Case Study

Environmental impact monitoring of port activities in the Cadiz Bay

Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz

Need

The Cadiz Bay Port Authority saw the need to promote digitalisation in its own processes and services.

To this end, the APBC launched the call for “Technical Assistance for the Development and Implementation of the Technology Master Plan within the Framework of processes and services digitalisation of Cadiz Bay Port Authority”, of which Emetel Sistemas S.L. won the contract. Solutions of Kunak Technologies were hired to provide environmental measurement services, specifically the monitoring of pollutant and atmospheric parameters for environmental control in port activities.

This allows real-time monitoring of air quality and noise in the Bay of Cadiz, enabling the detection of critical points and the potential causes of these problems, being able to propose more objective and specific measures for each situation, and influence the improvement of the air quality breathed by the residents and the noise nuisance they may be suffering.

Deployment of a monitoring network for the environmental control of port activities in the area surrounding the port of the Bay of Cadiz.

Solution

Deployment of a monitoring network using 4 Kunak AIR Pro stations, powered by a solar panel, for total autonomy, possible to be used for different awareness campaigns as required.

Currently, the APBC only had one official air quality station. The 4 monitoring stations act as a complementary network of the information provided by the reference station, providing more local information and extending the monitoring area.

Locations:

Barriada Río San Pedro
Cabezuela I (Puerto Real)
Cabezuela II (Puerto Real)
Viento Levante

At these points, parameters such as nitrogen dioxide, ozone, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, volatile organic compounds and particulate matter are measured continuously. They also include a wind speed and direction sensor that allows detection of the source of emissions of the different pollutants to be analysed.

Results

Deployment of a sensor network with embedded wireless communications during the 4 years of the project.
Greater spatial resolution from real-time monitoring of pollution, noise and environmental parameter.
Real-time data on diffuse emissions generated in the port area.
Control port activities and identify those with the greatest impact or critical points thanks to the Kunak AIR Cloud platform.
Operational management and maintenance of the sensor network.
Data analysis for the implementation of improvement and mitigation plans or actions.
Alarms systems with threshold exceedance alerts and real-time statistics are available.
Advanced analysis system of the monitored data in order to ease the decision-making.

Project details

Customer: Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz

User: Cadiz Bay Port Authority

Location: Port of the Bay of Cadiz, Spain

Sector: Ports & Airports

Year: 2022

Parameters:

NO₂ (nitrogen dioxide); O₃ (ozone); CO (carbon monoxide); CO₂ (carbon dioxide) y COVs (volatile organic compounds).
Particulate Matter PM₁₀, PM_2.5 y PM₁.
Noise Level.
Temperature, relative humidity and atmospheric pressure.
Wind speed and direction.

Solutions

AIR ProProfessional air quality monitoring station
AIR Pro
The most accurate air quality monitoring station

SENSOR-BASED | BEST AVAILABLE ACCURACY

Benefits
- Multi-pollutant
- Smart cartridge system
- Fully autonomous
- Real-time data
- Proven accuracy
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AIR CloudAir quality software
AIR Cloud
Multipurpose air quality software for professionals

REAL-TIME DATA | ALWAYS UPDATED

Benefits
- Secure and condifential
- Air quality reporting
- Advanced data analysis and visualisation
- Reliable data guaranteed
- Data sharing and integration
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Nitric oxideReliable real-time data on NO
Nitric oxide
Reliable information about nitric oxide

GASPLUG TECHNOLOGY | PATENTED DESIGN

Specs
- Electrochemical
- R² >0.9
- Range: 0-5,000 ppb
- Resolution: 1 ppb
- 24 months of operating life
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OzoneReliable real-time data on O₃
Ozone
Reliable information about ozone

GASPLUG TECHNOLOGY | PATENTED DESIGN

Specs
- Electrochemical
- R² >0.9
- Range: 0-2,000 ppb
- Resolution: 1 ppb
- 24 months of operating life
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Carbon monoxideReliable real-time data on CO
Carbon monoxide
Reliable information about carbon monoxide

GASPLUG TECHNOLOGY | PATENTED DESIGN

Specs
- Electrochemical
- R² >0.85
- Range: 0-12,000 ppb (Type A) | 0-500 ppm (Type B)
- Resolution: 1 ppb (Type A) | 0.01 ppm (Type B)
- 24 months of operating life
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Carbon dioxideReliable real-time data on CO₂
Carbon dioxide
Reliable information about carbon dioxide

GASPLUG TECHNOLOGY | PATENTED DESIGN

Specs
- NDIR
- Typical accuracy (MAE): ±30 ppm
- Range: 0-5,000 ppm
- Resolution: 1 ppm
- > 7 years of operating life
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Volatile organic compoundsReliable real-time data on VOCs
Volatile organic compounds
Reliable information about volatile organic compounds

GASPLUG TECHNOLOGY | PATENTED DESIGN

Specs
- Photoionization detector
- R² >0.99
- Range: 0-3,000 ppb (Type A) | 0-40 ppm (Type B)
- Resolution: 1 ppb (Type A) | 0.01 ppm (Type B)
- 10,000 hours of operating life
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