Main Title |
Flare efficency monitoring by remote infrared sensing : a feasiblity demonstration {MICROFICHE} / |
Author |
Persky, Merle J. ;
Spellicy, R. L.
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Other Authors |
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CORP Author |
OptiMetrics, Inc., Bedford, MA.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. |
Publisher |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory, |
Year Published |
1984 |
Report Number |
EPA-68-02-3439; EPA-600/7-84-053 |
Stock Number |
PB84-187566 |
Subjects |
Flares ;
Remote infared sensing
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Additional Subjects |
Remote sensing ;
Air pollution ;
Flares ;
Monitors ;
Optical spectrometers ;
Infrared spectroscopy ;
Performance evaluation ;
Feasibility ;
Carbon monoxide ;
Carbon dioxide ;
Soot ;
Hydrocarbons ;
Concentration(Composition) ;
Design criteria ;
Industrial wastes ;
Hazardous materials ;
Flammable gases ;
Fourier transform spectroscopy ;
Air pollution detection
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB84-187566 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
77 p. ; 28 cm. |
Abstract |
The report gives results of an evaluation, involving field tests, of passive infrared methods for use in remotely monitoring the efficiency of industrial flares. The tests utilized a general infrared measurement device, the EPA ROSE (Remote Optical Sensing of Emissions), a Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) system. With this system, infrared emissions from the gaseous exhaust products of a small scale industrial flare were observed under a wide range of operating conditions, at several positions in and above the combustion zone. Major results of this evaluation include: (1) collection of a data base on flare emissions for a typical flare at several flow rates of propylene, steam, and nitrogen; (2) comparison of three runs with simultaneous extractive probe measurements indicating comparable CO and CO2 concentrations (to within 10-30%) but significantly different temperatures (differing by a factor of 2 to 4); (3) determination of a better than 20 ppm detection threshold for CO using FTIR; and (4) the conclusion that the most serious uncertainties are the spatial distributions of temperature and gas concentration, and the detectability of hydrocarbon species. |
Notes |
Caption title. Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche. "April 1984." "EPA-600/7-84-053." Microfiche. |