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
Printed on Recycled Paper
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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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