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IMPROVING AIR QUALITY THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATIONS
Citation:
Brna*, T G. AND A. Trenholm. IMPROVING AIR QUALITY THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATIONS. Presented at 29th Environment and Energy Symposium and Exhibition of the National Defense Industrial Association, Richmond, VA, 7-10 April 2003.
Description:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program in 1995 as a means of working with the private sector to establish a market-based verification process available to all environmental technologies. Under EPA's Office of Research and Development, the ETV Program verifies the performance of innovative or improved solutions to problems that threaten human health and the environment. It is designed to accelerate the acceptance of verified technologies by the domestic and international marketplaces. The goal of the ETV Program is to verify the performance characteristics of commercially ready technologies by independently obtaining objective and quality-assured data and to provide credible performance information to potential technolo gy users, such as buyers, permitters, consultants, environmentalists, and the public. The Air Pollution Control Technology Verification Center (APCTVC) began operation in September 1997 by Research Triangle Institute (RTI). Initially, the Center focused on air pollution control technologies for particulate matter (PM), especially fine PM (particles with an aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 micrometers and less -- PM2.5 ), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and hazardous air pollutants, especially volatile organic compounds (VOCs). More recently, the Center began work on controls for dust emissions from unpaved roads and exhaust emissions from diesel engines.