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Main Title Automatic interfacing system for mercury in stationary source emissions /
Author Sibbett, D. J.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Quinn, T. R.
Bennett, Roy L.
CORP Author Geomet, Inc., Pomona, CA.;Environmental Sciences Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Publisher Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Year Published 1978
Report Number EPA-600/2-78-178; 68-02-1789
Stock Number PB-286 939
OCLC Number 34608974
Subjects Air pollution ; Mercury
Additional Subjects Mercury(Metal) ; Gas analysis ; Gas detectors ; Electric power plants ; Chemical analysis ; Monitors ; Field tests ; Industrial wastes ; Combustion products ; Sampling ; Calibrating ; Laboratory equipment ; Design criteria ; Performance evaluation ; Trace elements ; Air pollution ; Coal fired power plants ; Air pollution detection ; Stationary sources
Internet Access
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EJBD  EPA 600-2-78-178 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 10/31/2016
EKBD  EPA-600/2-78-178 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 04/26/1996
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-2-78-178 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ERAD  EPA 600/2-78-178 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 09/24/2012
ESAD  EPA 600-2-78-178 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-286 939 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation viii, 86 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
An interfacing system to sample total mercury emissions in source streams and suitably condition, dilute, and transport the sample to a mercury measuring instrument was designed, fabricated, and tested. The system consists of three components: a conditioner, a diluter, and a pump module. The conditioner contains a furnace to thermally decompose compounds at temperatures up to 1000C and a liquid scrubbing system to remove particulates and interfering gases, such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide. The diluter module is used at sources where mercury levels are above the calibration range of the measuring instrument. The pump module draws the sample through the system, exhausts the waste scrubber liquid, and maintains a constant pressure in the analyzer. Field tests were conducted at a coal-fired power plant. Good correlation was obtained between the interface/photomatic analyzer and a reference manual procedure. Instrumental results ranged from 1.74 to 6.96 micrograms/cu m, with mean value of 4.23 micrograms/cu m; reference method results varied from 1.60 to 7.25 micrograms/cu m, with a mean value of 4.66 micrograms/cu m.
Notes
EPA Project Officer: Roy L. Bennett, Emissions Measurement and Characterization Division. Prepared by Geomet, Inc. under Contract No. 68-02-1789. "August 1978."