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German Technical Inspections Organisation (TÜV)

 

  • Background
  • BlmSchV 13
  • BlmSchV 17
  • BlmSchV 27
  • BlmSchV 30
  • EmiDAS and TÜV

Background

The German Federal Environment Agency known as the UBA (Umweltbundesamt) is responsible for:

  • Scientific support for the government
  • Enforcing environmental laws and
  • Providing environmental information to the public

For emissions monitoring, the UBA use the TÜV test companies to ensure that all monitoring systems are tested to agreed standards.

The TÜV, originally known as the Technical Inspections Organisation (Technische Überwachungsvereine) conducts a wide variety of testing and this includes Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS).

The TÜV will produce a report which shows which applications the CEMS system can be used for and is based on the 39 requirements defined in the relevant Federal Emissions Regulations knows as the Bundesimmissionschutzverordnung (BIMSchV).

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BlmSchV13

BlmSchV13 - Regulations on large combustion plants, gas turbines and internal combustion engine systems includes

  • The storage of reading data for a minimum of five years

  • Measured values for each successive half hour should be used to derive half‐hourly mean values

  • The submission reports to the relevant authority showing continuous measurement results for each calendar year

  • The continuous monitoring of :-

    Dust
    Mercury
    Total carbon
    Carbon monoxide
    Nitrogen monoxide
    Nitrogen dioxide
    Sulphur dioxide
    Sulphur trioxide
    Soot level
    Volume content of oxygen in the waste gas
    Waste gas temperature
    Waste gas volume flow
    Humidity content
    Pressure

BlmSchV17

BlmSchV17 - Regulations on Incineration and co-incineration of waste includes

  • The storage of reading data for a minimum of five years

  • Measured values for each successive half hour should be used to derive half‐hourly mean values

  • The submission reports to the relevant authority showing continuous measurement results for each calendar year

  • The continuous monitoring of :-

    Oxygen in the exhaust gas
    Flue gas temperature
    Exhaust gas volume
    Pressure
    Nitrogen dioxide
    Hydrogen chloride
    Hydrogen fluoride
    Mercury
    Dust
    Nitric oxide
    Sulphur dioxide
    Sulphur trioxide
    Ammonia
    Carbon monoxide

BlmSchV27

BlmSchV27 - Regulations on Cremation includes

  • The storage of reading data for a minimum of five years

  • Measured values for each successive half hour should be used to derive half‐hourly mean values

  • The submission reports to the relevant authority showing continuous measurement results for each calendar year

  • The continuous monitoring of :-

    Oxygen
    Carbon monoxide
    Temperature
    Smoke density

BlmSchV13

BlmSchV30 - Regulations on Plants for biological treatment of waste includes

  • The continuous monitoring of :-

    Nitrous oxide
    Exhaust gas temperature
    Exhaust flow rate
    Pressure
    Moisture content of water vapor
    Dust
    Odorants

EmiDAS and the TÜV

EmiDAS is very configurable and has been built to adhere to the TÜV regulations as follows:

  • Absolutely any average can be defined
  • All measurements required by the TÜV can be acquired and monitored
  • There is no limit on the storage of data and as such the measurements can remain long after the 5 year requirements.

In addition to this, the TÜV also incorporate EN 15267 Part 3 which is also used by the MCERTS Standard.

EN 15267 is the Air quality Certification for automated measuring systems and consists of 3 parts as follows:-

  • Part 1: General principles
  • Part 2: Assessment of the quality management system
  • Part 3: Performance criteria and test procedures for automated measuring systems for monitoring emissions from stationary sources

EmiDAS has already been certified against EN 15267 Part 3 as part of the MCERTS process and hence also satisfies this particular TÜV requirement