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APTI course 450: source sampling for particulate pollutants - student manual

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6787759
This manual is used in conjunction with Course No. 450, 'Source Sampling for Particulate Pollutants', as designed and presented by the EPA Air Pollution Training Institute (APTI). The manual supplements the course lecture material, presenting detailed discussions in an introductory manner on the following topics: Basic Definitions for Source Sampling; Basic Concepts of Gases; The EPA Method 5 Sampling Train; The EPA Method 5 Source Test; Calibration Procedures; Source Sampling Calculations; Report Writing; Error Analysis; F-factor Methods; Particle Sizing; and Opacity Monitoring. Derivations are given for many of the basic source sampling equations. The manual, when used with the student workbook, EPA-450/2-79-007, during the lecture and laboratory sessions of Course No. 450, provides comprehensive instruction in the performance of EPA reference method 5.
Research Organization:
Northrop Services, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (USA)
OSTI ID:
6787759
Report Number(s):
PB-80-174360
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English