API 4712 : 2001

GAS-FIRED STEAM GENERATOR-TEST REPORT SITE C: CHARACTERIZATION OF FINE PARTICULATE EMISSION FACTORS AND SPECIATION PROFILES FROM STATIONARY PETROLEUM INDUSTRY COMBUSTION SOURCES

American Petroleum Institute

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1.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
         PROJECT OVERVIEW
         PROJECT OBJECTIVES
              Primary Objectives
              Secondary Objective
         TEST OVERVIEW
              Source Level (In-Stack) Samples
              Dilution Stack Gas Samples
              Process Samples
         KEY PERSONNEL
2.0 PROCESS DESCRIPTION
         SAMPLING LOCATIONS
3.0 TEST PROCEDURES
         STACK GAS FLOW RATE, MOISTURE CONTENT AND
         MOLECULAR WEIGHT
         O2, CO2, CO, NOx
         SULFUR DIOXIDE (SO2)
         IN-STACK METHOD TESTS
               In-Stack Total Filterable PM, PM10 and PM2.5
               Condensible Particulate Matter Mass and
               Chemical Analysis
         DILUTION TUNNEL TESTS
               PM2.5 Mass
               Elements
               Sulfate, Nitrate, and Chloride
               Organic and Elemental Carbon
               Volatile Organic Compounds
               Semivolatile Organic Compounds
4.0 TEST RESULTS
    PROCESS OPERATING CONDITIONS
         PRELIMINARY TEST RESULTS
         STACK GAS CONDITIONS AND FLOW RATE
         CO, NOx, AND SO2 EMISSIONS
         IN-STACK AND IMPINGER METHOD RESULTS
              Particulate Mass
              OC and EC
         DILUTION TUNNEL RESULTS
              Particulate Mass
              Sulfate, Chloride, and Nitrate
              OC, EC and Organic Species
              Elements
5.0 EMISSIONS FACTORS AND SPECIFICATION PROFILES
      UNCERTAINTY
      EMISSION FACTORS
      PM2.5 SPECIATION PROFILES
            Dilution Tunnel
            Organic Aerosols
            Method 201A/202
6.0 QUALITY ASSURANCE
       SAMPLE STORAGE AND SHIPPING
       DILUTION TUNNEL FLOWS
       GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS
            Dilution Tunnel Filters
            In-stack Filters
       ELEMENTAL (XRF) ANALYSIS
       ORGANIC AND ELEMENTAL CARBON ANALYSIS
       SULFATE, NITRATE, AND CHLORIDE, AND ANALYSIS
       SVOC ANALYSIS
       VOC ANALYSIS
       CEMS ANALYSIS
       INORGANIC RESIDUE ANALYSIS
7.0 DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS
       POTENTIAL EMISSIONS MARKER SPECIES
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Abstract

The USEPA in 1997, promulgated new ambient air standards for particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter (PM 2.5). Source emissions data are needed to assess the contribution of petroleum industry combustion sources to ambient PM 2.5 concentrations. The report presents that the gas fired steam generator has a maximum heat input of 62.5 MMBtu/Hr with an average rate of approximately 50 MMBtu/hr.