Challenge of Integrated Low-Cost Emission Monitoring System into Digital Information System
Ali Murtopo Simbolon a), Januar Arif Fatkhurrahman b), Ikha Rasti Julia Sari c), Adelina Mariani S d), Syafruddin e), Sudarno f)

a) Environmental Engineering, Diponegoro University
b) Environmental Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology
c*) Center of Pollution Prevention Technology (CIPPT)
* Ki Mangunsarkoro No. 6 Semarang
ikha.rasti[at]gmail.com
d) Education Management, State University of Semarang
e, f) Faculty of Engineering, Diponegoro University

Abstract

The emission from industry has become a major problem in Indonesia. Usually, industry use accredited testing laboratory to conduct emission test so they can report it as environmental performance for their process, while this testing was accurate, but it can not visualize whole time emission from one process. This year, the Covid-19 pandemic also gain some difficulties in environmental evaluation in the industry include emission performance evaluation. Some big companies may have expensive continuous emission monitoring that can substitute manual laboratory testing, some other, the small and medium scale industry did not have this system. There is a possible development of an integrated low-cost emission monitoring system in the small-medium scale industry since the low-cost gas sensor rapidly develops and getting more accurate. An engineering scenario of integrating low-cost emission monitoring systems into digital information systems could be developed under some challenges, instrumentation, calibration, and regulative support. By applying this scenario periodical emission concentration can be evaluated periodically to support air quality management policy.

Keywords: electrochemical sensor, low cost, covid19, emission monitoring

Topic: Environment, Health, and Safety