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BS EN 45544-4:2016

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Workplace atmospheres. Electrical apparatus used for the direct detection and direct concentration measurement of toxic gases and vapours – Guide for selection, installation, use and maintenance

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BSI 2016 52
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This European Standard gives guidance on the selection, installation, use and maintenance of electrical apparatus used for the direct detection and direct concentration measurement of toxic gases and vapours in workplace atmospheres. The primary purpose of such apparatus is to measure the concentration of a toxic gas or vapour in order to provide an exposure measurement and/or detection and warning of its presence.

This European Standard is applicable to apparatus whose primary purpose is to provide an indication, alarm and/or other output function to give a warning of the presence of a toxic gas or vapour in the atmosphere and in some cases to initiate automatic or manual protective actions. It is applicable to apparatus in which the sensor automatically generates an electrical signal when gas is present.

This European Standard is not applicable, but may provide useful information, for apparatus

  • used for the measurement of oxygen,

  • used only in laboratories for analysis or measurement,

  • used only for process measurement purposes,

  • used in car parks or tunnels (fixed apparatus only),

  • used in the domestic environment,

  • used in environmental air pollution monitoring,

  • used for the measurement of combustible gases and vapours related to the risk of explosion.

It also does not apply to open-path (line of sight) area monitors.

For apparatus used for sensing the presence of multiple gases, this European Standard applies only to the detection of toxic gas or vapour.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
4 Contents Page
6 European foreword
7 Introduction
8 1 Scope
2 Normative references
9 3 Terms and definitions
13 Figure 1 — Example of warm-up time in clean air
14 4 Properties and detection of toxic gases and vapours
4.1 Properties and detection
15 4.2 Effects of water vapour on detection
4.3 Detection by oxygen deficiency measurement
16 5 Measurement tasks
5.1 General
5.2 General gas detection
17 5.3 Exposure measurement
18 6 Selection of the apparatus
6.1 General
19 6.2 Performance and electrical tests
6.3 Indication range, measuring range and uncertainty of measurement
6.3.1 General
20 Figure 2 — Apparatus scale showing ranges, indications and limits
6.3.2 Apparatus conforming to EN 45544-2
Figure 3 — Example of zero uncertainty
Table 1 — Expanded uncertainty requirements for apparatus conforming to EN 45544-2 for measurements for comparison with limit values and periodic measurements
21 6.3.3 Apparatus conforming to EN 45544-3
6.4 Selectivity requirements
6.5 The influence of environmental conditions
6.6 Time of response and time of recovery
22 Figure 4 — Gas response curves for test gas volume fractions of 40 ppm and 100 ppm
6.7 Time to alarm
23 Figure 5 — Time to alarm at 25 ppm set point for test gas volume fractions of 40 ppm and 100 ppm
6.8 Data logging
24 6.9 Instruction manual
7 Operation of toxic gas detection apparatus
7.1 Alarm setting
25 7.2 Operation of personal and portable apparatus
7.2.1 General
26 7.2.2 Transportation
7.2.3 Storage
7.2.4 Inspection and functional checks
27 7.3 Operation of transportable and fixed apparatus
7.3.1 General
28 7.3.2 Installation
29 7.3.3 Commissioning and regular inspection
7.3.3.1 General
7.3.3.2 Commissioning and initial calibration
7.3.3.3 Regular inspection
30 7.4 Sample lines and sampling probes
7.5 Accessories
31 8 Maintenance and calibration
8.1 General
8.2 Maintenance
8.3 Calibration
8.3.1 Procedure
32 8.3.2 Calibration period
33 8.4 Operation test
8.5 Records
34 9 Training
9.1 General
9.2 Operator training
9.3 Maintenance and calibration training
36 Annex A (normative) Commonly used measurement principles
A.1 General
A.2 Chemiluminescence
Table A.1 — Chemiluminescence
37 A.3 Colorimetry
Table A.2 — Colorimetry
38 A.4 Electrochemical
Table A.3 — Electrochemical
39 A.5 Flame-ionization
Table A.4 — Flame-ionization
40 A.6 Gas chromatography
Table A.5 — Gas chromatography
41 A.7 Infrared photometry
Table A.6 — Infrared photometry
42 A.8 Ion mobility spectrometry
Table A.7 — Ion mobility spectrometry
43 A.9 Mass spectrometry
Table A.8 — Mass spectrometry
44 A.10 Photo-ionization
Table A.9 — Photo-ionization (PID)
45 A.11 Semiconductor
Table A.10 — Semiconductor
46 A.12 Ultra-violet visible photometry
Table A.11 — Ultra-violet/visible photometry
47 Annex B (informative) Table of significant changes in comparison to EN 45544-4:1999
49 Bibliography
BS EN 45544-4:2016
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