customers is they do not pay for redundant
functionality or infrastructure.
Minimise complexity with the optimal specification
Key device features for environmental health monitoring purposes:
* Robust - designed for long-term outdoor deployments
* Compact: 154x154x130mm, 2kg
* Local microSD card data storage and 4G mobile comms as standard
* Equipped with sensors for gas + pm + T + rH
* Battery back-up in the event of power loss
* Same open source design and data dashboard as Praxis/Urban
The Praxis/OPCube is due to launch Dec 2020, for low-cost accurate,
reliable and flexible air quality monitoring solutions.
For
more information, please contact:
David Johnson
South Coast Science Ltd.
Email : david.johnson@southcoastscience.com
Website : www.southcoastscience.com
South Coast Science
Limited is registered in England, company number 10235767
November
2020
