United States
              Environmental Protection
              Agency
Air and Energy Engineering
Research Laboratory
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
               Research and Development
EPA/600/SR-92/214 '  February 1993
EPA     Project  Summary
               Development of Size-Specific
               Data from  Participate Control
               Technology  Research  Reports

               T. Allan Dean, Michiel Doom, William R. Barnard, and Robert Coleman
                This report presents size-specific, un-
               controlled emission factors and con-
               trol efficiencies which were developed
               from numerous studies of particulate
               control device performance conducted
               under the direction of the Air and En-
               ergy Engineering Research Laboratory
               (AEERL) of the U.S. Environmental Pro-
               tection Agency (EPA) between 1974 and
               1981. The particle size ranges of con-
               cern are 0-2.5, 2.5-6, 6-10, and 0-10 urn,
               These data and the sampling and analy-
               sis procedures documented in the re-
               ports were subjected to a quality as-
               surance review and then compared with
               source- and control-device-specific in-
               formation in several data sources main-
               tained by EPA's Office of Air  Quality
               Planning and  Standards (OAQPS):;
               Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission
               Factors  (AP-42),  AIRS Facility Sub-
               system Source Classification Codes
               and Emission Factor Listing for Crite-
               ria Air Pollutants  (EPA-450/4-90-003),
               and the  PM10 computer file, which  is;
               available on the Clearinghouse for In-
               ventories/ Emission  Factors  (CHIEF)
               Bulletin Board. Where no relevant in-
               formation existed in these data sources,
               it was determined that the data devel-
               oped from these studies should be in-
               corporated into them. Each control de-
               vice study is reviewed individually. For
               each study, the source, control device,
               and sampling configuration are briefly
               described, the quality of the sampling
               and analysis methods  is rated infor-
               mally, the data are compared with any
               comparable AP-42 data, and conclu-
               sions are made regarding the need for
               the data in the OAQPS data sources.
Reviews of those documents which
yielded data not suitable for inclusion
in the OAQPS data sources are also
included.
  This Project Summary was devloped
by EPA's Air and Energy Engineering
Research Laboratory, Research Tri-
angle Park, NC, to announce key find-
ings of the research project that is fully
documented in a separate report of the
same title (see Project Report ordering
information at back).

Introduction
  EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards (OAQPS) has created and is
maintaining databases which state and
local air pollution control agencies and
EPA regional offices can use to inventory
and regulate particulate emission sources.
These databases include AIRS Facility
Subsystem Source Classification Codes
and  Emission Factor Listing for Criteria
Air Pollutants (EPA-450/4-90-003) and
Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Fac-
tors (AP-42).
  On July 1, 1987, EPA published a final
rule for an ambient air quality standard for
PM,0. Consequently, state and local gov-
ernment  agencies and EPA regional of-
fices need emission factor and control ef-
ficiency information to perform PM,0 emis-
sion  inventories. To meet this need,  the
OAQPS  developed a computer program
which calculates a control efficiency for
PM10 for specific control equipment for
various emission source categories. A
subfile in the computer program also gen-
erates a PM10 control efficiency for a given
pair  of  air  pollution control  devices
(APCDs) operated in series  at a process
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 T.A. Dean, M. Doom, W.R. Barnard, and R. Coleman are with E.H. Pechan and
   Assoc., Inc., Durham, NC 27707.
 Charles C. Masser is the EPA Project Officer (see below).
 The complete report, entitled "Development of Size-Specific Data from Particulate
   Control Technology Research Reports," (Order No. PB93-131456/AS;  Cost:
   $17.50; subject to change)  will be available only from:
         National Technical Information Service
         5285 Port Royal Road
         Springfield, VA 22161
         Telephone: 703-487-4650
 The EPA Project Officer can be contacted at:
         Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory
         U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
         Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
United States
Environmental Protection Agency
Center for Environmental Research Information
Cincinnati, OH 45268

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