Stationary source emissions. Bioaerosols and biological agents. Sampling of bioaerosols and collection in liquids. Impingement method

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Hardcopy , PDF

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English

Published date

28-08-2020

Publisher

British Standards Institution

This document contains specifications for active sampling of bioaerosols from exhaust air flowing through a defined cross-section of a stack.

This document contains specifications for active sampling of bioaerosols from exhaust air flowing through a defined cross-section of a stack. It defines general principles that have to be taken into account during an isokinetic sampling campaign for bioaerosols by bubbling the exhaust air through a specific impinger designed for emission measurements.In this document the application with culturable organisms is specified but the same principle might be applicable for non-cultural based methods (e.g. molecular and/or enzyme-based methods).The impinger is designed to allow a sample volume flow of 1m3/h to 1,8m3/h, or 16l/min to 30l/min, respectively, and has been tested with regard to various microorganisms within broad concentration ranges [1; 2; 3; 4]. 1