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• AE&E’s Experience in Emission and immission Measurement Implementation

  Gandalf Bräunlich - Austrian Energy & Environment AG &Co KG, Raaba/Graz; Austria

  Abstract Text

  This presentation will describe rather some experiences of implementing environment measurement groups than measurement technologies. These experiences are drawn mainly from the following activities: About 25 years ago AE&E started emission measurements within its Research & Development departments which were needed... show full text »
  Abstract Text

  This presentation will describe rather some experiences of implementing environment measurement groups than measurement technologies. These experiences are drawn mainly from the following activities: About 25 years ago AE&E started emission measurements within its Research & Development departments which were needed for the installation of the first flue gas cleaning plants in Austria. AE&E has built Dürnrohr and Mellach, the first power stations in Austria which were equipped with an FGD and DeNOx. At both power stations emission measurement equipments were installed which transfer the data online to the corresponding regional environment office. The power plant owners were also obliged to install immission measurement stations. In 1989 AE&E started a commercial environmental laboratory focusing on emission measurement and on chemical analyses of pollutants. This laboratory was first authorized and later became an accredited laboratory. In 1990 AE&E founded a joint venture called “INTERECO” with the former state owned Slovak Electricity company SEP. The purpose of this joint venture was measurement of emission and the transfer of the corresponding know-how. When delivering boilers and flue gas cleaning plants AE&E often had to install measurement and laboratory equipment. In 1995 HMIP (Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution in United Kingdom) entrusted AE&E, together with a British partner, to perform emission measurements at special plants like waste incinerators, chemical factories and similar plants for three Years. From 1999 to 2002 AE&E implemented an online immission network in Indonesia including regional air pollution laboratories and a central calibration laboratory. This was a 30 mio EUR project and included implementation of accreditation and a considerable amount of staff training. AE&E’s recommends focusing on the following points for improving the level of pollution measurement: Trained people Appropriate organization Clear laws and accepted standards (What, When and How to measure) Sufficient budget for maintenance and further training. For the project in Indonesia AE&E provided courses and training on the job in Indonesia. The training in Austria was divided into three categories: Environment manager: 4 Semester University course including practice and a theses Environment engineers: 10 weeks theoretical and practical training Environment technicians: 2 weeks factory training In most countries the common practice consists of a public office running an immission measurement network, contracting commercial measurement organizations and obliging the polluters to report the emission values. Usually this public office has a team capable of checking emission data with their own measurements. The type and frequency of emission measurements have to be determined legally in environmental laws or regulations and/or by operation permits. EU directives should be considered. Quality control and international recognition of measurement reports are of high importance. When setting up standards an internationally recognized accreditation organisation as the ATS - Accreditation Board of Serbia, Bulevar Mihaila Pupina 2, 11000 Beograd, should be involved from beginning. In practice arise many significant points: Who verifies continuous emission measurements at a plant? Which standard operating procedures are applied? Which types of instruments are allowed? How is the calibration chain to international recognized standards verified? Finally some words to the budget: Often pollution measurement equipment is provided by donation. However, maintenance and operation needs human and material resources. « hide
  Symposium Session: Environmental aspects of power generation | Ekološki i klimatski aspekti rada elektrana