Certification of a long-term sampling system for PCDFs and PCDDs in the flue gas from industrial facilities

• Published in: Chemosphere Vol. 40; no. 9-11; pp. 1025 - 1027
• Main Authors: MAYER, J, LINNEMANN, H, BECKER, E, RENTSCHLER, W, JOCKEL, W, WILBRING, P, GERCHEL, B
• Format: Conference Proceeding Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier 01.05.2000
• Subjects: Adsorption; Analysis methods; Applied sciences; Atmospheric pollution; Autoanalysis; Benzofurans - analysis; Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; Environmental Monitoring; Exact sciences and technology; Germany; Industrial Waste - analysis; Pollution; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins - analogs & derivatives; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins - analysis; Reproducibility of Results; Oxygen heterocycle; Long term; Certification; Gaseous effluent; Gas solid adsorption; Surveillance; Automatic measurement; Organochlorine compounds; Chlorine Organic compounds; Air pollution; Aromatic compound; Measurement method; Sampling; Organic compounds
• ISSN: 0045-6535; 1879-1298
• DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00349-5

AMESA (adsorption method for sampling of dioxins) is a fully automatic system for long term monitoring of dioxin emissions from industrial processes based on the adsorption method. The system has been tested and undergoing a certification procedure according to the German guidelines for certification of systems for continuous monitoring of special substances. The certification covered parameters such as disposability of the system, reproducibility of the results and comparability of the sampling method with German and European standard methods. Furthermore break through, blanks and sample storability were investigated. The results prove that AMESA is a state of the art sampling system for continuous monitoring of dioxin/furan emissions.