With the expanding volume of cannabis cultivation in the US indoors, outdoors and in greenhouses, the VOC emission's potential air quality impacts need to be measured through scientific studies. Byers Scientific's team of scientists measure the impacts commercial-scale VOC emissions have on air quality, including low-level ozone formation, nuisance odor and taint due to terpene drift on other agricultural crops. Using the Leaf Enclosure Method, a comprehensive emission profile is qualified and quantified from individual strains being cultivated, providing the data necessary to calculate a total gas-phase emission rate from a specific cultivation site. Though some uncertainties will remain, they are significantly reduced when facility-specific measurements are taken and emission inventories are built. Once this rate is known, impacts to air quality are modeled, deposition rates are measured and odor impacts are quantified effectively. This total gas-phase emission rate is then plugged into the Cannabis Emissions Profiler to design, size and scale the control equipment to ensure effective removal of VOCs, which reduces these environmental impacts to air quality. Through a molecular-level understanding of the emission profiles and VOC concentrations from cannabis plants, appropriate mitigation technology is able to be properly engineered for control. In conclusion, through emissions monitoring using state of the art monitoring technology at cultivation sites and with the power of IIoT and intelligent technology, a facility is able to measure in real-time, monitor, report and maintain control of their VOC emissions, using minimal energy consumption to reduce air quality impacts and remain in compliance.
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