🇵🇱 INSTYTUT PODSTAW INŻYNIERII ŚRODOWISKA PL
EnvironmentWater & wastewater
INSTYTUT PODSTAW INŻYNIERII ŚRODOWISKA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 950 (Zabrze, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 65 test methods in the following areas: Environment, Water & wastewater. Test objects include: Waste gases, Automated measuring systems (AMS), Water and wastewater, General environment – ambient air samples collected on filters. Most frequently used techniques: Gravimetric method, Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD), Chemiluminescence method (CLD).
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 950
- Methods in scope: 65
- Types of test objects: 8
- Techniques used: 20
- City: Zabrze, Poland
- Accreditation number
- AB 950
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK, LABORATORIUM BADAWCZE, ul. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 34, 41-819 Zabrze
- City
- Zabrze, Poland
What this laboratory tests (8)
- Waste gases — 36 methods
- Automated measuring systems (AMS) — 14 methods
- Water and wastewater — 7 methods
- General environment – ambient air samples collected on filters — 2 methods
- General environment – waste gas samples collected into absorbing solutions — 2 methods
- Waste gas dedusting equipment — 2 methods
- General environment - dusts in waste gases — 1 method
- General environment – waste gas samples collected on filters, into absorbing solutions and on solid sorbent — 1 method
Analytical techniques used (20)
- Gravimetric method — 5 methods
- Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) — 4 methods
- Chemiluminescence method (CLD) — 3 methods
- Non-dispersive infrared spectrometry (NDIR) — 3 methods
- Paramagnetic method (PMD) — 3 methods
- Condensation - adsorption method — 2 methods
- Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) — 2 methods
- Gas chromatography with mass spectrometry detection (GC-MS) — 2 methods
- Ion chromatography (IC) — 2 methods
- Spectrophotometric method — 2 methods
- Thoron method — 2 methods
- Aspiration method using sorbent tubes — 1 method
- Conductometric method — 1 method
- Continuous flame ionization detection method (FID) — 1 method
- FTIR method — 1 method
- and 5 more
Accreditation scope — test methods (65)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test methods | |||||
| 1 | Waste gases | Concentration of carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen monoxide, nitrogen dioxide CO2 (0,8 - 24) % SO2 (20 - 1144) mg/m3 CO (10 - 1000) mg/m3 NO (10 - 1072) mg/m3 NO2 (16 - 192) mg/m3 |
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) | PN-ISO 10396:2001 | |
| 2 | Waste gases | Concentration of carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide CO2 (0,8 - 24) % SO2 (20 - 1144) mg/m3 CO (10 - 1000) mg/m3 |
Non-dispersive infrared spectrometry (NDIR) | PN-ISO 10396:2001 | |
| 3 | Waste gases | Concentration of nitrogen monoxide, nitrogen oxides NO (10 - 1072) mg/m3 NOx (15 - 1640) mg/m3 |
Chemiluminescence method (CLD) | PN-ISO 10396:2001 | |
| 4 | Waste gases | Oxygen concentration Range (0,8 – 25) % |
Paramagnetic method (PMD) | PN-ISO 10396:2001 | |
| 5 | Waste gases | Oxygen concentration Range (0,8 – 25) % |
Zirconia cell method | PN-ISO 10396:2001 | |
| 6 | Waste gases | Emission of NO, NO2, NOx, SO2, CO, CO2 (calculated) | PN-ISO 10396:2001 | ||
| 7 | Waste gases | Gas volume flow rate for dynamic pressures >10Pa | Stagnation pressure method | PN-Z-04030-07:1994 | |
| 8 | Waste gases | Sampling for determination of dust concentration | PN-Z-04030-07:1994 | ||
| 9 | Waste gases | Dust concentration Range (0,001 - 100) g/m3 |
Gravimetric method | PN-Z-04030-07:1994 | |
| 10 | Waste gases | Dust emission (calculated) | PN-Z-04030-07:1994 | ||
| 11 | Waste gases | Concentration of organic substances in the form of gases and vapours expressed as total gaseous organic carbon Range (0,69 – 1000,0) mg/m3 |
Continuous flame ionization detection method (FID) | PN-EN 12619:2013-05 | |
| 12 | Waste gases | Emission of organic substances in gaseous and vapour form expressed as total gaseous organic carbon (calculated) | PN-EN 12619:2013-05 | ||
| 13 | Waste gases | Sampling for the determination of sulfur dioxide concentration | PN-EN 14791:2017-04 | ||
| 14 | Waste gases | Sulphur dioxide concentration Range (5 – 2000) mg/m3 |
Thoron method | PN-EN 14791:2017-04 | |
| 15 | Waste gases | SO2 emission (calculated) | PN-EN 14791:2017-04 | ||
| 16 | Waste gases | Oxygen concentration Range (0,8 – 20,9) % |
Paramagnetic method (PMD) | PN-EN 14789:2006 | |
| 17 | Waste gases | Concentration of nitrogen monoxide, nitrogen oxides NO (10,0 – 1071) mg/m3 NOx (9,6 – 1576) mg/m3 |
Chemiluminescence method (CLD) | PN-EN 14792:2006 | |
| 18 | Waste gases | NOx emission (calculated as NO2) (calculated) | PN-EN 14792:2006 | ||
| 19 | Waste gases | Sampling for determination of metal concentrations: As, Cd, Cr, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb, Tl, V | PN-EN 14385:2005 | ||
| 20 | Waste gases | Emission of metals As, Cd, Cr, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb, Tl, V (calculated) | PN-EN 14385:2005 | ||
| 21 | Waste gases | Sampling for determination of hydrogen fluoride concentration | ISO 15713:2006 * | ||
| 22 | Waste gases | Hydrogen fluoride emission (calculated) | ISO 15713:2006 * | ||
| 23 | Waste gases | Sampling for determination of hydrogen chloride concentration | PN-EN 1911:2011 * | ||
| 24 | Waste gases | Hydrogen chloride emission (calculated) | PN-EN 1911:2011 * | ||
| 25 | Waste gases | Water vapour concentration (H2O) Range (4,0 – 40,0) % obj. Range (29 – 250) g/m3 |
Condensation - adsorption method | PN-EN 14790:2017-04 | |
| 26 | Automated measuring systems (AMS) | AMS calibration (QAL2) for: SO2, O2, CO2, CO, NO, NOx, dust, H2O | PN-EN 14181:2015-02 | ||
| 27 | Automated measuring systems (AMS) | Annual surveillance test (AST) for: SO2, O2, CO2, CO, NO, NOx, dust, H2O | PN-EN 14181:2015-02 | ||
| 28 | Automated measuring systems (AMS) | SO2 concentration Range (5 – 2000) mg/m3 |
Thoron method | PN-EN 14791:2017-04 | |
| 29 | Automated measuring systems (AMS) | Concentration of nitrogen monoxide, nitrogen oxides NO (10,0 – 1071) mg/m3 NOx (9,6 – 1576) mg/m3 |
Chemiluminescence method (CLD) | PN-EN 14792:2006 | |
| 30 | Automated measuring systems (AMS) | O2 concentration Range (0,8 – 20,9) % |
Paramagnetic method (PMD) | PN-EN 14789:2006 | |
| 31 | Automated measuring systems (AMS) | Dust concentration Range (0,001 - 100) g/m3 |
Gravimetric method | PN-Z-04030-07:1994 | |
| 32 | Automated measuring systems (AMS) | CO concentration Range (10 - 1000) mg/m3 |
Non-dispersive infrared spectrometry (NDIR) | PN-EN 15058:2006 | |
| 33 | Automated measuring systems (AMS) | Water vapour concentration (H2O) Range (4,0 – 40,0) % obj. Range (29 – 250) g/m3 |
Condensation - adsorption method | PN-EN 14790:2017-04 | |
| 34 | Automated measuring systems (AMS) | Sampling for determination of hydrogen chloride concentration | PN-EN 1911:2011 * | ||
| 35 | Automated measuring systems (AMS) | Hydrogen chloride concentration Range (0,42 – 167) mg/m3 |
Ion chromatography (IC) | PN-EN 1911:2011 * | |
| 36 | Waste gases | Dust emission from the wet coke quenching process, Non-isokinetic Mohrhauer method | Procedura badawcza PB23 wydanie 5 z dnia 02.01.2024 | ||
| 37 | Waste gases | Dust concentration Range (0,007 – 150) g w próbce |
Gravimetric method | Procedura badawcza PB23 wydanie 5 z dnia 02.01.2024 | |
| 38 | Waste gases | Nitrous oxide concentration Range (19,6 – 235) mg/m3 |
FTIR method | Procedura badawcza PB20 wydanie 6 z dnia 13.08.2019 | |
| 39 | Waste gases | Sampling for determination of concentrations of organic compounds | Aspiration method using sorbent tubes | Procedura badawcza PB16 wydanie 6 z dnia 20.02.2024 | |
| 40 | Waste gases | Emission of organic compounds (calculated) | Procedura badawcza PB16 wydanie 6 z dnia 20.02.2024 | ||
| 41 | Waste gases | Sampling for determination of ammonia concentration | PN-EN ISO 21877:2020-03 | ||
| 42 | Waste gases | Ammonia emission (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 21877:2020-03 | ||
| 43 | Waste gases | Sampling for determination of the concentration, H2S | Procedura badawcza PB31 wydanie 2 z dnia 28.10.2022 | ||
| 44 | Waste gases | H2S emission (calculated) | Procedura badawcza PB31 wydanie 2 z dnia 28.10.2022 | ||
| 45 | Waste gases | Sampling for determination of the concentration, HCN | Procedura badawcza PB31 wydanie 2 z dnia 28.10.2022 | ||
| 46 | Waste gases | Emission of HCN (calculated) | Procedura badawcza PB31 wydanie 2 z dnia 28.10.2022 | ||
| 47 | Automated measuring systems (AMS) | Sampling for determination of ammonia concentration | PN-EN ISO 21877:2020-03 * | ||
| 48 | Automated measuring systems (AMS) | Ammonia concentration Range (0,50 – 50) mg/m3 |
Ion chromatography (IC) | PN-EN ISO 21877:2020-03 * | |
| 49 | Automated measuring systems (AMS) | CO2 concentration Range (1 – 24) % |
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) | PN-ISO 10396:2001 | |
| 50 | Automated measuring systems (AMS) | CO2 concentration Range (0,8 – 24) % |
Non-dispersive infrared spectrometry (NDIR) | PN-ISO 10396:2001 | |
| 51 | General environment - dusts in waste gases | Particle size distribution Range (0,01 - 2100) μm |
Laser beam diffraction method | ISO 13320:2020-01 | |
| 52 | Waste gas dedusting equipment | Dust concentration Range (0,001 – 100) g/m3 |
Gravimetric method | PN-87/M-34129:1987 - metoda A | PN-Z-04030-7:1994 | |
| 53 | Waste gas dedusting equipment | Dust removal efficiency (calculated) | PN-87/M-34129:1987 - metoda A | PN-Z-04030-7:1994 | ||
| 54 | General environment – waste gas samples collected on filters, into absorbing solutions and on solid sorbent | PAH content: naphthalene acenaphthalene acenaphthylene phenanthrene fluoranthene benzo(a)anthracene benzo(k)fluoranthene benzo(a)pyrene benzo(e)pyrene dibenzo(a,h)anthracene fluorene anthracene pyrene chrysene benzo(b)fluoranthene perylene indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene benzo(gh)perylene Range (0,03 – 20) μg w próbce |
Gas chromatography with mass spectrometry detection (GC-MS) | Procedura Badawcza PB-22 wydanie 2 z dn. 05.12.2024 r. | |
| 55 | General environment – waste gas samples collected into absorbing solutions | Ammonia content Range (0,05 – 5,0) mg w próbce Range (1 – 100) mg/L |
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) | PN-EN ISO 21877:2020-03 | |
| 56 | General environment – waste gas samples collected into absorbing solutions | Hydrogen chloride content Range (0,05 – 20) mg w próbce Range (1 – 400) mg/L |
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) | PN-EN 1911:2011 * | |
| 57 | General environment – ambient air samples collected on filters | Metal content: As (0,1 – 1000) μg in the sample Cd (0,1 – 1000) μg in the sample Ni (0,3 – 1000) μg in the sample Pb (0,75 – 1000) μg in the sample |
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) | PN-EN 14902:2010 | |
| 58 | General environment – ambient air samples collected on filters | PAH content: naphthalene acenaphthalene acenaphthylene phenanthrene fluoranthene benzo(a)anthracene benzo(k)fluoranthene benzo(a)pyrene benzo(e)pyrene dibenzo(a,h)anthracene fluorene anthracene pyrene chrysene benzo(b)fluoranthene perylene indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene benzo(gh)perylene Range (0,03 – 20) μg w próbce |
Gas chromatography with mass spectrometry detection (GC-MS) | Procedura Badawcza PB-22 wydanie 2 z dn. 05.12.2024 r. | |
| 59 | Water and wastewater | Chemical oxygen demand - COD Range (5 – 1000) mg/l O2 |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 15705:2005 | |
| 60 | Water and wastewater | Total suspended solids (TSS) Range (2 – 500) mg/l |
Gravimetric method | PN-EN 872:2007 | |
| 61 | Water and wastewater | Phosphorus concentration orthophosphates (0,05 – 24) mg/l total phosphorus (0,05 – 48) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN ISO 6878:2006 +Ap1:2010 +Ap2:2010 | |
| 62 | Water and wastewater | Cation concentrations: Li+ (0,05 – 50) mg/l Na+ (0,5 – 500) mg/l NH4+ (0,1 – 100) mg/l K+ (0,5 – 500) ) mg/l Ca2+ (1 – 1000) ) mg/l Mg2+ (0,5 – 500) ) mg/l |
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) | PN-EN ISO 14911:2002 | |
| 63 | Water and wastewater | Anion concentrations: Cl (3 – 3000) mg/l F (0,1 – 100) mg/l NO2 (0,1 – 100) mg/l NO3 (1 – 1000) ) mg/l PO4 (1 – 100) ) mg/l SO4 (3 – 3000) ) mg/l |
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) | PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009 | |
| 64 | Water and wastewater | pH Range 2,0 – 12,0 |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 65 | Water and wastewater | Electrical conductivity Range (84 – 12800) μS/cm |
Conductometric method | PN-EN 27888:1999 | |
Reference standards (30)
ISO 13320:2020-01
ISO 15713:2006 *
PN-87/M-34129:1987 - metoda A
PN-EN 12619:2013-05
PN-EN 14181:2015-02
PN-EN 14385:2005
PN-EN 14789:2006
PN-EN 14790:2017-04
PN-EN 14791:2017-04
PN-EN 14792:2006
PN-EN 14902:2010
PN-EN 15058:2006
PN-EN 1911:2011 *
PN-EN 27888:1999
PN-EN 872:2007
PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009
PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
PN-EN ISO 14911:2002
PN-EN ISO 21877:2020-03
PN-EN ISO 21877:2020-03 *
PN-EN ISO 6878:2006 +Ap1:2010 +Ap2:2010
PN-ISO 10396:2001
PN-ISO 15705:2005
PN-Z-04030-07:1994
PN-Z-04030-7:1994
Procedura Badawcza PB-22 wydanie 2 z dn. 05.12.2024 r.
Procedura badawcza PB16 wydanie 6 z dnia 20.02.2024
Procedura badawcza PB20 wydanie 6 z dnia 13.08.2019
Procedura badawcza PB23 wydanie 5 z dnia 02.01.2024
Procedura badawcza PB31 wydanie 2 z dnia 28.10.2022