🇵🇱 PGE GÓRNICTWO I ENERGETYKA KONWENCJONALNA S.A. PL
Petrochemistry & fuelsWater & wastewaterMaterials & polymers
PGE GÓRNICTWO I ENERGETYKA KONWENCJONALNA S.A. is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 786 (Opole, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 49 test methods in the following areas: Petrochemistry & fuels, Water & wastewater, Materials & polymers. Test objects include: Solid fuels: hard coal, Wastewater, water, Liquid fuels: heavy fuel oil - mazut, Chemical products: limestone. Most frequently used techniques: Gravimetric method, High-temperature combustion with IR detection, Titrimetric method.
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 786
- Methods in scope: 49
- Types of test objects: 8
- Techniques used: 19
- City: Opole, Poland
- Accreditation number
- AB 786
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- - ODDZIAŁ ELEKTROWNIA OPOLE, WYDZIAŁ LABORATORIÓW, ul. Elektrowniana 25, 45-920 Opole
- City
- Opole, Poland
What this laboratory tests (8)
- Solid fuels: hard coal — 17 methods
- Wastewater, water — 17 methods
- Liquid fuels: heavy fuel oil - mazut — 6 methods
- Chemical products: limestone — 5 methods
- Building materials: fly ash — 1 method
- Waste: code 100101, 100115, 100102, 100117, Chemical products: fly ashes, bottom ashes, slags, boiler dusts — 1 method
- Waste: code 100125 — 1 method
- Wastewater — 1 method
Analytical techniques used (19)
- Gravimetric method — 9 methods
- High-temperature combustion with IR detection — 9 methods
- Titrimetric method — 5 methods
- Calorimetric method — 3 methods
- Electrochemical method — 2 methods
- High-temperature combustion with TC detection — 2 methods
- Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) — 2 methods
- Potentiometric method — 2 methods
- Spectrophotometric method — 2 methods
- Thermogravimetric method (TGA) — 2 methods
- Automatic method; Manual method — 1 method
- Cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry (CVAAS) — 1 method
- Cold vapour atomic fluorescence spectrometry (CVAFS) — 1 method
- Conductometric method — 1 method
- Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) — 1 method
- and 4 more
Accreditation scope — test methods (49)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test methods | |||||
| 1 | Wastewater, water | Biochemical Oxygen Demand BOD5 Range (1 – 300) mg/l O2 |
Electrochemical method | PN-EN ISO 5815-1:2019:12 | |
| 2 | Wastewater, water | Biochemical Oxygen Demand BOD5 Range (0,5 – 6) mg/l O2 |
Electrochemical method | PN-EN 1899-2:2002 | |
| 3 | Wastewater, water | Chemical Oxygen Demand COD-Cr Range (10 – 1200) mg/l O2 |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 15705:2005 | |
| 4 | Wastewater, water | Kjeldahl nitrogen concentration Range (1,0 – 30) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN 25663:2001 | |
| 5 | Wastewater, water | Total nitrogen concentration (calculated) | Procedura 166/TWL/PB z dnia 20.10.2016 r. | ||
| 6 | Wastewater, water | Element concentrations: Lead (0,0025 – 100) mg/l Copper (0,001 – 100) mg/l Nickel (0,001 – 100) mg/l Chromium (0,002 – 100) mg/l Cadmium (0,0001 – 100) mg/l Iron (0,005 – 1000) mg/l Zinc (0,001 – 100) mg/l Phosphorus (0,050 – 5,0) mg/l Calcium (1,00 – 400) mg/l Arsenic (0,0050 – 1,00) mg/l Boron (0,010 – 100) mg/l Aluminium (0,050 – 10,0) mg/l Potassium (1,00 – 200) mg/l Sodium (1,00 – 200) mg/l |
Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) | PN-EN ISO 11885:2009 | |
| 7 | Wastewater, water | Element concentrations: Lead (1,0 – 100) μg/l Copper (0,5 – 100) μg/l Nickel (1,0 – 100) μg/l Cadmium (0,1 – 5) μg/l Chromium (1,0 – 100) μg/l Iron (5,0 – 100) μg/l Arsenic (5,0 – 200) μg/l |
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) | PN-EN ISO 15586:2005 | |
| 8 | Wastewater, water | Mercury concentration Range (0,0050 – 600) μg/l |
Cold vapour atomic fluorescence spectrometry (CVAFS) | PN-EN ISO 17852:2009 | |
| 9 | Wastewater, water | Mercury concentration Range (0,025 – 300) μg/l |
Cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry (CVAAS) | PN-EN ISO 12846:2012+Ap1:2016 | |
| 10 | Wastewater, water | Phenol index Range (0,002 – 0,1) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 6439:1994 p. 5 | |
| 11 | Wastewater, water | Total suspended solids (TSS) Range (2,0 – 1000) mg/l |
Gravimetric method | PN-EN 872:2007+Ap1:2007 | |
| 12 | Wastewater, water | pH Range 4,0 – 12,0 |
Potentiometric method | PN- EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 13 | Wastewater, water | Electrical conductivity Range (10 – 5400) μS/cm |
Conductometric method | PN-EN 27888:1999 | |
| 14 | Wastewater, water | Mineral oil index Range (0,10 – 50) mg/l |
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | PN-EN ISO 9377-2:2003 | |
| 15 | Wastewater, water | Organic carbon concentration Range (0,3 – 100) mg/l |
Spectrometry method in the infrared range IR | PN-EN 1484:1999 | |
| 16 | Wastewater, water | Anion concentrations: Nitrates (0,10 – 50) mg/l Nitrites (0,10 – 20) mg/l Chlorides (1,0 – 2500) mg/l Sulfates (1,0 – 1000) mg/l Fluorides (0,10 – 100) mg/l |
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) | PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009 +AC1:2012 | |
| 17 | Wastewater, water | Cation concentrations: ammonium (0,10 – 100) mg/l sodium (0,10 – 100) mg/l magnesium (0,50 – 100) mg/l potassium (0,10 – 100) mg/l |
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) | PN- EN ISO 14911:2002 | |
| 18 | Wastewater | Sampling for chemical and physical testing | Automatic method; Manual method | PN-ISO 5667-10:2021-11 | |
| 19 | Chemical products: limestone | CaCO3 content Range (80,0 – 99,0) % |
Titrimetric method | Procedura 141/TWL/PB z dnia 20.10.2016 r. | |
| 20 | Chemical products: limestone | MgO content Range (0,20 – 2,00) % |
Titrimetric method | Procedura 138/TWL/PB z dnia 20.10.2016 r. | |
| 21 | Chemical products: limestone | Al2O3 content Range (0,10 – 1,10) % |
Titrimetric method | Procedura 136/TWL/PB z dnia 20.10.2016 r. | |
| 22 | Chemical products: limestone | Fe2O3 content Range (0,04 – 1,10) % |
Titrimetric method | Procedura 137/TWL/PB z dnia 20.10.2016 r. | |
| 23 | Chemical products: limestone | SiO2 +NR content Range (0,40 – 3,00) % |
Gravimetric method | Procedura 149/TWL/PB z dnia 20.10.2016 r. | |
| 24 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Total moisture content Range (3,0 – 20,0) % |
Gravimetric method | PN-G-04611:2020-06 | |
| 25 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Free moisture content Range (2,0 – 12,0) % |
Gravimetric method | PN-G-04611:2020-06 | |
| 26 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Analytical moisture content Range (0,6 – 5,0) % |
Gravimetric method | PN-G-04611:2020-06 | |
| 27 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Analytical moisture content Range (0,6 – 5,0) % |
Thermogravimetric method (TGA) | PN-G-04560:1998 | |
| 28 | Solid fuels: hard coal | First-stage moisture content Range (2,0 – 12,0) % |
Gravimetric method | PN-ISO 589:2006 | |
| 29 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Second-stage moisture content Range (0,5 – 4,0) % |
Gravimetric method | PN-ISO 589:2006 Metoda A2 | |
| 30 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Total moisture content (calculated) | PN-ISO 589:2006 | PN-G-04611:2020-06 | ||
| 31 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Ash content Range (10,0 – 40,0) % |
Gravimetric method | PN-ISO 1171:2002 | |
| 32 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Ash content Range (10,0 – 40,0) % |
Thermogravimetric method (TGA) | PN-G-04560:1998 | |
| 33 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Total sulfur content Range (0,30 – 3,00) % |
High-temperature combustion with IR detection | PN-G-04584:2001 | ISO 19579:2006 | |
| 34 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Gross calorific value Range (19 000 – 35 000) kJ/kg Net calorific value (calculated) |
Calorimetric method | PN-81/G-04513 | |
| 35 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Gross calorific value Range (19 000 – 31 000) kJ/kg Net calorific value (calculated) |
Calorimetric method | PN-ISO 1928:2020-05 | |
| 36 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Hydrogen content Range (3,00 – 6,00) % |
High-temperature combustion with IR detection | PN-G-04571:1998 | |
| 37 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Total carbon content Range (40,0 – 80,0) % |
High-temperature combustion with IR detection | Procedura 04/TWL/PB z dnia 20.10.2016 r. | |
| 38 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Hydrogen content Range (3,00 – 6,00) % |
High-temperature combustion with IR detection | ISO 29541:2025 | |
| 39 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Total carbon content Range (40,0 – 80,0) % |
High-temperature combustion with IR detection | ISO 29541:2025 | |
| 40 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Nitrogen content Range (0,80 – 1,80) % |
High-temperature combustion with TC detection | ISO 29541:2025 | |
| 41 | Building materials: fly ash | Fineness as residue on a 45 μm sieve Range (8,0 – 70,0) % |
Gravimetric method | PN-EN 451-2:2017-06 | |
| 42 | Waste: code 100101, 100115, 100102, 100117, Chemical products: fly ashes, bottom ashes, slags, boiler dusts | Total carbon content Range (0,45 – 12,00) % |
High-temperature combustion with IR detection | PN-G-04571:1998 | |
| 43 | Waste: code 100125 | Total carbon content Range (5,00 – 50,00) % |
High-temperature combustion with IR detection | PN-G-04571:1998 | |
| 44 | Liquid fuels: heavy fuel oil - mazut | Total carbon content Range (80,00 – 90,00) % |
High-temperature combustion with IR detection | Procedura 06/TWL/PB z dnia 01.12.2023 r. | |
| 45 | Liquid fuels: heavy fuel oil - mazut | Total sulfur content Range (0,17 – 3,00) % |
High-temperature combustion with IR detection | Procedura 07/TWL/PB z dnia 20.10.2016 r. | |
| 46 | Liquid fuels: heavy fuel oil - mazut | Total sulfur content Range (0,50 – 2,50) % |
Wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy method (WD-XRF) | PN-EN ISO 14596:2009 | |
| 47 | Liquid fuels: heavy fuel oil - mazut | Nitrogen content Range (0,20 – 0,70) % |
High-temperature combustion with TC detection | ASTM D5291-21 | |
| 48 | Liquid fuels: heavy fuel oil - mazut | Gross calorific value Range (39000 – 44000) kJ/kg Net calorific value (calculated) |
Calorimetric method | PN-C-04062:2018-05 | |
| 49 | Liquid fuels: heavy fuel oil - mazut | Water content Range (0,05 – 5,00) % (m/m) |
Potentiometric method | Procedura 10/TWL/PB z dnia 20.10.2016 r. | |
Reference standards (42)
ASTM D5291-21
ISO 19579:2006
ISO 29541:2025
PN- EN ISO 10523:2012
PN- EN ISO 14911:2002
PN-81/G-04513
PN-C-04062:2018-05
PN-EN 1484:1999
PN-EN 1899-2:2002
PN-EN 25663:2001
PN-EN 27888:1999
PN-EN 451-2:2017-06
PN-EN 872:2007+Ap1:2007
PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009 +AC1:2012
PN-EN ISO 11885:2009
PN-EN ISO 12846:2012+Ap1:2016
PN-EN ISO 14596:2009
PN-EN ISO 15586:2005
PN-EN ISO 17852:2009
PN-EN ISO 5815-1:2019:12
PN-EN ISO 9377-2:2003
PN-G-04560:1998
PN-G-04571:1998
PN-G-04584:2001
PN-G-04611:2020-06
PN-ISO 1171:2002
PN-ISO 15705:2005
PN-ISO 1928:2020-05
PN-ISO 5667-10:2021-11
PN-ISO 589:2006
PN-ISO 589:2006 Metoda A2
PN-ISO 6439:1994 p. 5
Procedura 04/TWL/PB z dnia 20.10.2016 r.
Procedura 06/TWL/PB z dnia 01.12.2023 r.
Procedura 07/TWL/PB z dnia 20.10.2016 r.
Procedura 10/TWL/PB z dnia 20.10.2016 r.
Procedura 136/TWL/PB z dnia 20.10.2016 r.
Procedura 137/TWL/PB z dnia 20.10.2016 r.
Procedura 138/TWL/PB z dnia 20.10.2016 r.
Procedura 141/TWL/PB z dnia 20.10.2016 r.
Procedura 149/TWL/PB z dnia 20.10.2016 r.
Procedura 166/TWL/PB z dnia 20.10.2016 r.