Stack-emission testing for beryllium, Hill AFB, Utah. Final report, 13-17 July 1987

Technical Report · Sun Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5274246

Daly, M

At the request of HQ AFLC/SGB, personnel from the USAFOEHL conducted an air-emission survey of the exhaust from a C-5 brake reconditioning operation at Hill AFB UT from 13 July to 17 July 1987. These brakes contain beryllium disks and during the reconditioning process, beryllium particles are generated. The reconditioning operation consists of two processes which vent to individual stacks. The emissions for both stacks were well below the EPA standard for this kind of operation. The brake shop conducts a two part reconditioning operation on C-5 beryllium brake discs. This operation consists of an active wet grinding process and a wet dipping process. The reconditioning process is a cyclic operation for six hours per day and the shop operates only one shift per day. Each process is exhausted through its own stack and has no air pollution control equipment.

• Research Organization: Air Force Occupational and Environmental Health Lab., Brooks AFB, TX (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5274246
• Report Number(s): AD-A-188191/1/XAB; USAFOEHL-87-144EQ0086LEF
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

500200* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
BERYLLIUM
COMMINUTION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELEMENTS
GRINDING
MACHINING
MAINTENANCE FACILITIES
MANAGEMENT
METALS
MILITARY FACILITIES
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PROGRESS REPORT
SAMPLING
STACK DISPOSAL
SURVEYS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT