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Main Title Comparative study of plume opacity measurement methods /
Author Conner, William D. ; White, Norman
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
White, Norman.
CORP Author Environmental Sciences Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1979
Report Number EPA 600/2-80/001
Stock Number PB80-128440
OCLC Number 42740476
Subjects Plumes--Measurement ; Air--Pollution--Measurement
Additional Subjects Plumes ; Opacity ; Optical measurement ; Optical radar ; Transmissometers ; Observation ; Performance evaluation ; Air pollution monitors ; Comparative evaluations
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=910193N4.PDF
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EHAM  EPA 600/2-80/001 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 05/25/2016
EJBD  EPA 600-2-80-001 c.1 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 01/29/2014
EKBD  EPA-600/2-80-001 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 07/04/2003
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-2-80-001 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ESAD  EPA 600-2-80-001 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB80-128440 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation vii, 27 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The opacity of smoke-stack emissions was measured by three methods at thirteen different plants and the results compared. The three opacity measurement methods are trained observer, in-stack transmissometer, and laser radar (lidar). The instrumental methods, lidar and in-stack transmissometer, correlated better with each other than with the observer method and were also more precise than the observer method. Observer measurements were generally lower than instrumental measurements. Data show that for the range of opacity emission standards (betwen 10 and 40% opacity), the observer readings averaged 6 and 11% opacity less than the instrumental readings of lidar and transmissometer, respectively, and varied by as much as 25% opacity below to 8% opacity above the instrumental readings.
Notes
"EPA-600/2-80-001." Includes bibliographical references (page 26).