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Welcome the participants of capacity development workshop: Regional air pollution to the environmental research and training center. 9 October 2008. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Environment. Natural Resources. Policy. Pollution Control Department.
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Welcome the participants of capacity development workshop:Regional air pollutionto the environmental research and training center 9 October 2008
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Environment Natural Resources Policy Pollution Control Department Department of Environmental Quality Promotion (DEQP) Environmental Research and Training Center (ERTC)
Environmental Research and Training Centre Human Resource Development in Natural Resources and Environment Bureau Administrative Bureau General Administration Section Cleaner Technology Centre Human Resource Development in Administration Sub-Division Laboratory Standards Sub-division Technical Development and Planning Sub-division Technology Transfer Sub-division Project on Establishment of Dioxins Laboratory Research and Development Bureau Air Research and Development Sub-division Water Research and Development Sub-division Biomass and Waste Research and Development Sub-division Hazardous Substances Research and Development Sub-division Noise and Vibrasion Research ad Development Sub-division
Air Research and Development Section Acid deposition (EANET cooperation) 1. Study of Acid Deposition in Rural Area of Thailand 2. The joint research project on Catchment analysis in Thailand Study on Ambient VOCs in Thailand 3. Development of Methodologies 4. Investigation of baseline VOCs in ambient air
Acid deposition • Wet deposition monitoring • 2. The joint research project on Catchment • analysis in Thailand • 3. Capacity Building
Stemflow 5 sets Streamwater Sakaerat research station, Nakornrachasima Passive samplers: SO2, NO2, NOx, NH3, O3 Throughfall 5 sets RF: Bulk sampler 4 sets
Capacity Building ► Organize the international training course on “Acid Deposition Monitoring and Assessment” under The Third Country Training Program ofJICA (2004-2007), Phase I (ERTC-PCD-TICA-JICA) ►Organize the international training course on “Control Strategy and Mitigation Measures of Acid Deposition” under The Third Country Training Program ofJICA (2008-2009), Phase II (ERTC-PCD-TICA-JICA)
Study of Volatile Organic Compounds in Ambient air Cooperative project with technical assistance of JICA on “Capacity Building on Environmental Research in Thailand”
Objective of the study 1. To develop an appropriate methodology for VOCs ambientmonitoring in Thailand 2. To study VOCS status in Thailand
Development of methodologies for VOCs measurement in ambient air • Passive canister-Preconcentrator GC/MS • Passive Thermal Desorption GC/MS • DNPH cartridge HPLC
Diffusivesampler Conditioning tube system Sampling
GC/MS TDU Thermal desorption-GC/MS Analysis Check blank Calibration curve Repeatability Method detection limit Desorption efficiency Sample analysis
Method TO-15, US.EPA GC-MS chromatogram of a standard sample containing 77 volatile organic compounds
Ambient air quality standard of volatile organic compounds in thailand • Vinyl chloride 10 µg/m3 • 1,3-Butadiene 0.33 µg/m3 • Dichloromethane 22 µg/m3 • Benzene 1.7 µg/m3 • 1,2-Dichloroethane 0.4 µg/m3 • Chloroform 0.43 µg/m3 • Trichloroethylene 23 µg/m3 • 1,2-Dichloropropane 4 µg/m3 • Tetrachloroethylene 200 µg/m3
The schedule of today visit • Wet deposition monitoring station for EANET (20 min.) • Coffee break (15 min.) • Visit VOC laboratory for canister- GC/MS method (10 min.) • Visit VOC laboratory for thermal desorption – GC/MS method (10 min.) • Visit acid deposition laboratory with the demonstration of Ogawa passive samplers (45 min.)