DIN EN 15446:2008
Fugitive and diffuse emissions of common concern to industry sectors - Measurement of fugitive emission of vapours generating from equipment and piping leaks; English version of DIN EN 15446:2008-04
- Standard No.
- DIN EN 15446:2008
- Release Date
- 2008
- Published By
- German Institute for Standardization
- Status
- Replace By
- DIN EN 15446:2008-04
- Latest
- DIN EN 15446:2008-04
- Replace
- DIN EN 15446:2006
- Scope
- This standard applies to the measurement of fugitive emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from process equipment. The leak sources include, but are not limited to, valves, flanges and other connections, pressure relief devices, process drains, open-ended valves, pump and compressor seal systems, agitator seals, and access door seals. It does not apply to instrument tubing connections. This standard applies to all products of which at least 20 % by weight has a vapour pressure higher than 0,3 kPa at 20 ~C. For the petroleum industry, this includes all light products and excludes kerosene and all heavier products. The standard is based on the measurement of the gas concentration at the interface of a leak. This concentration is measured with a portable instrument. It is converted to a mass emission rate by use of a set of correlations. The scope of this standard includes the complete data processing, from the initial concentration measurement up to the generation of an emission report over a reporting period (which is generally one year)1). This standard does not prescribe the number of potential emission points that should be screened each year nor the frequency at which these points should be screened. This sampling strategy shall indeed take into account the plant characteristics and the required level of control over fugitive emissions. Optical methods are currently under development to ease the detection of leaks in plants and use of this standard in conjunction with these methods might be possible. In any case, measurements have to be performed according to the requirements of this standard. To enable direct quantification of total fugitive emissions based only on these methods, a subsequent revision of this standard will be needed.
DIN EN 15446:2008 Referenced Document
- ISO 5725-2 Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results — Part 2: Basic method for the determination of repeatability and reproducibility of a standard measurement method*， 2019-12-06 Update
DIN EN 15446:2008 history
- 2008 DIN EN 15446:2008-04 Fugitive and diffuse emissions of common concern to industry sectors - Measurement of fugitive emission of vapours generating from equipment and piping leaks; German version EN 15446:2008
- 2008 DIN EN 15446:2008 Fugitive and diffuse emissions of common concern to industry sectors - Measurement of fugitive emission of vapours generating from equipment and piping leaks; English version of DIN EN 15446:2008-04
- 1970 DIN EN 15446 E:2005-02 Fugitive and diffuse emissions of common concern to industry sectors - Measurement of fugitive emission of vapours generating from equipment and piping leaks
