BS EN 17389:2020

What is BS EN 17389 about?  

BS EN 17389 discusses quality control for stationary source emissions.  BS EN 17389 specifies the quality assurance and quality control procedures related to automated dust arrestment plant monitors. BS EN 17389 specifies the set-up of filter leakage monitors used to monitor a change in response caused by deterioration in the operation of the dust arrestment plant. BS EN 17389 supports requirements for filter leakage monitors and filter dust monitors specified in national legislation or a number of industrial sector BREF Documents. 

BS EN 17389 applies to two types of instruments commonly used for dust arrestment plant control purposes, filter dust monitors that are configured in mass concentration units (for example, mg/m3) and are used for dust arrestment control purposes, and filter leakage monitors that indicate a change in the emission levels or a change in the magnitude of the dust pulses created by the cleaning process of the dust arrestment plant. 

Who is BS EN 17389 for? 

BS EN 17389 on stationary source emissions on quality assurance and quality control is useful for: 

• Any organization or manufacturing plant that wants to monitor its emission rates 
• Creators of the data acquisition and handling system 
• Quality control personnel 

Why should you use BS EN 17389? 

The type of monitoring of dust emissions at industrial plants depends on the monitoring objectives. In general, three monitoring objectives can be distinguished: 

• Monitoring of plants with emission limit values (ELV), which require quantitative measurements with permanently installed automated measuring systems (AMS) providing measured values with a maximum permissible measurement uncertainty specified by legislation, in order to determine exceedances of the ELV and number of exceedances for specified time periods forms the first level of monitoring 
• Monitoring of plants with ELV, that require qualitative measurements in order to demonstrate the dust emissions are below the specified ELV and the dust arrestment plant works properly form the second level of monitoring 
• Monitoring of dust arrestment plants with indicative measurements in order to indicate a possible problem with the dust arrestment plant by monitoring a change in the emissions level or a change in the magnitude of the dust pulses created by the cleaning process forms the third level of monitoring 

BS EN 17389 provides supporting information on the quality assurance and quality control procedures related to automated dust arrestment plant monitors, which cover both filter dust monitors and filter leakage monitors.  

BS EN 17389 includes provisions for the selection, installation, configuration, ongoing quality assurance and annual surveillance test of automated dust arrestment plant monitors. provides information on the configuration, ongoing quality assurance (with automatic internal zero point and reference point checks) and annual surveillance tests of instruments. This ensures that the instrument is providing information to demonstrate that the dust arrestment plant is working correctly and controlling dust pollution to the required levels.