EN 15483 Standard Test for Ambient Air Quality, Near Ground Atmospheric Measurements with FTIR Spectroscopy

EUROLAB laboratory provides testing and compliance services within the scope of EN 15483 standard. This European standard is applicable to open path absorption measurements of the concentration path length product using the Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) technique with an artificial radiation source.

It is applicable to the continuous measurement of gaseous infrared active organic and inorganic compounds in ambient air using constant tropospheric open paths up to about 1 km long and provides a spatial average.

In this method, long path absorption of IR radiation by gaseous air pollutants is measured over an open path between an artificial IR source and an IR spectrometer and is used to calculate the integrated concentration on the trace path. Since IR radiation is used for remote sensing, measurements can be made without contact, that is, without direct sampling, and can be made in various directions.

These measurements include monitoring emissions from large-area sources such as landfills, road traffic roads, sewage treatment plants, areas used for industrial or agricultural purposes, as well as minimizing production losses by monitoring leaks in plant sections or piping systems.

Therefore, FTIR spectroscopy is suitable for many analytical tasks that cannot be adequately performed using in situ methods of spot measurements.

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with EN 15483 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.