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RECORD NUMBER: 2 OF 6Main Title | Final report for study of infrared techniques for monitoring stack gases. | ||||||||||||||||
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Author | Lepper, James M. | ||||||||||||||||
CORP Author | Dalmo Victor Co., Belmont, Calif. | ||||||||||||||||
Publisher | Dalmo Victor | ||||||||||||||||
Year Published | 1965 | ||||||||||||||||
Report Number | R-3159-3954; PH-86-65-61 | ||||||||||||||||
Stock Number | PB-187 391 | ||||||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 16520812 | ||||||||||||||||
Subjects | Infrared spectroscopy ; Gases--Analysis ; Air--Pollution--Measurement ; Infra-red spectrometry | ||||||||||||||||
Additional Subjects | ( Air pollution ; Monitors) ; ( Waste gases ; Gas analysis) ; ( Infrared spectroscopy ; Gas analysis) ; Smokes ; Carbon dioxide ; Sulfur compounds ; Dioxides ; Sensors ; Feasibility studies ; Telescopes ; Sulfur dioxide ; Infrared spectrometers | ||||||||||||||||
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Collation | 49 p. illus. 28 cm. | ||||||||||||||||
Abstract | Infrared spectral study of industrial stack plumes was performed to investigate the feasibility of pollution efflux monitoring by remote observation. The conclusions of this study are: (1) Measurement of industrial stack pollution rates is feasible with simple optical systems using common optical components and relatively inexpensive detectors. However, a degree of sophistication is necessary in the electronics to remove the burden of exponential calculations from the operator/analyst. Such computations are amenable to state-of-the-art analog computational techniques. (2) A large number of a parameters are significant in reception of radiation from a given plume. For a low temperature process this can result in rather complex organics being generated which tend to clutter the spectra. (3) Pollution densities over 0.3% are readily determined quantitatively for most gases when the plume temperature is over 200F, when a small to moderate amount of particulate or other gray body radiation is present. (4) Coal burning systems produce a minimum of H2O vapor which obscures SO2 to a degree; coal burning power plants are expected to show distinct SO2 spectra at densities as low as 50 ppm when the particulate exhaust is under control. (Author) |
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Notes | "Prepared for Public Health Service, BSS-EH, Washington, D.C." "Reproduced by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va." PB-187391. Date on cover: 1969. |