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Main Title Collaborative study of method for determination of stack gas velocity and volumetric flow rate in conjunction with EPA method 5 /
Author Hamil, H. F. ; Thomas., R. E.
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Hamil, Henry F.
Thomas, Richard E.,
Midgett, M. Rodney.
CORP Author Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, Tex.;National Environmental Research Center, Research Triangle Park, N.C. Quality Assurance and Environmental Monitoring Lab.
Publisher Quality Assurance and Environmental Monitoring Laboratory, National Environmental Research Center,
Year Published 1974
Report Number EPA-650/4-74-033; EPA68-02-0626; EPA-ROAP-26AAG
Stock Number PB240342
OCLC Number 52565065
Subjects Flue gases--Measurement ; Environmental monitoring ; Gas power plants--Environmental aspects
Additional Subjects Flue gases ; Flow measurement ; Standardization ; Precision ; Velocity measurement ; Incinerators ; Industrial plants ; Electric power plants
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EJBD  EPA 650-4-74-033 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 06/08/2015
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 650-4-74-033 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
NTIS  PB-240 342 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation vii, 34 p. : ill., charts ; 28 cm.
Abstract
This study concerns itself with the determination of stack gas velocity and volumetric flow rate (EPA Method 2) as used with EPA Method 5 (Particulates). The determinations were calculated from data obtained in collaborative testing of Method 5 at three sites: a Portland cement plant, a coal-fired power plant and a municipal incinerator. These data were submitted to statistical analysis to obtain estimates of the precision that can be expected with the use of Method 2. The standard deviations for both velocity and flow rate are shown to be proportional to the mean value. The between-laboratory standard deviations are estimated as 5.0% of the mean and 5.6% of the mean for velocity and volumetric flow rate, respectively. The volumetric flow rate is used to calculate the emission rate for compliance testing. The precision of the emission rate is shown to be primarily a function of the precision of the pollutant test method used. The conclusion, then, is that the volumetric flow rate is used deterimination is sufficiently precise as it appears in Method 2.
Notes
Project Officer: M. Rodney Midgett. "Prepared for: Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency." "September 1974." "Contract No. 68-02-0626; ROAP No. 26AAG; Program Element No. 1HA327." "EPA-650/4-74-033." PB 240 342--NTIS.