Applicability of transmissometers to opacity measurement of emissions, oil-fired power and portland cement plants. Final report, Apr 1976-Oct 1977

Technical Report · Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:5064786

Conner, W D; Knapp, K T; Nadar, J S

In-stack transmissometers were evaluated for their capability to monitor the opacity of smoke-stack plumes emitted by certain sources. In-stack transmissometers were installed on three portland cement plants and three oil-fired power plants. Tests were conducted to determine their performance in four areas: the adequacy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-promulgated transmissometer design and performance specifications for the sources, the correlation between the opacity of the emissions measured in the plumes and in the stacks of the sources, as well as the existence of a functional relationship between the transmissometer-measured opacity and mass concentration of the particulate emission.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (USA). Environmental Sciences Research Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5064786
• Report Number(s): PB-80-135239
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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