Grantee Research Project Results
2000 Progress Report: Sample Conditioning System for Real-Time Mercury Analysis
EPA Contract Number: 68D01060Title: Sample Conditioning System for Real-Time Mercury Analysis
Investigators: Sjostrom, Sharon M.
Current Investigators: McLaren, Scott
Small Business: Apogee Scientific Inc.
EPA Contact: Richards, April
Phase: II
Project Period: September 1, 2001 through September 1, 2003
Project Period Covered by this Report: September 1, 1999 through September 1, 2000
Project Amount: $225,000
RFA: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase II (2001) Recipients Lists
Research Category: Ecological Indicators/Assessment/Restoration , SBIR - Monitoring , Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Description:
The Phase I objective is to develop a sampling system that differentiates the elemental and oxidized forms of mercury for reliable sample transport to any of several existing real-time analyzers. Mercury emission from combustion sources is recognized as a major concern to the Nation's air quality. However, mercury emissions measurements from coal-fired utility boilers are difficult to make due to low mercury concentrations and interfering gas species. A sample conditioning system that removes interfering species and stabilizes the mercury for measurements would allow real-time, continuous measurements.Control of mercury emissions from coal-fired utility boilers currently is being considered, and if implemented, will likely cost billions of dollars each year. Apogee Scientific, Inc.'s proposed sampling system could assure compliance with regulations and lower costs through more appropriate technology implementation and advanced process control. Furthermore, the health effects of mercury emissions from coal-fired combustion sources cannot be fully evaluated nor can controls be cost-effectively implemented unless the emissions can be accurately measured. The proposed system will enable accurate mercury measurements.
Journal Articles:
No journal articles submitted with this report: View all 2 publications for this projectSupplemental Keywords:
small business, SBIR, monitoring, analytical, air emissions, mercury, engineering, chemistry, EPA., RFA, Air, Scientific Discipline, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, Waste, Toxics, Engineering, mercury transport, particulate matter, HAPS, 33/50, Engineering, Chemistry, & Physics, Incineration/Combustion, tropospheric ozone, Monitoring/Modeling, air toxics, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Monitoring, mercury & mercury compounds, flue gases, real time monitoring, emissions, analyzer, stratospheric ozone, flue gas monitor, measurement, sample conditioning system (SCS), measurement methods , monitoring, real-time monitoring, atmospheric monitoring, coal combustion, flue gas, Mercury Compounds, particulates, continuous emissions monitoring, coal fired utility boiler , combustion sources, continuous monitoring, real time, continuous measurement, mercury, combustion flue gasesProgress and Final Reports:
Original AbstractSBIR Phase I:
Sample Conditioning System for Real-Time Mercury Analysis | 2001 Progress Report | Final ReportThe 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.