Environmental assessment of a crude-oil heater using staged air lances for NOx reduction. Volume 1. Technical results. Final report June 1981-November 1983

Technical Report · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6435220

DeRosier, R

This volume of the report gives emission results from field tests of a crude-oil process heater burning a combination of oil and refinery gas. The heater had been modified by adding a system for injecting secondary air to reduce NOx emissions. One test was conducted with the staged air system (low NOx), and the other, without (baseline). Tests included continuous monitoring of flue gas emissions and source assessment sampling system (SASS) sampling of the flue gas with subsequent laboratory analysis of the samples utilizing gas chromatography (GC), infrared spectrometry (IR), gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy (GC/MS), and low resolution mass spectrometry (SSMS) for trace metals. LRMS analysis suggested the presence of eight compound categories in the organic emissions during the baseline test and four in the low-NOx test.

• Research Organization: Acurex Corp., Mountain View, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6435220
• Report Number(s): PB-84-223031; TR-82-94/EE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
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