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RECORD NUMBER: 159 OF 4742

Main Title Air Pollution: Ground-Based Sensing of Source Emissions.
Author Herget, William F. ;
CORP Author Environmental Sciences Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Year Published 1979
Report Number EPA-600/J-79-085;
Stock Number PB80-184294
Additional Subjects Gas analysis ; Remote sensing ; Infrared spectrometers ; Laboratory equipment ; Mobile equipment ; Design ; Performance evaluation ; Combustion products ; Refineries ; Chemical analysis ; Air pollution ; Industrial wastes ; Hydrocarbons ; Sulfur dioxide ; Carbon monoxide ; Concentration(Composition) ; Reprints ; Air pollution detection
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NTIS  PB80-184294 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Some types of gaseous pollution sources, particularly extended area industrial complexes and those producing hot combustion products, cannot be monitored adequately with conventional point sampling methods. To aid in characterizing emissions from and in developing remote sensing methods for application to such sources, a high-resolution (0.06/cm) infrared spectrometer system has been installed in a van. This system can be used with a remote light source to make longpath absorption measurements in the atmosphere or can be used in a single-ended mode to obtain emission spectra of hot gases. Initial measurements were made across a fertilizer plant gypsum pond; hydrogen fluoride was measured in the 10-50 ppb range. Measurements at an oil refinery showed propylene, ethylene, methanol, other hydrocarbons, sulfur dioxide, and carbon monoxide in ppb to ppm levels. Jet engine emissions were also evaluated. The measurement system is described and data from the above three measurement programs are presented.