This handbook provides the eetailed information necessary to develop a continuous emissions monitoring program at a stationary source facility. Federal and State EPA requirements are given, including design and performance specifications and monitoring and date reporting requirements. Discussions of extractive sampling techniques and in-situ methods are presented, along with explanations of the analytical techniues used in currently marketed instrumentation. Methods for monitoring opacity, pollutant gases, and combustion gases, such as oxygen and carbon dioxide, are described. A detailed explanation of the EPA Performance Specification Test is given along with an explanation of the statistical procedures used to evaluate newly installed systems. Selection procedures for monitoring systems and specific instrumentation are included as a guide to the industrial engineer. Photographs of existing instruments and monitoring systems are presented along with explanatory diagrams to familiarize the reader with the equipment. References are givern for each topic discussed in the handbook. The handbook serves as a basic tool for continuous source monitoring, enabling the reader to refer to original research and development work for the initiation of a continuous monitoring program.

Loose-leaf for updating. At head of title: Handbook. "EPA 625/6-79-005." "June 1979."