Grantee Research Project Results
Method for Direct Continuous Monitoring of Particulate Emissions from Industrial Effluents
EPA Contract Number: 68D50089Title: Method for Direct Continuous Monitoring of Particulate Emissions from Industrial Effluents
Investigators: Lin, ZhenWu
Small Business: LSR Technologies Inc.
EPA Contact: Richards, April
Phase: I
Project Period: September 1, 1995 through March 1, 1996
Project Amount: $65,000
RFA: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase I (1996) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Ecological Indicators/Assessment/Restoration , SBIR - Monitoring , Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Description:
Continuous emission monitoring (CEM) systems to record the discharge of pollutants have become an integral part of utility power and industrial process plant operations. The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) require that specific sources install and operate CEMs to provide an accurate measurement of SO2, NOx, CO2, and opacity. Emission data is used to insure compliance with current acid rain regulation and to track allowances for the new emissions trading program. The collection of real time emission data is used to monitor the mandated reduction in acid rain levels.Presently, there is no requirement under the CAAA to continuously monitor particulate matter other than opacity, which is at best a qualitative measure. This is due to the fact that no technology currently available has been successfully demonstrated and accepted by industry. this project involves a unique and highly innovative concept for a Direct Continuous Particulate Monitor. The new monitor concept has the ability to measure dust-laden streams reliably and accurately in real time. It also avoids the use of complex mathematical algorithms that are often used to indirectly correlate a mass concentration. In Phase I, a laboratory-scale prototype will be built and tested to demonstrate performance using stimulant feed streams. In Phase II, the testing will shift to a field site and testing under actual conditions.
Supplemental Keywords:
small business, SBIR, air emissions, engineering, chemistry., RFA, Scientific Discipline, Air, Toxics, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, particulate matter, Environmental Chemistry, HAPS, Analytical Chemistry, Monitoring/Modeling, Atmospheric Sciences, Environmental Engineering, Engineering, Chemistry, & Physics, environmental monitoring, ambient aerosol, ambient air quality, emission control strategies, Nitrogen Oxides, particulates, air toxics, ambient particle properties, aerosol particles, atmospheric particles, emission control technologies, ambient measurement methods, particulate emissions, industrial emissions, air pollution, compliance, Sulfur dioxide, Clean Air Act , particulate matter chemistry, carbon dioxide, ambient nitrogen dioxide, continuous emissions monitoring, industrial effluents, emissions contol engineering, aerosols, air quality, atmospheric chemistry, acid rainProgress and Final Reports:
SBIR Phase II:
Method for Direct Continuous Monitoring of Particulate Emissions from Industrial EffluentsThe perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.