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Main Title Evaluation of particulate mass monitors using the beta gauge technique /
Author Jackson, Meryl R.
CORP Author Particle Data Labs. Ltd., Elmhurst, IL.;Environmental Sciences Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. Emissions Measurement and Characterization Div.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1979
Report Number EPA-68-02-1216; EPA/600/2-79/073;
Stock Number PB-295 055
OCLC Number 42638174
Subjects Particle size determination ; Air--Pollution--Measurement--Equipment and supplies ; Beta gages
Additional Subjects Monitors ; Particles ; Beta particles ; Mass ; Air pollution ; Concentration(Composition) ; Performance evaluation ; Sites ; Design criteria ; Calibrating ; Field tests ; Sampling ; Air pollution detection ; Stationary sources ; Air pollution sampling
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EHAM  EPA/600/2-79/073 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 05/25/2016
EJBD  EPA 600-2-79-073 c.1 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 07/09/2013
EKBD  EPA-600/2-79-073 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 09/07/2001
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-2-79-073 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ESAD  EPA 600-2-79-073 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-295 055 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation viii, 65 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
A field study was conducted to evaluate two commercially available beta gauge instruments for measuring particulate mass concentrations in stationary source emissions. Performance of the instruments was compared with a manual method of measurement at a ferrite rotary-kiln calciner, at a slurry cement kiln with an electrostatic precipitator, and at an oil-fired boiler. Tests were conducted over a 168-hour period to establish instrument accuracy, calibration error, drift and system reliability. Descriptions of the instruments, test programs and test sites are presented together with a detailed summary of the experimental data. The accuracy of the beta gauge instruments was strongly dependent upon the sampling characteristics of the extractive probes. The instruments tested were not capable of correctly measuring the particulate concentration in the stack, nor of operating continuously for a 168-hour period. In the case of the cement kiln, the particle concentration measured by the beta gauge instruments correlated well with the concentration determined from the filter catch portion of the manual method, but not with the fiber plus probe catch. Particle deposition in the probe of the beta instruments was as high as 86% (average) for the cement plant emissions.
Notes
"EPA-600/2-79-073." EPA contract no. 68-02-1216; EPA project officer: John Nader. Includes bibliographical references (page 39).