BS PD CEN/TS 16115-2:2016 describes the general requirements to be taken into account in planning and
implementing plant-related plume measurements of microbial air pollutants. A basic principle of this
method is to compare the concentrations in air unaffected by the activities of the plant (i.e. background
air sampled upwind of the plant) with the concentration of bioaerosols in air downwind of the plant. It
is this comparison that allows an assessment of the plant-related contribution and the mean spatial
impact range to be made. As it has so far not been possible to set limit values based on dose-response
relationships, the mean impact range is to be used as a first criterion for assessing the environmental
impact of a plant.The scale of work for the plume measurements described is necessary to obtain statistically
representative data about the impact range of the plant and/or source, taking into account the great
variety of influencing factors.Plant-related measurements of bioaerosol concentrations in ambient air may be required in a number
of regulatory situations. Examples of typical measurement objectives and indicative application
scenarios are presented in the document. This method specifies the simultaneous measurement of
background and downwind air quality to reduce the risk of invalid comparisons resulting from
changing background air concentrations. Another important principle of this method is the requirement
for repeated measures to take into account day to day and seasonal variations in the processes
governing bioaerosol emissions and dispersion.The objective is to analyse a given measurement problem and derive the associated requirements for
organization, the measurement method, the sampling strategy, the evaluation of the measured data,
quality assurance and reporting.Cross References:CEN/TS 16115-1EN ISO/IEC 17025ISO/IEC 17025EN 13098:2000VDI 4251-1:2007VDI 4252-2VDI 4253-2VDI 3786-1VDI 3786-2All current amendments available at time of purchase are included with the purchase of this document.