prEN 13205
(Main)Workplace exposure - Assessment of sampler performance for measurement of airborne particle concentrations
Workplace exposure - Assessment of sampler performance for measurement of airborne particle concentrations
This European Standard specifies methods for testing aerosol samplers under prescribed laboratory conditions, and performance requirements that are specific to aerosol samplers. These performance requirements, which include conformity with the EN 481 sampling conventions, apply only to the process of sampling the airborne particles from the air, not to the process of analysing particles collected by the process of sampling. Although analysis of samples collected in the course of testing is usually necessary in order to evaluate the sampler performance, the specified test methods ensure that analytical errors are kept very low during testing and do not contribute significantly to the end result. The determination of analytical errors and factors related to them (for example the bias, precision and limit of detection of the analytical method) is outside the scope of this standard. Where the aerosol sampler requires the use of an external (rather than integral) pump, the pump is not subject to the requirements of this standard.
EN 482 contains general performance requirements for methods used for determining the concentrations of chemical agents in workplace atmospheres. These performance requirements include maximum values of expanded uncertainty (a combination of random and non-random measurement uncertainty) achievable under prescribed laboratory conditions for the methods to be used. The requirements of EN 482 apply to a complete measurement procedure, a combination of the stages consisting of sampling, sample transport/storage and sample preparation/analysis. This standard specifies how the performance of aerosol measurement procedures is assessed with respect to the general requirements of EN 482, through the combination of errors arising in the sampling, sample transportation/storage and sample preparation/analysis stages.
This standard applies to all samplers used for the health-related sampling of particles in workplace air, whatever their mode of operation.
Exposition am Arbeitsplatz - Beurteilung der Leistungsfähigkeit von Sammlern für die Messung der Konzentration luftgetragener Partikel
Diese Europäische Norm legt Verfahren zur Prüfung von Aerosolsammlern unter vorgeschriebenen Laborbedingungen fest und gibt Leistungsanforderungen an, die für Aerosolsammler spezifisch sind. Diese Leistungsanforderungen, zu denen die Übereinstimmung mit den Konventionen der EN 481 für die Probenahme gehört, gelten nur für das Verfahren der Probenahme der luftgetragenen Partikel aus der Luft, nicht für den Prozess der Untersuchung der Partikel, die im Prozess der Probenahme gesammelt wurden. Obgleich die Untersuchung der im Verlauf der Prüfung gesammelten Proben im Allgemeinen erforderlich ist, um die Leistungsfähigkeit des Sammlers zu bewerten, sichern die festgelegten Prüfverfahren, dass Untersuchungsfehler während der Prüfung sehr niedrig gehalten werden und nicht signifikant zum Endergebnis beitragen. Die Bestimmung analytischer Fehler und mit diesen verbundener Faktoren (zum Beispiel die systematische Abweichung, die Präzision und die Nachweisgrenze des Analyseverfahrens) liegt außerhalb des Anwendungsbereichs dieser Norm. Falls der Aerosolsammler die Verwendung einer äußeren Pumpe (anstatt einer eingebauten Pumpe) erfordert, unterliegt die Pumpe nicht den Anforderungen dieser Norm.
EN 482 enthält allgemeine Leistungsanforderungen an die Verfahren, die zur Bestimmung der Konzentrationen chemischer Arbeitsstoffe in Arbeitsplatzatmosphären angewendet werden. Zu diesen Leistungsanforderungen gehören Maximalwerte für die erweiterte Messunsicherheit (einer Kombination von zufälliger und nicht zufälliger Messunsicherheit), die bei den zu verwendenden Verfahren unter vorgeschriebenen Laborbedingungen erreichbar sind. Die Anforderungen nach EN 482 gelten für ein vollständiges Messverfahren, d. h. eine Kombination der Stufen, die sich aus der Probenahme, dem Transport/der Lagerung der Probe und der Probenvorbereitung/-untersuchung zusammensetzen.
Exposition sur les lieux de travail - Evaluation des performances des dispositifs de mesure des concentrations d'aérosols
La présente Norme européenne spécifie les méthodes d'essais des échantillonneurs d'aérosols soumis à des conditions de laboratoire imposées ainsi que les exigences requises spécifiques à ces échantillonneurs d'aérosols. Ces exigences en termes de performances, qui comprennent notamment la conformité aux conventions d'échantillonnage de l'EN 481, s'appliquent uniquement au processus d'échantillonnage des particules d'aérosol contenues dans l'air et non pas au processus d'analyse des particules recueillies dans le cadre du processus d'échantillonnage. Bien que l'analyse des échantillons recueillis au cours des essais soit généralement nécessaire de manière à évaluer les performances des échantillonneurs, les méthodes d'essai spécifiées permettent de conserver un très faible taux d'erreurs analytiques au cours des essais, qui n'ont pas beaucoup d'incidence sur le résultat final. La détermination des erreurs et des facteurs analytiques (par exemple le biais, la fidélité et la limite de détection de la méthode d'analyse) n'entre pas dans le domaine d'application de la présente Norme. Lorsque l'échantillonneur d'aérosol nécessite l'utilisation d'une pompe externe (plutôt qu'une pompe intégrée), la pompe n'est pas soumise aux exigences de la présente Norme.
L'EN 482 contient les exigences générales en termes de performances pour des méthodes utilisées afin de déterminer les concentrations d'agents chimiques dans les atmosphères de lieux de travail. Ces exigences en termes de performances comprennent les valeurs maximales de l'incertitude élargie (une combinaison d'incertitudes de mesure aléatoires et non aléatoires) pouvant être obtenues dans des conditions de laboratoire prédéterminées pour les méthodes devant être utilisées. Les exigences de l'EN 482 s'appliquent à un mode opératoire de mesure complet, une combinaison des étapes consistant en un échantillonnage, un transport et un stockage des échantillons et une préparation et une analyse des échantillons.
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2010
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Workplace exposure - Assessment of sampler performance for measurement of airborne
particle concentrations
Exposition am Arbeitsplatz - Beurteilung der Leistungsfähigkeit von Sammlern für die
Messung der Konzentration luftgetragener Partikel
Exposition sur les lieux de travail - Evaluation des performances des dispositifs de
mesure des concentrations d'aérosols
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 13205
ICS:
13.040.30 Kakovost zraka na delovnem Workplace atmospheres
mestu
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD
DRAFT
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
September 2010
ICS 13.040.30 Will supersede EN 13205:2001
English Version
Workplace exposure - Assessment of sampler performance for
measurement of airborne particle concentrations
Exposition sur les lieux de travail - Evaluation des Exposition am Arbeitsplatz - Beurteilung der
performances des dispositifs de mesure des concentrations Leistungsfähigkeit von Sammlern für die Messung der
d'aérosols Konzentration luftgetragener Partikel
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 137.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
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Contents Page
Foreword .3
Introduction .4
1 Scope .5
2 Normative references .5
3 Terms and definitions .6
3.1 Sampling and transport terms .6
3.2 Performance terms . 10
3.3 Analysis terms . 12
4 Symbols and abbreviations . 13
4.1 Symbols . 13
4.2 Enumerating subscripts . 27
4.3 Abbreviations . 28
5 Requirements . 28
5.1 Summary of requirements . 28
5.2 Expanded uncertainty for an aerosol sampler . 29
5.3 Expanded uncertainty for a measurement procedure . 29
6 Test methods . 30
6.1 Performance tests. 33
6.2 Overview of test methods . 34
7 Types of evaluation . 34
7.1 Sampler evaluation . 34
7.2 Evaluation of a measurement procedure . 35
8 Instructions for use . 35
9 Marking, quality control . 36
9.1 Marking . 36
9.2 Quality control . 36
Annex A (normative) Laboratory performance test, based on determination of sampling efficiency
and modelling of concentrations determined by sampling. 37
Annex B (normative) Laboratory performance test, based on comparison of concentrations
determined with the candidate sampler and a validated sampler . 62
Annex C (normative) Workplace performance test, based on comparison of concentrations
determined with the candidate sampler and a validated sampler . 78
Annex D (informative) Recommended procedure for a workplace comparison of a candidate
sampler and a validated sampler in order to obtain a correction factor. 94
Annex E (normative) Transport test based on weighing samples before and after shipping by mail . 100
Annex F (normative) Handling test for loaded samplers or collection substrates using a shaker . 105
Annex G (normative) Calculation of expanded uncertainty for a measurement procedure . 109
Annex H (informative) Analysis of sampling efficiency data from a performance test according to
Annex A . 117
Bibliography . 154
Foreword
This document (prEN 13205:2010) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 137 “Assessment of
workplace exposure to chemical and biological agents”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 13205:2001, which has been technically revised in order to accommodate
the revision of EN 482.
Introduction
EN 481 defines sampling conventions for the particle size fractions to be collected from workplace
atmospheres in order to assess their impact on human health. Conventions are defined for the inhalable,
thoracic and respirable aerosol fractions. These conventions represent target specifications for aerosol
samplers, giving the ideal sampling efficiency as a function of particle aerodynamic diameter.
In general, the sampling efficiency of real aerosol samplers will deviate from the target specification, and the
aerosol mass collected will therefore differ from that which an ideal sampler would collect. In addition, the
behaviour of real samplers is influenced by many factors such as external wind speed. In many cases there is
an interaction between the influence factors and fraction of the airborne size distribution of the environment in
which the sampler is used.
This standard specifies performance requirements and performance tests for samplers for the inhalable,
thoracic and respirable aerosol fractions. Requirements for the aerosol sampler and transport of loaded
collection samplers are stated. Three different performance tests for sampled concentration and a transport
test of loaded collection substrates are specified. The three tests differ in the amount of information obtained
by the test and its corresponding cost. The first test method determines the sampling efficiency curve of a
candidate sampler, the second compares concentrations sampled from three laboratory test atmospheres by
a candidate sampler and a (previously) validated sampler, and the third method compares concentrations
sampled from a specific workplace by a candidate sampler and a (previously) validated sampler. The method
for calculating the expanded uncertainty for a measurement procedure based on aerosol sampling is
specified. Additionally a method for determining equivalence between aerosol samplers at specific workplaces
and an alternative handling test are presented.
1 Scope
This European Standard specifies methods for testing aerosol samplers under prescribed laboratory
conditions, and performance requirements that are specific to aerosol samplers. These performance
requirements, which include conformity with the EN 481 sampling conventions, apply only to the process of
sampling the airborne particles from the air, not to the process of analysing particles collected by the process
of sampling. Although analysis of samples collected in the course of testing is usually necessary in order to
evaluate the sampler performance, the specified test methods ensure that analytical errors are kept very low
during testing and do not contribute significantly to the end result. The determination of analytical errors and
factors related to them (for example the bias, precision and limit of detection of the analytical method) is
outside the scope of this standard. Where the aerosol sampler requires the use of an external (rather than
integral) pump, the pump is not subject to the requirements of this standard.
EN 482 contains general performance requirements for methods used for determining the concentrations of
chemical agents in workplace atmospheres. These performance requirements include maximum values of
expanded uncertainty (a combination of random and non-random measurement uncertainty) achievable under
prescribed laboratory conditions for the methods to be used. The requirements of EN 482 apply to a complete
measurement procedure, a combination of the stages consisting of sampling, sample transport/storage and
sample preparation/analysis. This standard specifies how the performance of aerosol measurement
procedures is assessed with respect to the general requirements of EN 482, through the combination of errors
arising in the sampling, sample transportation/storage and sample preparation/analysis stages.
This standard applies to all samplers used for the health-related sampling of particles in workplace air,
whatever their mode of operation. Different test procedures and types of evaluation are included to enable
application of this standard to a wide variety of instruments. The standard shall enable manufacturers and
users of aerosol sampling instruments to adopt a consistent approach to sampler validation, and provide a
framework for the assessment of sampler performance with respect to EN 481 and EN 482. It is the
responsibility of the manufacturer of aerosol samplers to inform the user of the sampler performance under
1)
the laboratory conditions specified in this European Standard. It is the responsibility of the user to ensure
that the sampler complies with the overall uncertainty requirements of EN 482 under the actual conditions of
use.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 481:1993, Workplace atmospheres — Size fraction definitions for measurement of airborne particles
EN 482:2006, Workplace atmospheres — General requirements for the performance of procedures for the
measurement of chemical agents
EN 1232:1997, Workplace atmospheres — Requirements and test methods for pumps used for personal
sampling of chemical agents in the workplace
prEN 1540:2010, Workplace exposure — Terminology
EN 12919:1999, Workplace atmospheres — Pumps for the sampling of chemical agents with a volume flow
rate of over 5 l/min — Requirements and test methods
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