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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT, PERFORMANCE TEST RESULTS FOR THE A AND A ENVIRONMENTAL SEALS' SEAL ASSIST SYSTEM (SAS), PHASE I--TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT
Citation:
Southern Research Institute. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT, PERFORMANCE TEST RESULTS FOR THE A AND A ENVIRONMENTAL SEALS' SEAL ASSIST SYSTEM (SAS), PHASE I--TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-99/122.
Description:
The report presents results of tests determining the efficacy of A&A Environmental Seals, Inc's Seal Assist System (SAS) in preventing natural gas compressor station's compressor rod packing leaks from escaping into the atmosphere. The SAS consists of an Emission Containment Gland (ECG), jets, a recycle stream, and an Eductor/Compressor system to repressurize the collected gas. This Phase I verification testing has shown that the average SAS leak capture efficiency is 70 +/- 10% and ranges from 43 to 100%. The 100% capture efficiency occured when the SAS was operating as designed (i.e., slightly negative pressure at the suction of the ECG), which occured less than 20% of the time over the three week Phase I evaluation period.