stack testing Articles
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Flexographic printer system repair - Case study
A flexographic printer recently contacted Catalytic Products International for help solving a recurring problem with competitors Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) that was purchased two years earlier. The system had never been able to pass a stack test; the company was out of compliance and running out of time with the state EPA. Any calls for assistance in getting the RTO to be compliant by ...
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Emissions Testing
What Is Stack Emissions Testing? Stack emissions testing (stack sampling or stack monitoring) is the experimental process for evaluating the characteristics of waste gas stream emissions into the atmosphere from industrial facilities to meet environmental standards. Stack testing measures the amount of specific regulated pollutants or surrogates being emitted or determines the destruction or ...
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BACnet Interface for VFD Drive in HVAC
Area of engagement Enable BACnet MS/TP support for VFD Drive in HVAC Solution The Client Leading OEM of AC Drives, Machine controllers, Robotics, Automation systems Overview Client was looking for a solution to enable BACnet MS/TP interface for its VFD drive in HVAC system. In addition, client also wanted support in minimizing the complexity in testing. Client selected SoftDEL for its ...
By SoftDEL
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Part 75 Conformance - Is your AETB ASTM D7036 Accredited?
We have reviewed 2012 EPA Part 75 test reports and discussed EPA’s electronic reporting and source tester requirements with Part 75 source owners. We conclude that many owners and environmental specialists who enter test data into EPA data bases are not familiar with the range of EPA’s expectations for source tester (Air Emission Testing Body or AETB) conformance to ASTM D7036-04. ...
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New boiler MACT and affiliated rules proposed
EPA proposed three related rules (with final rules expected by December 16, 2010), intended to reduce the emission of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters as well as commercial and industrial solid waste incinerators. Simultaneously, it also proposed a definition of solid waste that could potentially affect some units currently ...
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Free White Paper on FTIR Gas Analysis
Gasmet has prepared a White Paper on the simultaneous measurement of multiple gases in a wide variety of applications using FTIR (Fourier Transform InfraRed) technology. With the ability to measure almost any gas, FTIR monitoring technology is employed in an enormous variety of applications including Continuous Emissions Monitoring, Stack Testing, Process Control, Industrial Hygiene, Emergency / ...
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INTO THE VOID...U.S. EPA`s recent boiler MACT and CISWI information collection request
Background - The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (court) has been quite busy in the last few years hearing environmental cases, particularly air quality related topics. On June 8, 2007, the court vacated and remanded two (2) U.S. EPA rules promulgated under the Clean Air Act (CAA)-The Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI) definitions rule ...
By All4 Inc.
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White Paper & Video on FTIR multigas analysis
Gasmet Technologies has published a free White Paper and a video on the simultaneous measurement of multiple gases in a wide variety of applications using FTIR. Both the video and the White Paper can be found here at www.gasmet.com or by visiting the Quantitech stand 62/63 at AQE 2017. With the ability to measure almost any gas, FTIR technology is employed in an enormous variety of applications ...
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New NSPS OOOOa Regulations Affecting Methane and VOC Emissions from the O&G Sector Finalized as of June 3, 2016
The EPA has issued three final rules that will curb emissions of methane, smog-forming volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and toxic air pollutants such as benzene from new, reconstructed and modified oil and gas sources, while providing greater certainty about Clean Air Act permitting requirements for the industry. The EPA’s amended and new regulations affecting methane (CH4) and VOC ...
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Proposed boiler MACT sets aggressive emission limits
On June 4, 2010, U.S. EPA proposed National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters at both major and area sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emissions. EPA proposed separate rules for units at major sources of HAP emissions (greater than 10 tons per year [tpy] of any single HAP and/or greater than ...
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Continuous monitoring of hazardous smokestack metal emissions using inductively coupled argon plasma atomic emission spectrometry
Introduction Emission of hazardous air pollutant metals from the smokestacks of boilers, incinerators, and furnaces has become a matter of significant environmental concern and the object of increased regulatory scrutiny. At issue, is the ability of large-scale combustors such as these to maintain operation in compliance with the regulatory restrictions put in place to safeguard the public from ...
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Tiger Select benzenedetector assists chemical spill clean-up
The chemical industry has seen four major chemical incidents take place over recent times. On March 17th two ITC tanks caught fire in Deer Park, Texas, with five more catching fire just 12 hours later. Just a few days later, the Xiangshui chemical plant suffered an explosion which resulted in the death of 78 people while severely injuring 94. On April 2, a leak caused a fire at the KMCO plant in ...
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Performances and fouling control of a flat sheet membrane in a MBR pilot-plant
This paper deals with the performance and the optimisation of the hydraulic operating conditions of the A3 Water Solutions flat sheet membrane technology in a MBR pilot-plant to achieve a satisfying fouling control and also a reduction in the required aeration. Two vertically stacked modules were tested at pilot-scale at Anjou Recherche under typical biological operating conditions (mixed liquor ...
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Mayo finds technical fix to reduce incinerator emissions
While the medical waste incinerator at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., consistently met state and federal emission requirements, facility leaders wanted to find a way to go beyond these standards. Mayo Clinic’s medical waste incinerator serves Mayo Clinic, Saint Marys Hospital and Rochester Methodist Hospital, which form the largest group medical practice in the world, and processes 2,000 ...
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Chemical Mfg. Plant Avoids Long Term Shut Down with Thermal Oxidizer
Recently, Catalytic Products International (CPI) worked with a customer who determined during a routine plant inspection that they had unexpected emissions from their process. This can happen as regulations change and as plants continue to improve operations or even change products or processes. In this case, the customer voluntarily shut down their process immediately until a solution could be ...
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Hurricane HR Cyclones to Reduce Particulate Matter (PM) emissions under 75mg/Nm3 from a drying Tower of Powder Milk - Case Study
Foreword Advanced Cyclone Systems, S.A. (ACS) designed and supplied a Hurricane Cyclone System for Nestlé, the world’s leading nutrition, health and wellness company. Nestlé which is based in Linda-a-Velha (Oeiras, Portugal), has 4 production plants and 25 distribution centers spread across the country. ACS’s system was installed in the production plant of Azores, in ...
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Hurricane HR Cyclones to Reduce Emissions from Wet Woodchips Grinding at Verdo Renewables Ltd. (8 000 m3 /hat 20ºC) – Case Study
Foreword Advanced Cyclone Systems, S.A. (ACS) designed and supplied two Hurricane Cyclones, HC series, for Verdo Renewables Ltd. The company is a fully owned subsidiary of Verdo Holdings A/S which has its HQ in Randers, Denmark. It has two production plants in the UK: Andover in Hampshire and Grangemouth in Scotland. Each plant has an annual production capacity of 55 000 tonnes of wood pellets ...
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Environmental Regulatory Compliance Practitioner Spotlight: Pete Schwalbach
Name: Pete Schwalbach Office: St Paul Practice Area: OPA Area of expertise: Environmental Regulatory Compliance About Me in 140 Characters Happily married, father of three, environmental regulatory consultant! Favorite Thing about Being an OPA Practitioner The wide diversity of very interesting industries that I get a chance learn about as I conduct my work ranging from steel mills to beer ...
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Case study - Engine cell exhaust: Catalytic oxidizer
Overview Endurance testing of outboard motors for boats has typically been done in lakes and sometimes on barges. This testing was time consuming, presented logistic problems and removed the testing from the R & D department and the factory. When a company in Oklahoma decided to build their own endurance test cell area, the Environmental Protection Agency required them to control the ...
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EPA finalizes boiler NESHAP
EPA published the final National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters at both major and area sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emissions. EPA developed separate rules for units at major sources of HAP emissions (greater than 10 tons per year [tpy] of any single HAP and/or greater than 25 tpy of ...
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