Annual Guide 2018 I SOURCE TESTING ASSOCIATION


LAAPC


Local authority air pollution control


LAQM Local air quality management LAU


LCPD LOD


LTRAP


Environment Agency Local Authority Unit. Large combustion plant directive Limit of detection


Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution


MCERTS The Environment Agency’s monitoring certifi cation scheme MCPD Medium combustion plant directive MDHS Method for the Determination of Hazardous Substances MID


QAL2 QAL3 QC


ROG Rsd RTP


Method implementation document – developed by EA and STA on how to apply standards in the UK.


MM5 USA Modifi ed Method 5 - extractive adsorbing emission sampling train for the measurement of volatile organic compounds, usually toxic or hazardous compounds, with boiling points over about 130o


C. MS Mass spectrometry


MSW Municipal solid waste MWC Municipal waste combustor. MWI NDIR


NDUV NECD NEN


NIOSH NIST


SCD SCR SD


SED SEM


Quality assurance level 2 – Calibration of an AMS in accordance with CEN standard EN14181


Quality assurance level 3 – On going performance of an AMS is accordance with CEN standard EN14181


Quality control


Reactive organic gases. Relative standard deviation


Research Triangle Park, NC, USA - location for several USA EPA Program offi ces.


Sulphur chemiluminescence detector


Selective catalytic reduction – NOx control technique. Standard deviation


Solvent emission directive Scanning electron microscopy


Medical waste incinerator or municipal waste incinerator, refer to WID. Non-dispersive infrared spectrometry Non-dispersive ultraviolet spectrometry National Emission Ceilings Directive Netherlands standardisation institute


National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (USA)


USA National Institute for Standards and Technology –US Federal organization responsible for evaluating and setting performance and design standards for measurements (formerly NBS).


NMOC Non-methane organic compounds organic compounds other than methane.


NMVOCs Non-methane volatile organic compounds NOx


NPL OES


Oxides of nitrogen – by convention taken to be the sum of NO and NO2 (excluding N2


O and other nitrogen oxides).


UK National Physical Laboratory – the UK’s National Measurement Institute


Optical emission spectroscopy


OMA Operator monitoring assessment OPM


OSHA OU


PAHs


PCBs PIC PID PM


PM10, PM2.5


POM PPC


Regulations prEN PUF QA


QAL1


Open path monitoring system (long path monitoring). Occupational Safety and Health Administration (USA) Odour units


Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, also known as poly-aromatic hydrocarbons and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons


Polychlorinated biphenyls


Product of incomplete combustion. Photo-ionisation detector Particulate matter


Particle fraction with diameter less than 10 µm or 2.5 µm


Polycyclic organic matter - includes benzene and related compounds often in particulate form at ambient conditions.


Pollution prevention and control regulations


Draft European standard Polyurethane foam Quality assurance


Quality assurance level 1 – AMS as tested to the requirements CEN standard EN15267 or MCERTS CEM systems


Semi-VOST Semi-volatile organic compounds sampling train - see MM5. SEPA SOx SRM SSP STA


Scottish Environment Protection Agency Oxides of sulphur.


Standard reference method Site-specifi c protocol


Source Testing Association – Technical trade association representing companies with an interest in emission monitoring.


TC


TCDD TCDF TD


TDL TE


TEF


TEOM TEQ TGN THC TPM TRS TSP


TVOC UKAS


Technical committee as referred to in standards organisations e.g. CEN Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin Tetrachlorodibenzofuran Thermal desorption Tuneable diode laser


Technical endorsement as referred to in MCERTS performance standard for personnel.


Toxic equivalent factor


Tapered element oscillating microbalance Toxic equivalent quantity Technical guidance note Total hydrocarbons


Total particulate matter Total reduced sulphur


Total suspended particulate matter. Total volatile organic compound. United Kingdom Accreditation Service


US EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency US EPA CT United States Environmental Protection Agency Conditional Test UV


Ultraviolet


UV-DOAS Ultraviolet dual optical absorption spectrometry. VDI


VOC VOST


Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (German national standards body) Volatile organic compound


Volatile organic sampling train - extractive adsorbing emission sampling train for the measurement of volatile organic compounds, usually toxic or hazardous compounds, with boiling points up to about 130o Analysis of sample is by GC/MS


C.


WG Working group as referred to in standards organisations e.g. CEN WHO World Health Organisation WHO-TEQ World Health Organisation toxic equivalent quantity WID Waste incineration directive


XAD/ XAD-2


Trade name for a polystyrene adsorbent resin


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