Continuous emissions monitoring using spark-induced breakdown spectroscopy

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Hunter, Amy J.R. ^{[1
,4
]}

Morency, Joseph R. ^{[1
,4
]}

Senior, Constance L. ^{[1
,4
]}

Davis, Steven J. ^{[1
,4
]}

Fraser, Mark E. ^{[2
,3
]}

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[1] Physical Sciences Inc., Andover, MA, United States

[2] Mission Research Corp., Nashua, NH, United States

[3] Mission Research Corp., One Tara Boulevard, Nashua, NH 03062, United States

[4] Physical Sciences Inc., 20 New England Business Center, Andover, MA 01810, United States

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| 2000年 / Air & Waste Management Assoc, Pittsburgh卷 / 50期

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A new technology for monitoring airborne heavy metals on aerosols and particulates based on spark-induced breakdown spectroscopy (SIBS) was evaluated at a joint U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)/U.S. Department of Energy test at the rotary kiln incinerator simulator (RKIS) facility at EPA/Research Triangle Park, NC, in September 1997. The instrument was configured to measure lead and chromium in a simulated combustion flue gas in real time and in situ at target levels of 15 and 75 μg/dry standard cubic meters. Actual metal concentrations were measured during the tests using EPA Reference Method (RM) 29. The SIBS technology detected both lead and chromium at the low- and high-level concentrations. Additionally, the hardware performed without failure for more than 100 hr of operation and acquired data for 100% of the RM tests. The chromium data were well correlated with concentration increases resulting from duct operations and pressure fluctuations that are known to entrain dust.

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