Stack Testing/Source Test Observation for Particulate Matter & Mercury

Stack Testing/Source Test Observation for Particulate Matter & Mercury

September 10-14, 2007 Carson City, Nevada

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Portland, OR 97205

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REGISTRATION DEADLINE:

Friday, August 16, 2007

Registration Fees:

□ Non-Federal Employees of Regional, State, Local and Tribal Government Air Pollution Control Agencies are Exempt From Fees

□ $600 Registration Fee for all Other Attendees

WESTAR Council

Stack Testing/Test Observation for Particulate Matter & Mercury

September 10-14, 2007

State of Nevada Legislative Building

401 South Carson Street

Carson City, Nevada

Monday, September 10, 2007

1:00pmWelcome and Introduction

1:15pmPre-Test

Stack Testing for Particulate Emissions

1:45pmOverview of Federal Reference Methods 1-5 (video presentation)

2:00pmStack Testing Basics (Classroom Demonstration with Method 5 Sampling Train in Classroom)

Federal Reference Methods 1-2

• Sampling Point Locations (On-line IsoCal Spreadsheet)
• Stack Gas Velocity (On-line IsoCal Spreadsheet)

3:00pmBreak

3:15pmStack Testing Basics (cont’d)

Federal Reference Methods 3-4

• Stack Gas Molecular Weight (On-line IsoCal Spreadsheet)
• Stack Gas Moisture (On-line IsoCal Spreadsheet)
• FRM 3 & 4 Sampling Training Configuration

5:30pmReview of Homework Problem & Adjourn for Day

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

8:30amReview of Day 1 and Pre-Test

8:55amFederal Reference Method 5 Sampling Train and Components

Emission Rate Equation and Calculations (On-line IsoCal Spreadsheet for pmr and E)

Nozzle Diameter Calculations and Verification (On-line IsoCal Spreadsheet for Dn and ∆=K (∆p) Calculations)

10:00amBreak

10:15am% Isokinetic Rate Equation (On-line IsoCal Spreadsheet for Determining % Isokinetic) and Inspector’s “Tool Kit”

11:45amCondensibles and FRM 202 update

12:15pmLunch (on your own)

Laboratory Exercises with Source Simulator

1:15pmRole of Agency Inspector (What to Watch For) and How to Fudge Stack Test Data (Use of Inspector’s Tool Kit to Prevent Fudging)

Classroom Workstation Problems with Source Simulator

1:40pmStation #1: Calibration of Nozzle for FRM 5 Train

Station #2: Dry Gas Meter “Gamma” Calibration

Station #3: Orifice Meter Calibration Involving ∆H@ of FRM 5 Train

Station #4: Stack Velocity and Volumetric Flow Rate

Station #5: Calibration of Type s Pitot Tube

3:30pmBreak

3:45pmStation #6: Determination of Stack Gas Moisture

Station #7: Pitot Tube Inspection

Station #8: FRM 5 Sampling Train

Station #9: Isokinetic Rate Equation

Station #10: FRM 1 Traverse Point Determination

5:30pmReview of Homework Problem & Adjourn for Day

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

8:30amReview of Day 2/Homework Problem

Classroom Workstation Problems with Source Simulator

8:45amStation #1: Calibration of Nozzle for FRM5 Train

Station #2: Dry Gas Meter “Gamma” Calibration

Station #3: Orifice Meter Calibration Involving ∆H@ of FRM 5 Train

Station #4: Stack Velocity and Volumetric Flow Rate

Station #5: Calibration of Type s Pitot Tube

10:00amBreak

10:15amStation #6: Determination of Stack Gas Moisture

Station #7: Pitot Tube Inspection

Station #8: FRM 5 Sampling Train

Station #9: Isokinetic Rate Equation

Station #10: FRM 1 Traverse Point Determination

12:00noonLunch (on your own)

Stack Testing for Mercury Emissions: Policies, Programs & Methodologies

1:15pmHistory and Status of the Clean Air Mercury Rule: Challenges to Implementation and the State of Nevada’s Mercury Control Program

2:30pmMercury Chemistry in the Atmosphere: Emission and Formation of Elemental, Reactive, and Particulate Matter Mercury

3:00pmBreak

3:15pmSource/Receptor Relationships, Atmospheric Fate and Transport Considerations in Mercury Compliance Strategies

4:30pmGas Control Technologies/Mercury Control Technologies

6:00pmAdjourn for Day

Thursday, September 13, 2007

8:30amReview of Day 3

8:45amState-of-the-Science in Manual Methods for Measuring Total and Speciated Mercury Stack Emissions

• FRM 101/101A
• FRM 102

10:00amBreak

10:15amState-of-the-Science in Manual Methods (cont’d)

• FRM 29 and SW-486, Method 0060
• ASTM/Ontario Hydro Method

12:15pmLunch (on your own)

1:15pmState-of-the-Science in Continuous Emission Monitoring (CEMs) Instrumentation

• ThermoFisher Scientific Mercury Freedom System
• Texran Instruments Series 3300 Mercury CEM
• PS Analytical

3:00pmBreak

3:15pmState-of-the-Science in CEMs (cont’d)

• Nippon Instruments Corporation Hg Analyzers
• OPSIS SE

4:15pmApex Instruments Instrumentation for Monitoring Mercury Emissions

4:45pmEnvironmental Equipment Supply Instrumentation for Monitoring Mercury Emissions

5:30pmAdjourn for Day

Friday, September 14, 2007

8:30amReview of Day 4/Review of Pre-Test and Final

8:45amPS-12/12A Requirements

9:15amStack Testing Special Topics

• High Moisture Stacks
• High VOC Concentration Stacks and Determination of Molecular Weight
• High Particulate Loading Stack Testing

10:15amBreak

10:30amEPA’s Emission Measurement Update of Stack Testing Methods

11:00amInteresting Web Sites for Stack Testers (On-line Presentation)

11:30pmReview/Final Exam

12:00noonAdjourn

About The Workshop

Course Description:

WESTAR Council, in conjunction with the State of Nevada, are co-sponsoring this comprehensive 4-day workshop. The objective of this stack testing course is to provide air pollution field personnel the needed background information, checklist, and guidance associated with EPA methodologies involving stack test for characterizing and quantifying particulate matter (PM) and mercury emissions from industrial sources. This 4-day course will address Federal Reference Methods (FRMs) 1-5 (isokinetic stack testing and stack test basics for particulate matter), various mercury methods for total and speciated (instrumental and time-integrated including Ontario Hydro method) mercury and state-of-the-science for continuous emission monitoring [CEM] mercury methods. The course will cover the performance specifications found in 40CFR60, Appendix A, dealing with performance specification 12/12A (PS-12/12A). In addition, presentations will cover various proposed audit systems used in validating installed mercury CEM systems employed at industrial sources.

The course will present standardized stack test methodology for sampling and analysis of air pollutants as identified in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 60, Appendix A. In addition, information will be presented on EPA’s stack test monitoring programs associated with PM-10 and PM-10/2.5 (FRM 201 A/B) and condensable particulate (FRM 202) monitoring. Several videos will be presented illustrating how to properly conduct stack test methods, insuring that accurate and reliable data is being gathered through the proper operation of the test methodology. Specific source test checklist will be demonstrated during the presentation for each test methodology as part of the course. In addition, a source simulator will be used to illustrate specific FRMs (i.e., FRMs 1-4 and FRM 5). The participant will learn how to use the checklist in performing source test observations, how to observe mandated QA/QC requirements associated with each methodology, and how to use source test databases available to the air pollution scientist.

Registration Fees:

□ Non-Federal Employees of Regional, State, Local and Tribal Government Air Pollution Control Agencies are Exempt From Fees

□ $600 Registration Fee for all Other Attendees

Workshop Location

State of Nevada Legislative Building

401 South Carson Street

Carson City, Nevada

Senate Committee Room 2144

Second Floor

Hotel Information

WESTAR has not made hotel arrangements. If lodging accommodations are necessary, attendees/speakers are required to make their own hotel reservations. Please check with the hotel for the availability of governmental rates; most hotels offer these rates.

The Plaza Hotel – Carson City

801 South Carson Street

Carson City, Nevada 89701
Phone (775) 883-9500

Best Western Carson Station Hotel and Casino
900 South Carson Street

Carson City, Nevada 89701
Phone: (775) 883-0900

Toll Free: (800) 501-2929

Days Inn

3103 North Carson
Carson City, NV 89706
Phone:(775) 883-3343

Quality Inn Trailside Inn

1300 N. Carson Street

Carson City, NV, US, 89701

Phone: (775) 883-7300

Park Inn Hardman House

917 N Carson St
Carson City, NV 89701

Phone: (775) 882-7744

Phone: (800) 626-0793

Hampton Inn & Suites Carson City, NV

10 Hospitality Way

Carson City, Nevada 89706

Phone: (775) 885-8800