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Title: Assessment of the 3410 Building Filtered Exhaust Stack Sampling Probe Location

Abstract

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory performed several tests in the exhaust air discharge from the new 3410 Building Filtered Exhaust Stack to determine whether the air sampling probe for emissions monitoring for radionuclides is acceptable. The method followed involved adopting the results of a previously performed test series from a system with a similar configuration, followed by several tests on the actual system to verify the applicability of the previously performed tests. The qualification criteria for these types of stacks include metrics concerning 1) uniformity of air velocity, 2) sufficiently small flow angle with respect to the axis of the duct, 3) uniformity of tracer gas concentration, and 4) uniformity tracer particle concentration.

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Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
986278
Report Number(s):
PNNL-19562; RPT-STMON-005
400904120; TRN: US1006529
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; EXHAUST SYSTEMS; AIR FILTERS; AIR POLLUTION MONITORING; AIR SAMPLERS; RADIOISOTOPES; EVALUATION; AIR POLLUTION MONITORS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; POSITIONING; STACKS; Exhaust stack sampling

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Glissmeyer, John A., and Flaherty, Julia E. Assessment of the 3410 Building Filtered Exhaust Stack Sampling Probe Location. United States: N. p., 2010. Web. doi:10.2172/986278.
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abstractNote = {Pacific Northwest National Laboratory performed several tests in the exhaust air discharge from the new 3410 Building Filtered Exhaust Stack to determine whether the air sampling probe for emissions monitoring for radionuclides is acceptable. The method followed involved adopting the results of a previously performed test series from a system with a similar configuration, followed by several tests on the actual system to verify the applicability of the previously performed tests. The qualification criteria for these types of stacks include metrics concerning 1) uniformity of air velocity, 2) sufficiently small flow angle with respect to the axis of the duct, 3) uniformity of tracer gas concentration, and 4) uniformity tracer particle concentration.},
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year = {Fri Jul 16 00:00:00 EDT 2010},
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