ljupcho Grozdanovski

Division for air quality monitoring

Ministry of environment and physical planning

Prizren, 02-04 July 2013Air Quality support meeting, West Balkan countries

Quality Assurance/Quality Control Procedures for the State Automatic Monitoring

System for Ambient Air Quality in the Republic of Macedonia

State Automatic Monitoring System for Ambient Air Quality (SAMSAAQ) is consisted by:

Air Quality Calibration LaboratoryState Air Quality Monitoring Network (17th monitoring stations and 10 LVS and HVS samplers)Air Quality data Management/collection System (Airviro)

STRUCTURE OF THE SAMSAAQ

The Quality System is established, implemented and maintained by Division for Air Quality Monitoring and includes the following documents:

Quality manual,

SOPs,

Registers,

Forms,

Report,

QA/QC procedures,

Plans,

Lists,

Data base,

Reporting,

Records etc;

All policies, systems, programs, procedures and instruction are documented to enable the SAMSAAQ to assure the quality of generated results.

QUALITY SYSTEM

Quality manualSOPs

Registers

Forms

ReportQA/QC

procedures

PlansLists

Data base

Reporting

Records

QUALITY MANUAL

The Quality Manual describing the activities and organization of personnel for the

Air Quality Calibration Laboratory

State Air Quality Monitoring Network

Air Quality Data Management/Colle

ction System

The content of the QM covers the part of the ISO/IEC 17025 related

with the management requirements

THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES

The Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) describe in details all processes and activities that take places in the Calibration laboratory, Monitoring network and Data management system. They are divided in different sections:

Section A: General (5 SOPs); Section C for Calibration methods in the Calibration

laboratory (7 SOPs); Section D for the Analysis methods (11 SOPs); Section E for Data analysis and report (3 SOPs); Section F for Field measurements (2 SOPs) and Section G for Data management (3 SOPs).

The operation of the Air Quality Calibration Laboratory

Site selection criteria

List of documents and records type

Service to the customer

Procedures to control Nonconforming workSOP-A7

 SOP-A1

 SOP-A2

SOP-A4

SOP-A5

General (5 SOP’s)

Operation of static injection system and calibration of the gas analyzers

Operation of the dynamic dilution system and calibration of the gas analyzers

Operation of the photometric method for calibration of ozone analyzer

Determination the converter efficiency of the NOx analyzer by Gas Phase Titration method (GPT)

Reference standards and measurement traceability

Calibration instruction of the gas analyzers

Preparation of dilution gas for calibration of the gas analyzers

SOP-C7

 SOP-C1

 SOP-C2

SOP-C3

SOP-C4

 SOP-C8

 SOP-C9

Calibration laboratory - Calibration methods (7 SOPs)

Chemiluminescence method: Thermo Environmental Instruments, TEI 42C NO-NO2-NOx analyzer

Chemiluminescence method: Casella monitor, ML2041 NO-NO2-NOx analyzer

UV-fluorescence method: Thermo Environmental Instruments, TEI 43C SO2 analyzer

UV-fluorescence method: Casella monitor, ML2050 SO2 analyzer

UV-Photometric method: Thermo Environmental Instruments, TEI 49C O3 analyzer

UV-photometric method: Casella monitor, ML2010 O3 analyzer

SOP-D5

 SOP-D1

 SOP-D2

SOP-D3

SOP-D4

 SOP-D6

Analysis methods (11 SOPs)

Non-Dispersive infrared method: Thermo Environmental Instrument, TEI 48C Gas Filter Correlation CO analyzer

Non-Dispersive infrared method: Casella monitor, ML2030 CO analyzer

β-attenuation method: Thermo ESM Andersen, FH 62 I-R PM2.5 and PM10 Automated Particulate Monitoring Instrument

Hybrid β-attenuation/nepfelometric method: Thermo Fisher Scientific, 5030 SHARP PM2.5 and PM10 Automated Particulate Monitor

PM2.5 and PM10 Reference method: Low Volume SamplersSOP-D13

 SOP-D7

 SOP-D8

SOP-D11

SOP-D12

Analysis methods (11 SOPs)

Total: prepared 31 SOPs

Data analysis and report

SOP-E1: Data files and

database in the laboratory

SOP-E2: Calculation of the

calibration results

SOP-E3: Preparation of the calibration

certificate

Field measurements

SOP-F1: Quality Assurance/Quality Control Procedures For The State Air

Quality Monitoring Network In The

Republic Of Macedonia

SOP-F2: Weighing, handling and

storage of filters for PM10 LVS- and

HVS-sampling

Data management

SOP-G1 Data management

SOP-G2 Data validation

SOP-G3 Data Reporting

Uncertainty calculations have been performed for each of the calibration concentration prepared by different calibration methods and they are presented at each of the SOP-C1 to C4.

In addition the uncertainty of the analysis methods are prepared for the laboratory measurements and for field measurements.

Uncertainty budget

Internal audit was performed at the measuring site and in laboratory.

The Audit questionnaire was fulfilled and Audit report issued.

Internal audit identified nonconformities and the corrective actions should be follow and immediately realized in order to be able to fulfill the data quality objectives for the measurements.

Internal audit

The data quality objectives for the air quality measurements at the measurement stations can be easily became unsatisfactory due to the lack of:

spare parts; certified calibration gas standards; regular costs for maintenance and service of

the measuring instruments; employees; specialized trainings.

Data quality objectives

All prepared SOPs concerning all relevant activities of the system are in use;

The uncertainty budget for the air quality measurements was built up;

QA/QC procedures are in full operation;

The air quality web portal was developed where Air quality data are presented in real time: http://airquality.moepp.gov.mk/

Participation to the interlaboratory comparison exercises organized by EC/JRC and by WHO;

Participation to the meetings of AQUILA group.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Thank you for your

attention