PD CEN/TR 15983:2010

PD CEN/TR 15983:2010 Stationary source emissions. Guidance on the application of EN 14181:2004

PD CEN/TR 15983 is a technical report that provides guidance for applying BS EN 14181:2004 Stationary source emissions. Quality assurance of automated measuring systems.

BS EN 14181 specifies procedures for establishing quality assurance levels (QAL) for automated measuring systems (AMS) installed on industrial plants. It should be used for the determination of the flue gas components and other flue gas parameters.

PD CEN/TR 15983 is a useful guidance document for everyone involved in reducing air pollution, air quality and controlling Stationary source emissions.

Contents of PD CEN/TR 15983:

• Foreword
• Introduction
• 1 Scope
• 2 Terms and definitions
• 3 Symbols and abbreviations
• 3.1 Symbols
• 3.2 Abbreviations
• 4 General guidance on quality assurance and calibration
• 4.1 General
• 4.2 Regulatory framework and standards for monitoring
• 4.3 Roles and responsibilities
• 5 Application of QAL1
• 5.1 General
• 5.2 AMS which are not yet installed at the plant
• 5.3 AMS which are already installed at the plant
• 6 Application of QAL2 and AST
• 6.1 Tasks within QAL2 and AST
• 6.2 Location and monitoring provisions for AMS
• 6.3 Management system provisions for AMS
• 6.4 Specific issues of the functional tests
• 7 Calibration and validation of the AMS
• 7.1 Standard reference methods
• 7.2 Calibration using an SRM
• 7.3 Low-level clusters
• 7.4 Peripheral AMS measurements
• 7.5 Establishing the calibration function and the test of variability
• 7.6 Data points outside the calibration range
• 7.7 Calibrating AMS for NOx and TOC
• 7.8 Significant changes to operating conditions and fuels
• 7.9 Significant changes to an AMS
• 8 On-going surveillance and quality assurance of AMS (QAL3)
• 8.1 The necessity for QAL3
• 8.2 Choosing control charts
• 8.3 Zero and span measurements
• 8.4 Setting parameters for control charts
• Annex A (informative) An example of a procedure for determining outliers
• Annex B (informative) Alternative approaches for dealing with low-level clusters of emissions
• Annex C (informative) kv values
• Annex D (informative) Shewhart and EWMA control charts
• Bibliography