ET Marine launches SOx monitor

ET Marine in the UK has launched its own air quality monitor to measure sulphur dioxide (SO2) emitted by ships? engines ahead of a new IMO technical code for the emission of sulphurous gases. The SeaSox analyser uses the ultra violet florescence method to continuously measure emissions using a dilution extractive probe. It follows the launch of ET Marine?s SeaNox and SeaNox2 analysers, which use Chemiluminescence to monitor the emission of oxides of nitrogen as laid down in the IMO Annex VI of MARPOL 73/78 ruling, which came into force on 19 May 2005.

Like the SeaNox analysers, SeaSox is a tough, compact piece of equipment which only requires compressed air for start up. Sample gas from the ship exhaust is diluted with dry, clean instrument-grade compressed air and transported back to the analyser using up to 40m of unheated sample line. The manufacturer claims it is very user-friendly and easy to install. Combined with the reporting software, shipping companies can get up-to-the-minute data anywhere in the world.