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A Summary of Technical
A Summary of Technical
A Summary of Technical
and Policy Materials
Barrett Parker, EPA,
OAQPS
Presentation Overview
Explanatory chapters
– Rule Overview - requirements, procedures
– Monitoring elements
– Description of monitoring approaches
– Technical reference of monitoring tools
– Bibliography
Appendices
– Example monitoring plans (based on actual
case studies)
Step-by-step Process Description
Averaging periods:
Sufficient to detect control device or
other potential compliance problems
Not so short as to flag minor
perturbations as excursions
Design Evaluation Factors
Pre-controlled Post-control
Emissions Emissions
Control
Device
PSEU
Determining Emissions Rates
Emissions testing
– EPA test methods
– Control device inlet and outlet
Mass balance measurements
– e.g., VOC from solvents
– Chemical reactions
Emissions factors X activities data
Other?
Mass balance example: coal-fired
boilers
Coal-fired boiler
– 9% ash
– 12,000 Btu/lb
Calculate precontrol emissions:
0.09 lb ash/lb coal = 7.5 lb/mmBtu
0.012mmBtu/lb coal
Pulv. Coal: 90%suspended ash 6.8 lb/mmBtu
Stoker: 20% suspended ash 1.5 lb/mmBtu
Mass balance example: wood
working facility
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source
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dust collector
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