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Main Title An evaluation study of EPA method 8 /
Author Knoll, Joseph E. ; Midgett, M. Rodney
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Midgett, M. Rodney.
CORP Author Environmental Monitoring Systems Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. Quality Assurance Div.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory,
Year Published 1980
Report Number EPA 600-4-80-018
Stock Number PB80-181936
OCLC Number 33328638
Subjects Sulfur dioxide ; Air--Pollution--Measurement
Additional Subjects Air pollution ; Sulfur dioxide ; Chemical industry ; Sulfates ; Field tests ; Sampling ; Industrial wastes ; Combustion products ; Performance evaluation ; Gas analysis ; Chemical analysis ; Laboratory equipment ; EPA method 8 ; Acid mist ; Air pollution detection ; Procedures
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=9101ENGM.PDF
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EJED  EPA-600-4-80-018 OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC 08/19/2016
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-4-80-018 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD RPS EPA 600-4-80-018 2 repository copies AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 01/27/2020
ESAD  EPA 600-4-80-018 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 04/22/2005
NTIS  PB80-181936 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 34 pages
Abstract
Techniques used in EPA Method 8, the source test method for acid mist and sulfur dioxide emissions from sulfuric acid plants, have been evaluated. Evidence is shown that trace amounts of peroxides in isopropyl alcohol result in the conversion of sulfur dioxide to sulfate and cause positive errors in acid mist values. Methods for measuring and purifying IPA are described. No conversion of sulfur dioxide to sulfate on filters or filter supports were observed. Collection efficiencies of train components are described and two alternate indicators are evaluated. Solid ammonium sulfates's use as audit samples is discussed. Field testing is also described in which paired-probe techniques were employed. They showed that, when sulfur trioxide is absent from the effluent streams, acid mist is efficiently collected by a single filter, even when the isopropyl alcohol-containing impinger is eliminated. Both ammonia and dimethyl analine, which are employed as gas scrubbers, cause sulfur dioxide to be retained in the isopropyl alcohol and result in large positive interferences in acid mist values. Ferric oxide, present in the effluents of steel pickling operations, causes a large negative interference in acid mist values.
Notes
"EPA 600-4-80-018." "March 1980." "Cover title." "To be published as an Environmental Monitoring Series report."