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RECORD NUMBER: 573 OF 1455

Main Title EPA Technology Transfer Capsule Report: Fabric Filter Particulate Control on Coal-Fired Utility Boilers: Nucla, Co. and Sunbury, Pa.
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Utilities and Industrial Power Div. ;Alliance Technologies Corp., Bedford, MA.
Publisher 1976
Year Published 1976
Report Number EPA/625/2-77/013;
Stock Number PB98-102288
Additional Subjects Air pollution control equipment ; Electric utilities ; Filters ; Particulates ; Coal fired power plants ; Fabrics ; Glass cloth ; Cost analysis ; Economic analysis ; Operating costs ;
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=300046MF.PDF
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NTIS  PB98-102288 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The U.S. EPA Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina sponsored field sampling programs at two coal-fired facilities. Emission testing and analysis was performed by GCA/Technology Division, Bedford, Massachusetts. A major objective of the project was to characterized the performance of fabric filter systems used to remove particulates from boiler flue gases. Total mass emission rates were measured using the standard EPA Method 5 techniques. Isokinetic sampling of both the inlet and outlet ducts, which provided accurate determination of particulate mass concentrations, allowed for precise measurement of bag filter efficiencies.