EPA-650/2-75-008
JANUARY 1975
Environmental Protection Technology Series
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EPA-650/2-75-008
IN-STACK TRANSMISSOMETER
EVALUATION AND APPLICATION
TO PARTICULATE OPACITY MEASUREMENT
by
Edward D. Avetta
Pecker Systems, Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
Contract No. 68-02-0660
ROAP No. 26AAM
Program Element No. 1AA010
EPA Project Officer: William D. Conner
Chemistry and Physics Laboratory
National Environmental Research Center
Research Triangle Park , N. C. 27711
Prepared for
OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460
January 1975
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EPA REVIEW NOTICE
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EPA, and approved for publication. Approval does not signify that the
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products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.
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3. ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH
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5. SOCIOECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
6. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT REPORTS
9. MISCELLANEOUS
This report has been assigned to the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
TECHNOLOGY series. This series describes research performed to
develop and demonstrate instrumentation, equipment and methodology
to repair or prevent environmental degradation from point and non-
point sources of pollution. This work provides the new or improved
technology required for the control and treatment of pollution sources
to meet environmental quality standards.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS iii
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS v
LIST OF TABLES vj_j_
SUMMARY ix
SECTION I INTRODUCTION 1
SECTION II LABORATORY TESTING 3
A. Introduction 3
B. Basic System Set Up and Adjustments ... 3
C. Projection Angle and Uniformity of Beam . . 4
D. Detector Field of view 7
E. Sensitivity to Input Voltage Variation . . 7
F. Alignment Sensitivity 10
G. Long Term Zero Drift 10
H. Spectral Response of .the Transmissometer . . 13
I. Response Time 13
J. Calibration Error 18
K. Outdoor Environmental Tests ...... 21
SECTION III FIELD PROGRAM
A. Steel Plant, Basic Oxygen Furnace . . . .23
B. Sulfuric Acid Plant 28
C. Portland Cement Plant 31
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued)
SECTION IV MEASUREMENT DATA REDUCTION AND ANALYSIS . 37
A. Introduction 37
B. Basic Oxygen Furnace 39
C. Sulfuric Acid Plant .42
D. Portland Cement Plant 47
SECTION V CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS . . -57
APPENDIX A STEEL PLANT, BASIC OXYGEN FURNACE,
SERIES OF JUNE 22, 1973
APPENDIX B SULFURIC ACID PLANT, SERIES OF MAY 7, 1974
APPENDIX C PORTLAND CEMENT PLANT, SERIES OF AUGUST 22, 1974
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure No.
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Title Page
Transmissometer-Filter Transmission
Measurement
Uniformity of Beam Measurement
Uniformity of Exit Beam
Field of View Measurement
Strip Chart Showing Zero Drift
Filter Spectral Response
Transmissometer Response Curve with Tungsten
Filament Lamp at 2450°K Color Temperature
Fast Response Curves
Slow Response Curves
Transmissometer Current vs. Filter Effective
Neutral Density
Transmissometer-Recorder Calibration Chart
Transmissometer Installation, Basic Oxygen
Furnace
Contrasting Target Method
Direct Measurement Telephotometer Setup
Transmissometer Location, Sulphuric Acid Plant
Transmissometer Location, Portland Cement Plant
Form Used to Record Telephotometer Measure-
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18 In-Stack Transmissometer Opacity vs. Out-
of-Stack Telephotometer Opacity 40
19 Series Averages, June 22, 1973 (Basic Oxygen
Furnace) 41
20 Series Averages, April 4, 1974 (Sulfuric Acid
Plant) 43
21 Series Averages, April 17, 1974 (Sulfuric
Acid Plant) 44
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LIST OF TABLES
Table No. Title Page No
1 Yariac Dial Calibration 8
2 Measurements Across the Load Resistor 9
3 Effect of "ertical Misalignment 11
4 Neutral Density Photopic Response Value 19
5 Transrdssoipeter Calibration Data 21
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SUMMARY
A laboratory evaluation and field testing program has
been carried out to investigate the performance of a commer-
cially available Lear-Siegler Model RM-4 Transmissometer as
an in-situ monitor of industrial exhaust stack emissions.
The laboratory phase of the program involved specific tests
of the transmissometer design characteristics, operational
parameters, extended time performance, and calibration. The
instrument was found to be within specifications proposed
for transmissometers by EPA except for its spectral response
which was corrected by the manufacturer by installing a filter
in the instrument. The instrument was then installed in the
field for a minimum period of 30 days at each of three sites which
were:(l) a basic oxygen furnace for the manufacture of steel,
(2) an industrial chemical plant for the manufacture of sul-
furic acid, and (3) an industrial plant for the manufacture
of Portland cement. At each of these three sites opacity
measurements were made of the stack exit plume for comparison
with transmissometer generated data. A Pritchard telephoto-
meter was employed for this purpose and a contrasting tar-
get method was the technique used except at the steel plant
where telephotometry of a lamp behind the plume was also
used.
The data obtained at the steel plant basic oxygen furnace
showed a good one-to-one correlation between in- and out-
of-stack opacity over a wide range of emission levels. A
one-to-one correlation was also observed for the cement plant
emissions but the plume opacity measurements at the sulfuric
acid plant were generally six to ten percent higher than the
in-stack opacity. Correlation at the cement and sulfuric
acid plants was limited by a small range of emission levels
that were studied. In addition the contrasting target method
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requires four separate measurements in quick succession to
establish a single data point. This time dependency,
together with variation in background conditions and diffi-
culties in synchronizing data, adversely affected the
repeatability of the plume opacity measurement method. The
use or development of more refined and less time dependent
techniques for exit plume measurements is recommended before
undertaking any further correlation studies. The performance
of the in-stack transmissometer at each of the three sites
was good. Drift of the instrument zero and span was never
greater than 1% over any of the 30-day test periods.
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SECTION I
INTRODUCTION
This program was to achieve two goals. The first goal
was to select a commercial transmissometer, evaluate its
design and performance characteristics in the laboratory,
and make any modifications deemed necessary to improve the
instrument performance to permit long term continuous moni-
toring of smoke stack emissions. The second goal was to
install the instrument on selected sources and evaluate the
performance of the instrument for monitoring the in-stack
opacity and the plume opacity.
The instrument selected for use in this program was a
Lear-Siegler Model RM-4 Transmissometer, Serial No. 784.
The unit was purchased complete with blower systems, covers,
and a Leeds and Northrup Speedomax M strip chart recorder as
the readout device. The equipment was set up in the labora-
tory and all pertinent characteristics and performance para-
meters checked. Following this phase, the system was
installed at three different industrial sites to observe per-
formance for periods of at least thirty (30) days at each
site.
The first installation was at a basic oxygen furnace
of a steel manufacturer for a period of approximately seventy
(70) days. Following this effort, the unit was installed at
a sulfuric acid plant and then at the manufacturing facilitv of
a Portland cement company, for periods of approximately
thirty (30) days each. Plume opacity measurements were made
at all three installation sites with a Pritchard telephoto-
meter using a contrasting target method for comparison with
the in-stack opacity measurements. At the conclusion of
the field effort phase, the transmissometer was again
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checked for performance in the laboratory.
Section II describes the laboratory testing of the
transmissometer. Emphasis was placed on the determination
of basic system characteristics and performance parameters,
and the development of an output calibration chart for sub-
sequent data reduction.
Section III describes all field work including the con-
trasting target method used in making the plume opacity
measurements with the telephotometer. Installation methods,
problems encountered, and general activities on site are
discussed in detail.
Section IV contains the field measurement results. The
data variations and anomalies are presented and the possible
causes and effects of the discrepancies are considered .
Section V presents the conclusions reached and the
recommendations offered which have resulted from the efforts
conducted under this program.
The Appendices contain representative examples of com-
puter reduced data series which were accumulated on a given
day at each of the three measurement sites.
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SECTION II
LABORATORY TESTING
A. INTRODUCTION
The system used for this program consisted of a Lear-
Siegler RM-4 Transmissometer transmitter/receiver unit and
retroreflector unit, two blower systems with weather shields,
and a Leeds and Northrup Speedomax M strip chart recorder.
A pair of mounting flanges was also secured for the initial
field installation. No cabling or connectors were supplied
other than bare wire terminated cables coming out of the
transmitter/receiver unit for the data and control functions
and input power.
B. BASIC SYSTEM SET UP AND ADJUSTMENTS
The transmissometer transmitter/receiver unit and the
retroreflector unit were mounted in specially constructed
stands and set to a flange to flange distance of 5.13 meters
(16 feet 10 inches). This is the mounting distance at the
steel manufacturer's basic oxygen furnace stack, the first
site for field work. The accessory equipment available from
Lear-Siegler for focusing the system was not procured with
the instrument. However, it was discovered that by a sim-
ple trial and error correction process (removal of the elec-
tro-optical chassis, moving the lens, then reinserting the
chassis) the objective lens could be focused for the cor-
rect stack diameter to within allowable limits. The strip
chart recorder was not received with the rest of the equip-
ment and, because the milliammeter on the instrument would
not show a valid reading unless the output leads to the
recorder were loaded, a 100-ohm, 1% resistor was connected
across the leads and a vacuum tube voltmeter (VTVM) was
used as a temporary monitoring device. This arrangement
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TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER
UNIT
RETROREFLECTOR UNIT
5.13 METERS
(16 FT 10 IN.)
TEST FILTER POSITIONS
VTVM
LOAD RESISTOR lOOii, 1%, 1/2 W.
Figure 1. Tvansmissometer-Filter Transmission Measurement
with the load resistor and VTVM illustrated in Figure 1, was
used during the laboratory tests until the strip chart
recorder arrived.
After the transmissometer was focused for the selected
flange to flange distance and optically aligned, the clear
stack zero reading was set by adjusting the coarse and fine
gain controls. The calibration retroreflector iris was then
adjusted to also produce a zero opacity reading. The instru-
ment was then ready for testing. Caution was exercised to
assure that the system was properly focused and the zero
opacity points reset if the flange to flange distance was
changed for different test configurations.
C.
PROJECTION ANGLE AND UNIFORMITY OF BEAM
Only one test configuration, shown in Figure 2, was
used for both of these tests because the required data
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could be generated simultaneously. The retroreflector unit
was moved to one side in this arrangement and a Pritchard
telephotometer was placed in line with the transmitter/
receiver unit. The telephotometer entrance aperture was
covered with a diffuser disc which was masked down to a rectan-
gular opening 5 mm wide by 32 mm long, and then located in
the plane of focus of the transmitter/receiver unit. The
telephotometer was placed on a vertical traversing mechanise
and moved in a direction perpendicular to the beam while
meter readings were taken of the telephotometer output. Tho
separation of the transmitter/receiver unit and the telepho
tometer was approximately 5.13 meters (16 feet 10 inches).
A plot of the meter readings versus traversing distance is
shown in Figure 3. The resulting curve indicates that the
beam is fairly uniform across the central 8.23-cm (3.25-in.)
portion but then rolls off sharply to the limits of annroxi-
mately 12.7 cm (5.0 in.). At the separation distance ^*
5.13 meters the half angle beam width 0 is defined as Arctan
(6.35/513) = 0.0124 or 0.71°. The full projection angle then
is approximately 1.41°.
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D. DETECTOR FIELD OF VIEW
The experimental setup for determining the field of
view of the detector is shown in Figure 4.
The scan mirror was moved laterally to one side while
being adjusted in rotation to direct the beam back into the
unit. The fixed mirror, directly in the line of sight, was
large enough to block the path to the retroreflector unit,
thus assuring that only light energy off the scan mirror
would get back to the detector system. A fairly sharp sig-
nal cut-off point was found at about 12.7 cm (5.0 inches)
off axis at about a distance of 5.08 meters (16 feet 8
inches) from the transmitter/receiver unit mounting flange.
The half angle field of view 4> is then defined as Arctan
(12.7/508) = 0.025 or 1.43°. The full field of view angle
is approximately 2.86°.
E. SENSITIVITY TO INPUT VOLTAGE VARIATION
A variac was placed in the main power line to the trans-
missometer for the performance of this test. The line
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Table 1. VARIAC DIAL CALIBRATION
(Vac, rms)
Variac
Dial HP VTVM
Settina Reading
90
95
100
105
110
115
120
125
95
101
106
111
116
121
126
131
voltage at the wall outlet was measured at 121 Vac (rms) and
monitored throughout this test. Prior to connecting the
transmissometer to the outlet, the variac dial readings
were calibrated with a Hewlett-Packard Model 400 VTVM.
These readings are shown in Table 1. The readings of the
milliammeter and of a second VTVM across the 100-ohm load
resistor are given in Table 2.
At the variac setting of 90 volts, the solenoids for
the calibration retroreflector and filter vrould not operate,
so readings were not taken except for the clear stack con-
dition. At 95 volts, the solenoid operation was inter-
mittent; sometimes they would operate and sometimes they
would not. At the 100-volt setting and higher, the sole-
noids seemed to work as they should. As the tabulated
data indicate, the transmissometer signals with the cali-
bration retroreflector and vrith the calibration filter in
place were lower than the clear stack signals at low input
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Table 2. MEASUREMENTS ACROSS THE LOAD RESISTOR
Input Voltage (rms)
Input Voltage (rms)
Variac
Dial Transmissometer Output
Settino HP VTVfl Signals
90 95 Clear Stack
Cal. Retro
Cal. Filter
95 101 Clear Stack
Cal. Retro
Cal. Filter
100 106 Clear Stack
Cal. Retro
Cal. Filter
105 111 Clear Stack
Cal. Retro
Cal. Filter
1.9 ma
0.17 volts
Solenoids would
not operate
1.95 ma
0.17 volt
1.75 ma
0.15 volt
6.6 ma
0.63 volt
2.0 ma
0.18 volt
1. 8 ma
0.15 volt
6.7 ma
0.64 volt
2,0 ma
0.18 volt
1.90 ma
0.16 volt
6.8 ma
0.66 volt
Variac
Dial Transmissometer Output
Setting HP VTVM Signals
110 116 Clear Stack
Cal. Retro
Cal. Filter
115 121 Clear Stack
Cal. Retro
Cal. Filter
120 126 Clear Stack
Cal . Retro
Cal. Filter
125 131 Clear Stack
Cal. Retro
Cal. Filter
2.0 ma
0.18 volt
1.95 ma
0.17 volt
6.9 ma
0.67 volt
2.0 ma
0.18 volt
2.0 ma
0.18 volt
7.0 ma
0.68 volt
2.0 ma
0.18 volt
2.0 ma
0.18 volt
7.0 ma
0.68 volt
2.0 ma
0.18 volt
2.1 ma
0.185 volt
7.0+ ma
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voltages, although all the signals were down slightly. For
100 volts and up, the clear stack signals remained constant,
but the calibration retroreflector and filter signals
continued to creep upward. The differences became clearly
noticeable at the 125-volt setting on the variac.
F. ALIGNMENT SENSITIVITY
In this test the system was set up as it would be in a
stack at a flange to flange distance of 5.13 meters (16 feet
10 inches). The system was aligned such that the image of
the retroreflector was centered in the alignment reticle and
the milliammeter and VTVM readings recorded. The alignment
was altered in the vertical direction to four successive
positions and the milliammeter and VTVM readings recorded.
These data are presented in Table 3. The retroreflector aper-
ture was approximately 35 irm (1.38 inches) in diameter,
located at a distance of 5.83 meters (19 feet 2 inches) from
the vertex of the objective lens in the transmitter/receiver
unit. Judging from the position of the retroreflector image
in the reticle, at position no. 2 the system was misaligned
by 0.26° producing a reading of about 0.5% opacity. At
position no. 3., a misalignment of 0.34° produced a reading
of only 2% opacity while at position no. 4 a misalignment
of 0.52° caused a reading of over 30% in opacity. At
position no. 5, the misalignment of 0.69° produced a reading
completely off scale indicating that very little energy was
being returned to the detector.
G. LONG TERM ZEP.O DRIFT
The transmissometer was set up in the clear stack mode
and permitted to run unattended for several days, except for
periodic checking to be sure the system was still operating.
Initially, the calibration retroreflector iris was adjusted
such that both the clear stack and calibration signals were
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Table 3. EFFECT OF VERTICAL MISALIGNMENT
Transmissoneter
Position No. Eyepiece Reticle Error Readings
0°
0% op.
2.0 ma
0.18 volt
0.26°
0.5% op.
2.1 ma
0.19 volt
0.34°
2.0% op.
2.4 ma
0.20 volt
0.52°
30.5% op.
8.4 ma
0.80 volt
0.69°
>65% op.
(off
scale)
>3.2 ma
(off scale)
>3.48 volts
(off scale)
exactly 2.0 ma on the transmissometer milliamireter which is
zero opacity. The strip chart recorder was then set for the
zero point to read 10 on the chart and the span point at about
33.0. After this, no further adjustments were made. After a
few hours of operation, the zero point began to shift slightly.
After about 18 hours of operation, the slight drift reached
about one division on the chart (reading 11.0 instead of 10.0).
It was noticed that the amplitude of the span signal also
drifted the same amount and in the same direction. This amounts
to an opacity reading error of only 1% which is usually insignifi-
cant. In subsequent field tests, this tendency to drift slightly
reoccurred, but never exceeded 1.0 division on the chart. The
strip chart recordings illustrating the slight zero drift are
shown in Figure 5.
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H. SPECTRAL RESPONSE OF THE TRANSMISSOMETER
Initial examination of the instrument spectral response
indicated that the instruments sensitivity was mostly in the
near infrared part cf the spectrum and did not have the
desired visible light sensitivity. After discussing this
with the manufacturer, a replacement spectral filter was
received for installation in front of the instrument's photo-
detector to obtain the desired response. Prior to install-
ing the filter, a spectral response curve was run on a spec-
trophotometer at the Owens-Illinois North Technical Center,
Toledo, Ohio. The results of this are shown in Figure 6.
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with upper and lower cutoffs at about 3150A and 7000A, respec-
tively. The basic response of the RM-4 detector is that of a
normal silicon photo diode. To obtain the spectral response
of the transmissometer, we have combined the filter attenuation,
detector response, and lamp emission characteristics into a
single representative curve which is shown in Figure 7.
I. RESPONSE TIME
The transmissometer output has both a fast and a slow
response setting that can be changed externally by appro-
priate switching. By placing neutral density filters in
front of the retroreflector and then switching the cali-
bration retroreflector in and out of the line of sight, very
sharp step function inputs could be simulated. The system
was set for fast response, and the output connected to a
Hewlett-Packard Moseley Model 710OB strip chart recorder.
Both the rise time to the 95% point and decay time to the
5% point for a signal input with a 0.3 neutral density
filter in front of the target retroreflector was about 1.3
seconds. The same rise and decay times were found when
using the internal calibrate filter as the step function
input. The response curves are shown in Figure 8. When
the system was set for slow response, the same rise time
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WAVELENGTH, microns
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with Tungsten Filament Lamp at
2450°K Color Temperature.
of 1.3 seconds was found for the 0.3 neutral density
filter input although the decay tine was 0.6 second to the
9% level and 3.0 seconds to the 5% level. However, with
the calibration retroreflector switched in front of the
exit beam, and using the internal calibration filter as
the step function input by switching it in and out, the
amount of time for the system to respond increased to almost
13.1 seconds, with the curve showing a sharp rise to about
50% of the final signal in about 0.2 second then suddenly
flattenina out and reaching the 95% point about 12.9
seconds later. This same characteristic appeared in reverse
for the decay time. Thus placing the response switch in
either the fast or slow position really had little effect
on the response of the system to an external signal caused
by an obscuring medium in the stack. The response curves
for the slow response setting are shown in Figure 9.
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Internal Filter
Figure 8. Fast Response Curves
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2 SECONDS
External Filter
2 SECONDS
Internal Filter
Figure 9. Slow Response Curves
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This was not the reported normal slow response behavior of
the system and it was concluded that the slow response circuit
was not operating properly. Since only the fast response was
to be used for data collection, repairing the circuit was not
considered and time delay in the program was avoided.
J. CALIBRATION ERROR
The calibration error curve of the transmissometer can
be determined by placing a series of neutral density filters,
calibrated for photopic response, one at a tir>e, in the
optical path completely covering the retroreflector and then
recording the output signal from the transmissometer. Four
Tiffen neutral density filters of nominal values 0.1, 0.2,
0.3, and 0.4 were calibrated with the Pritchard telephoto-
meter with its photopic response filter in place. The filter
values thus determined are shown in Table 4.
Because the RM-4 transmissometer is a double pass
instrument, any intervening medium or neutral density filter
will appear twice as dense as it really is. This is of no
real consequence provided this fact is known and the output
curve of the system properly constructed. Thus in developing
the final curves for single pass, the stated value of the cali-
bration filter in the transmissometer had to be divided by
two. The transmissometer output current vs. filter effective
neutral density is shov/n in Figure 10. Because one of the
goals of this program was to compare the output of the
transmissometer with measurements made of the exit plume,
the transmissometer output must be calibrated in terms of
single pass. The theoretical curve for single pass opacity
versus the chart reading is the solid line shown in Figure 11.
The broken line is the calibration curve for a uniform
diameter stack (no taper), and the dashed line is the cali-
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Table 4. NEUTRAL DENSITY PHOTOPIC RESPONSE VALUE
Nominal Photopic Value
0.111
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.185
0.290
0.400
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CALIBRATION CURVE
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CALIBRATION CURVE
CORRECTED FOR
TAPERED STACK
THEORETICAL CURVE
FOR STRAIGHT STACK
10 20 30 4O 50
OPACITY, %
60 70
Figure 11. Transmissometer-Reeorder
Calibration Chart
In developing the theoretical curve, 10.0 on the chart was
set to be zero opacity and 100.0 was 65% opacity. The neutral
density filters, previously calibrated photopically, were placed
over the retroreflector in the optical path of the system and
the resulting signal read on the transmissometer. The values
in the last column headed "Tapered Stack Opacity Value" are
determined from the equation:
loa (1-Oi) = li log (1-02)
12
where: 0}
02
li
12
= the opacity at the stack exit
= the opacity as seen by the transmissometer
at the diameter where it is mounted
= stack exit diameter
= stack diameter at the transmissometer location
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Table 5. TRANSMISSOMETER CALIBRATION DATA
Transmissometer Tapered
Neutral Density Ammeter Stack
Filter Values Opacity (ma) Chart Opacity
Nominal
0.4
0.3
0.2
Cal
Filter
0.1
Calibrated
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
4001
2903
1851
1245
1107
Value '(%)
60
40
34
24
22
.2
.7
.7
.9
.5
Theoretical
18
13
9
6
6
.0
.7
.6
.9
.5
Actual
17.
13.
9.
6.
6.
5
6
6
9
5
Divisions
86
66
46
34
32
.5
.5
.8
.0
.0
Value (%)
52.4
41.6
29.1
20.6
18.6
the ratio Ii/l2 = 0.8054 for the Portland cement company
stack. The calibration curves thus developed were used in
the evaluation of all transmissometer generated data gathered
during the field program. The instrument manufacturer offers
an opacity converter accessory to provide a linear opacity
output, however, it was not used for this study.
K.
OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL TESTS
At the completion of the laboratory tests, the system
was set up on the roof of the Fecker Systems facility for
testing in the local weather environment. The fiber glass
weather shields were not installed, but the equipment was
protected with heavy layers of plastic sheet. This test
period lasted for approximately two weeks, with one equip-
ment failure within the first 24 hours. A transistor on
the system output card in the transmitter/receiver unit had
failed, but was replaced and the system operated properly
throughout the balance of the program. During this test,
the slight zero drift noted earlier, repeated itself, but
was not considered significant. At the conclusion of this
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test period, the instrument was checked for correct focus
and calibration, and prepared for installation on the stack
of the basic oxygen furnace.
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SECTION III
FIELD PROGRAM
A. STEEL PLANT, BASIC OXYGEN FURNACE
The transmissometer was installed on the basic oxygen
furnace stack on May 10, 1973 and remained there throughout
an initial test period of approximately 40 davs. The mounting
flanges had to be placed such that the line of sight to the
retroreflector unit passed beneath and cleared a 15.24-centi-
meter (6-inch) diameter tube which spanned the interior dia-
meter of the stack. It was considered inadvisable to place the
line of sight above the tube because of a possible adverse
effect on the flow of the effluent that could cause an error
in the transmissometer readings. The low position of the
line of sight precluded installing the blower systems and
weather covers in the normal manner. Therefore the blower
systems were mounted on stands next to the units they served
and connected by extended feed hoses to the instrument purge
air inlets. The blower systems and the transmitter/receiver
and retroreflector units were protected with plastic sheeting
as was done during the roof top environmental test, and
there was no operational difficulty. The only serious problem
encountered was due to a fairly high level of vibration that
caused the alignment of the instrument to wander such that
the image of the retroreflector, as viewed through the eye-
piece, moved entirely out of the field of view. The alignment
adjustments of the instrument do not have positive locking
features, and the most practical way to solve this problem was
to apply a "loc-tite" tvpe of sealant to the adjustment screw
threads. Once this was done, and the system realigned, the
problem did not occur again.
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This plant has three basic oxygen furnaces, with two
in continuous operation and one on standby being refurbished,
Approximately 20 heats of steel are produced in a 24-hour
period averaging over 200 tons per heat. The charge for
each furnace consists of approximately 70 to 75% hot metal
with the remainder being a mixture of scrap steel plus add-
itives of alloying elements, depending upon the type of
steel being produced. Each furnace is vented by a large
ducting'system into either side of a double precipitator
bank with a 1 1/2 million cubic feet total capacity. Each
precipitator bank has its own exit stack, one 6.1 meters
(20 feet) in diameter and the other 4.88 meters (16 feet)
in diameter. The transmissometer was located at the point
approximately 18.29 meters (60 feet) above the exhaust fan
duct connection at the bottom of the 4.88-meter (16-foot)
diameter stack, almost three stack diameters from both the
nearest ducting size change and the top of the stack. The
installation of the transmissometer/receiver unit is shown
in Figure 12. This method of mounting of the unit was
essentially the same at the sulfuric acid plant, and the
production facility of the Portland cement company.
Measurements of the exit plume opacity were to be made
with the Pritchard telephotometer using the contrasting
target method. Four sequential measurements of target and
plume relative luminosities in the photopic portion of the
spectrum were made which were used to derive the opacity
of the plume. These measurements were to be time-matched to
the transmissometer strip chart recorder and the degree of
correlation between the two instruments determined. The
basic sequence and location of measurements is shown in Fig-
ure 13. Transmission of the plume is given by the equation:
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T =
C-D
A-B
where A = sky without the plume
B = target without the plume
C = sky through the plume
D = target through the plume
The opacity of the plume in percent is then:
% Opacity - (1 - T)100
Figure 12.
Transmissometer Installation,
Basic Oxygen Furnace
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Measurements of the plume were made from three different
vantage points using two different techniques. The first was
from an elevated position on the structure of the basic oxygen
furnace permitting a line of sight across the top of the exit
stack with a wooded hillside across a nearby river as the target
area. The second position was from a highway across the river
using a line of sight that used the side of the basic qxygen
furnace as the target area. Several series of measurements were
made at both the first and second positions.
SKY
LUME
TRANSMISSIVITY •
C-D
A-B
A, B.C. AND D ARE RELATIVE
LUMINOSITIES AT LOCATIONS
SHOWN.
STRUCTURE OR HILL
STACK
Figure IS. Contrasting Target Method
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Measurement data taken at the first site were not
acceptable. The measurement site was too close to the stack
forcing the use of very widely separated targets with vary-
ing radiances. Better data were accumulated at the second
site with good correlation achieved at the lower opacity
levels when stack emission was in a fairly steady state con-
dition. The steel making technique at the basic oxygen furnace,
however, is a batch process causing the effluent output to vary
rapidly, occasionally producing some heavy puffs which were
not possible to measure with the time dependent sequence of the
contrasting target method. It was decided to try a third van-
tage point and different technique by taking measurements at
night looking at a light source behind the exit plume and record-
ing directly on a strip chart the output from the telephoto-
meter. In this manner, the time dependence problem could be
eliminated, and the short term higher levels of opacity
could be measured as they occurred. The setup for this method
is shown in Figure 14. A timer was attached to the power
cord for the light which could turn off the light for a
period of a few seconds at five-minute intervals thus pro-
viding a 100% opacity calibration point. The low opacity
correlation data determined previously using the contrasting
target method were used as a second calibration point. Data
were taken through the early evening after dark until after
midnight when condensation on the telephotometer objective
lens precluded further work. This last effort concluded the
field work at the basic oxygen furnace, in which measure-
ments of the exit stack were made on six different occasions.
Throughout the testing period, the transmissometer
operated properly. Prior to each measurement effort, at all
field sites, as well as the steel plant, the transmissometer
was checked for alignment, cleanliness of the optics, and
general operation. The strip chart recorder was adjusted for
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PLUME
LIGHT WITH TIMER
a.
in
BASIC
OXYGEN
FURNACE
H.P. (MOSELEY)
STRIP CHART RECORDER
Figure 14. Direct Measurement Telephotometer Setup
zero and span prior to the beginning of data taking and
switched to the fast chart drive [38.1 cm (15 in.) per hour]
to provide better time resolution of the output signal. No
serious problems were encountered during the time that the
instrument was installed at the basic oxygen furnace, when
the field work was concluded, the transmissometer system was
removed from the stack, and returned'to the Fecker Systems
laboratory facilities for cleanup, refocusing, and recali-
bration for the next test site.
B.
SULFURIC ACID PLANT
After a program delay, the transmissometer was finally
installed on the exit stack of the sulfuric acid plant on
March 5, 1974. This particular plant uses the contact
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process with sulfur as the basic feed stock. Approximately
400 tons of sulfuric acid, of which 25% is oleum, is the
normal daily production rate. The emission control system
is a Brink mist eliminator located in the process train
before the effluent reaches the 1.83-meter (six-foot)
diameter exit stack. The approximate location of the trans-
missometer is shown in Figure 15. The proximity of the
supporting structure around the stack would not permit the
use of weather shields, and sheet plastic was used to protect
the units in a manner similiar to that at the basic oxygen
facility test site. Some initial difficulty was encountered
in correcting a very large signal drift that occurred almost
immediately after the unit was installed. This was caused
by the rapid buildup of sulfate residue in the mounting ports
resulting from not completely cleaning them prior to installa-
tion. Once this condition was corrected, no further opera-:
tional difficulty was enqountered.
Remote measurements were made of the exit plume at a dis-
tance of approximately 915 meters (1000 yards) from the stack.
The line of sight afforded a view of the wooded hillside across
a nearby river as the target area. Plume opacity measurements
were made on four separate occasions. Observing conditions were
not ideal and the field teams were hampered by rain, high winds,
a variable sky background, and changing illumination conditions.
As a result, the measurement data were quite random and did not
agree with the in-stack transmissometer measurements. The stack
effluent was for the most part quite transparent to the in-stack
transmissometer. The average transmissometer signal, when the
sulfuric acid production process was in normal operation, indi-
cated but a few percent opacity. The concurrent plume opacity
measurements made with the telephotometer with the contrasting
target method were generally higher.
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TRANSMISSOMETER
U)
' •
Figure 15, Transmiasometer Location, Sulphuric Acid Plant
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When the production process went out of balance, S0_
was produced which is extremely hygroscopic and forms a
white mist. This condition was readily detected by the
transmissometer and was visually observable in the plume.
Such an event was unpredictable, however, and usually
occurred over a period of but a few hours, too short a time
for field measurement teams to reach the site and take
advantage of the phenomenon. The sulfuric acid plant tech-
nical personnel could deliberately induce this condition,
but could only produce a very small SO_ reaction without
seriously upsetting their production process. As a result,
the remote opacity measurement program at the sulfuric acid
plant vas limited to low opacity conditions and establish-
ment of a functional relation between in-stack opacity and
plume opacity was not achieved. It was evident, however,
that an optical device such as a transmissometer would be
very effective as a production control or warning device
in the sulfuric acid industry.
Field work at the sulfuric acid plant was concluded
and the transmissometer removed from the stack on May 24,
1974 and returned to the Pecker Systems laboratory facili-
ties for cleanup, refocusing, and recalibration in prepara-
tion for installation on the stack at the next field
measurement site.
C. PORTLAND CEMENT PLANT
The transmissometer was installed on a cement plant
stack on three separate occasions during this program.
This plant uses a rotary kiln, wet process producing approx-
imately 425,000 tons of finished Portland cement per year.
Feed stock consists of lime and sand, with coal and coke
oven gas burned as fuel. The effluent passes through a
bank of electrostatic precipitators and is then vented to
the atmosphere through 45.72-meter (150-foot) high steel
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reinforced concrete, lumnite-lined stack. The first instal-
lation was in December of 1973 through early January of 1974.
The transmissometer location area is shown in Figure 16 at
about 21.34 meters (70 feet) above ground level. During
this period, ambient temperatures were in the near or sub-
freezing range. Because cement manufacturing at that facil-
ity is a wet process, a considerable amount of water vapor
exists in their exhaust stack effluent. Stack temperatures
are high enough to keep the water vaporized and thus trans-
parent to the transmissometer. However, once the effluent
encountered the ambient air it condensed immediately into
a white plume with almost no detachment from the top of the
stack. Unable to make effective measurements of the exit
plume opacity, the program was suspended at that location
and the transmissometer sent to the sulfuric acid plant
test site.
The second installation at the cement plant occurred
on June 10, 1974, after conclusion of work at the sulfuric
acid plant. This test period continued until July 10, 1974
when the manufacturing process was shutdown for a two-week
equipment refurbishment program. During this 30-day period
on site, measurements were made of the plume opacity on
three separate occasions. The observation point was located
at a position approximately 450 meters (500 yards) from the
stack. The target was a large industrial structure located
another few hundred meters past the stack. The measurement
data taken were random in nature and did not show much
correlation with the transmissometer readings. The target
structure was the main problem in that it did not present
a uniform enough background for use in the contrasting tar-
get method. Sky background conditions, general illumination,
and smoke blowing through the area from other industrial
plants also contributed to the difficulties which
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1.1
Figure 16, Transmissometer Location, Portland Cement Plant
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occasionally forced the observing team to curtail measure-
ment activity until the area cleared.
Difficulties with the transmissometer were relatively
minor. One of the blower units failed (retroreflector side) ,
but the stack has about a 5-centimeter (2.0-inch) water
column negative pressure and external air continued to be
drawn through the filter system, into the retroreflector
unit, and then into the stack. No accumulation of dust was
noticed on the optical surfaces and field work did not have
to await the arrival of a new blower, which subsequently was
replaced. Low voltage conditions on the input power lines
to the transmitter/receiver unit (this condition occurs
frequently in industry) caused the calibration retroreflec-
tor and internal filter solenoids to fail to operate, but
this was remedied by placing a variac in the line and
raising the voltage to the necessary level.
On July 10, 1974, operations at the cement plant were
suspended for a two-week period for plant maintenance pur-
poses. During that time the transmissometer was reinstalled
at the steel plant basic oxygen furnace in support of a
particulate measurement program being conducted by another
corporation for EPA under separate contract. No further
exit plume measurements were made at the plant. The results
of that program will be described in a separate report. At
the conclusion of the measurement program the transmisso-
meter was returned to the cement plant and reinstalled on
the stack.
Stack effluent opacity levels, as indicated by the
transmissometer, had been averaging about 18% or less. The
operation at the cement plant is fairly well controlled,
and management was reluctant to cutback on their precipita-
tors to produce higher levels of opacity without specific
permission to do so from the local air pollution control
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authority. Details of the granting of permission were not
agreed upon and plant management, understandably, elected
not to reduce their control system capabilities. Conse-
quently, it was not possible to acquire data over a suf-
ficient range of opacities to develop a comparison curve of
the transmissometer vs. plume opacity measurements.
The transmissometer was reinstalled on the stack at
the cement plant on August 15, 1974 and remained there for
approximately a week to gather additional data at hopefully
higher opacity levels. Two new observing sites were used,
with measurements made on two occasions at each site. The
first position was located on an access balcony on top of
their clinker silos. This afforded a line of sight across
the top of the stack with a wooded hillside as the target
area. The second observation site was on top of a high
storage silo. The line of sight was almost level with the
top of the stack, with another wooded hillside approxi-
mately two miles away used as a target area. Measurements
were made both in the morning and afternoon at these sites,
when the sun direction was at different angles to the line
of sight. In the mornings, background haze reduced the tar-
get and sky contrast, but luminosity differences across the
target or the sky areas scanned were nearly zero, thus
reducing one of the sources of error inherent with the con-
trasting target method. By afternoon the haze generally had
burned off, but concentrations of smoke from nearby industries
continued to present a problem. Measurement activity had
to be curtailed until the prevailing winds cleared tl-.e
smoke from the area. On August 26, 1974 the transmissometer
was removed from the stack at the cement plant, and the
field program under this contract was concluded.
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SECTION IV
MEASUREMENT DATA REDUCTION AND ANALYSIS
A. INTRODUCTION
Telephotometer measurements of the plume opacity made in
the field with the contrasting target method were initially
recorded on a special form as shown in Figure 17. Prior to
initiation of measurements, the transmissometer strip chart
recorder was switched to the fast chart speed and time
marked. Each series of measurement data subsequently taken
of the exit plume was time marked on the data sheet at the
beginning and the end of the series. Normally ten (10)
series of ten (10) measurements each were taken during each
visit to the observing site although as high as twenty-one
(21) series were recorded. At the conclusion of the measure-
ment period, the strip chart was again time marked, and
that section of the chart between the two time marks removed
for subsequent analysis. The beginning and end of each data
series were time located on the chart and divided into ten
(10) equally spaced data points. The chart reading was then
matched with each measurement point on the data sheet, thus
providing a transmissometer reading for each exit stack
opacity value determined from the contrastina target method
measurements. These raw data were card punched for reduction
by computer program with the subsequent output expressed in
terms of in-stack transmissometer measured plume opacity
(corrected for stack diameter taper ratios) and telephoto-
meter measured out-of-stack plume opacity. Data over a
sufficient range of opacities were sought to develop
functional relations between measurements; however, this
was accomplished only for the work done at the basic oxy-
gen furnace.
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DATA SHEET
PLUME OPACITY MEASUREMENT
CONTRASTING TARGET METHOD
Location_
Dntc
Stack
Wind Vclocity_
Weather
Direction
View Direction.
Sun Direction
Distance to Stack
Settings: Filter Wheel,
Field Stop
Contrasting Target
Rc.idi-.if,3
Elevation Angle_
E1eva tion
Height of Stack_
Diameter
Attenuator
Time of Start of Readings
Sky thru Plume
Target - Plume
Tiirgct - w/o
Sky - w/o
Sky thru Plume
Target - Plume
Target - w/o
Sky - w/o
TiiM at completion^
Figure 17. Form Used to Record
Telephotometer Measurements
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Insufficient measurements at the higher levels of opacity
at the Portland cement plant and virtually no variation of
the measurements at the sulfuric acid plant prevented the
development of functional in and out-of-stack opacity curves
for those two test sites.
To reduce some of the randomness of the measurements
and to present the data that were accumulated in a meaning-
ful manner, each measurement series of ten (10) data points
for a given day was reduced to an average value for that
series. This was also done for the corresponding measure-
ments recorded by the transmissometer, and then each series
of measurements plotted in terms of opacity versus the parti-
cular series number. These tables and associated graphs
of the data are discussed below for each test site.
B. BASIC OXYGEN FU.RNACE
Figure 18 was generated from low opacity correlation
data accumulated with the Pritchard telephotometer with
the contrasting target method, and from data gathered on
the night of July 5-6, 1973 with the telephotometer observ-
ing a bright light behind the exit plume. At the lower
end of the opacity curve, the transmissometer and the tele-
photometer were considered to read approximately the same
value. The high opacity point of 100% was established by
turning off the light behind the plume and setting the
100% signal equal to zero on the Hewlett-Packard (Moseley)
strip chart recorder. The data (Figure 18) show good corre-
lation between the measurements.
The tabulated values and graph for the low opacity measure-
ments made by the contrasting target method during the day
time visit to the site on June 22 are shown in Figure 19.
This series taken when observing conditions were very stable,
shows good correlation and was the basis for the establishment
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80
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90
100
TIME, AM
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1:14:30
tl7:20
1:18
1:24
1:29:30
1:33
RM-4
READING
38.5%
44.7%
60.5%
56.7%
25.4%
12.3%
10.5%
SIR IP CHART
DEFLECTION
CM
993
8.18
5.38
6.53
12.24
14.10
14 27
INCHES
3.91
3.22
2.12
2.57
4.82
5.55
5.62
20 40 60 80
IN-STACK OPACITY, percent
(TRANSMISSOMETER READING)
100
8
Figure 18.
In-Staok Transmissometer Opacity vs.
Out-of-Staek Telephotometer Opacity
of the low opacity calibration point for strip chart record-
ings made on the overnight test of July 5 and 6, 1973.
The transmissometer performed normally throughout the
measurement period. Zero drift amounted to essentially 1%
as observed during laboratory testing. The severe vibration
environment on the stack caused optical alignment problems,
however, these were quickly corrected. No other serious
problems were encountered during the measurement program at
the basic oxygen furnace. The blower units operated
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Series
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
P
Photometer
(Avg. %)
4.07
3.23
4.30
6.84
6.40
7.06
5.17
T
Transmissometer
(Avg. %)
2.94
2.30
3.16
5.18
3.75
7.47
5.07
SYFTEM CALIBRATION
8.03
5.84
P-T
A Average
% Points
+1.13
+ 0.93
+ 1.14
+ 1.66
+ 2.65
-0.41
+ 0.10
+2.19
Series
No.
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Avg.
P
Photometer
(Avg. %)
6.27
9.82
9.49
8.08
11.21
9. 39
12.44
6.99
T
Transmissometer
(Avg. %)
4.84
4.98
7.94
4.98
8.84
6.24
5.04
4.91
P-T
A Average
% Points
+ 1.43
+ 4.84
+ 1.55
+ 3.10
+ 2. 37
+ 3.15
+ 7.40
2.08
789
SERIES NO.
10
12
13
14
15
Figure 19. Series Averages, June 223 1973 (10:19 AM to 1:35 PM)
(Basic Oxygen Furnace)
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continuously and effectively kept the optics clean. No
noticeable change in the zero or calibration span points
occurred, however, as a precautionary measure the objective
lens and retrorefleeter were cleaned routinely prior to data
taking activities at each site.
C. SULFURIC ACID PLANT
The results of the plume opacity data taken at the sul-
furic acid plant did not indicate a one-to-one correlation
between in-stack and plume opacity. The plume opacity
measurements ran consistently 6 to 10% higher than the opacity
sensed by the transmissometer. There was also randomness to
the plume measurements that was probably the result of changing
background conditions that occurred during the observation
periods. The reason for the generally higher plume opaci-
ties is not readily apparent although effluent temperature
and constituency may be contributing factors. The stack
temperatures are not very high, and acid mist, and sometimes
sulfur trioxide in the acid production process, can absorb
water from the atmosphere as they leave the stack and pro-
duce a plume with greater opacity then can be seen in the
stack by the transmissometer.
The series averages of the data gathered at the sul-
furic acid plant site are shown in Figures 20, 21, 22, and
23. As with the basic oxygen furnace measurement program,
zero and span drifts did not exceed the 1% level measured
in the laboratory. The instrument performed well, and initial
apparent drift difficulties were traced to a residue buildup
in the mounting ports which resulted from improper cleaning.
Once this was corrected there were no further problems.
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Series
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Avg.
P
Photometer
(Avg. %)
12.22
12.06
14.12
11.63
15.43
8.78
11.15
7.47
13.08
9.11
11.51
T
Transmissometer
(Avg . % )
2.30
2. 30
2.30
2.30
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.58
P-T
A Average
% Points
+ 9.92
+ 9.76
+11.82
+ 9.33
+14.32
+ 7.68
+10.05
+ 6.37
+11.98
+ 8.01
+ 9.93
- 20
t TELEPHCT
I I «^x
.-»- *»^^x X
—— N^^p. ^
5 6
SERIES NO.
Figure 20.
Series Averages^ April 43 1974
(3:07 PM to 4:16 PM)
(Sulfuric Acid Plant)
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Series
No.
1
2
3
4
- 5
6
7
8
9
10
Avg.
P
Photometer
(Avg. %)
14.02
13.92
15.26
18.51
21.63
22.48
25.25
24.58
19.22
24.74
19.96
T
Transmissometer
(Avg. %)
14.20
12.90
11.90
9.80
9.80
9.80
9.30
9.30
9.30
9.30
10.56
P-T
A Average
% Points
- 0.18
+ 1.02
+ 3.36
+ 8.71
+11.83
+12.68
+15.95
+15.28
+ 9.92
+ 15 .44
+ 9.40
ou
'c
if 20
OPACITY, p«
O 5
TELEPHOTOMETER/
— ^* ""* ""*""'
,>-
, 1 x
^ X*
*vX
^<-—-'"'* .TRANSMISSOMETER
1
1
»
»
01
a.
UJ
I 2 7> -"- 5 6 7 8 9 10
SERIES NO,
Figure 21. Series Averages, April 17, 1974
(10:28 AM to 1:15 py)
(Sulfuria Acid Plant)
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cn
Series
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Avg.
P
Photometer
(Avg. %)
- 7.37
13.33
8.32
12.69
14.07
0.94
4. 67
T
Transmissometer
(Avg. %)
2.30
2.80
2.80
2.80
2.30
2.80
2.30
SYSTEM CALIBRATION
14.30
11.41
2.80
2.80
SYSTEM CALIBRATION
11.82
14. 28
12.10
4.96
8.89
2.80
2.80
2.80
2.80
2.68
P-T
A Average
% Points
- 9.67
+10.53
+ 5.52
+ 9.89
+11.77
- 1.86
+ 2.37
+11.50
+ 8.61
+ 9.02
+11.48
+ 9. 30
+ 2.16
+ 6.21
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Figure 22. Series Averages, May 7, 1974
(11:17 AM to 1:27 PM:)
(Sulfuric Acid Plant)
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Series
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Avg.
P
Photometer
(Avg. %)
14.67
14.47
20.14
16.89
13.62
19.57
18.22
8.21
15.72
T
Transmissometer
(Avg. %)
10.90
11.40
7.42
7.21
8.80
8.80
8.80
8.27
8.95
P-T
A Average
% Points
+ 3.77
+ 3.07
+12.72
+ 9.68
+ 4.82
+10.77
+ 9.42
- 0.06
+ 6.77
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Figure 23.
Series Averages, May 233 1974
(3:48 PM to 4:25 PM)
(Sulfurie Acid Plant)
46
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D. PORTLAND CEMENT PLANT
Data taken on June 10, 18, 22, and August 16, 1974
used a large industrial structure behind the stack at the
Portland cement plant as the target area. The curves
derived from these data show a random variation between
telephotometer and transmissometer measurements on June 10,
and both positive and negative variation the other three
days. On June 18 (Figure 25) and 22, (Figure 26) the trans-
missometer read higher than the telephotometer with just the
reverse occurring on August 16, (Figure 27). The observing
positions were changed for the remaining four observing dates
to be able to use a more uniform target area. Data for
August 20 (Figure 29) and 21, (Figure 30) made during the
morning hours, were not much different than before. On
August 22 (Figure 31) however, measurements were made start-
ing early in the afternoon when the sun position had
changed. The data taken at this time, though somewhat ran-
dom, showed closer correlation than any of the others. The
tabulations of data and associated graphs for the data
taken at the cement plant are shown in Figures 24 through 31.
The transmissometer zero and span drift characteristics
remained essentially the same as in the laboratory. Line
voltage variations to the transmissometer optical head
caused the calibration retroreflector and filter solenoids
to ocassionally fail to operate. When this, was corrected,
no further difficulties occurred. One of the blower motors
failed (retroreflector side), but the cement plant had a
negative pressure stack, and the optics did not appear to
be affected by the loss of the blower. The blower was
quickly replaced and all equipment operated normally through-
out the balance of the program.
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Series
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
P
Photometer
(Avg. %)
29.39
38.68
18.55
15.24
16. 36
14.10
22.94
12.53
T
Transmiss ome te r
(Avg. %)
21.36
22.33
22.85
20. .16
23.17
20.83
19.76
18.70
P-T
A Average
% Points
+ 8.03
+16.35
- 4.30
- 4.92
- 6.81
- 6.73
+ 3.16
- 6.17
Series
No.
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Avg.
P
Photometer
(Avg. %)
21.49
18.13
33.10
34.38
27.30
16.59
19. 73
22.57
T
Transmissometer
(Ava. %)
21.00
19.00
18.83
19.27
19.64
21.37
21.19
20.63
P-T
A Average
« Points
+ 0.49
- 0.87
+14.27
+15.11
+ 7.66
- 4.78
- 1.46
+ 1.94
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8 9
SERIES NO.
10
13
14
15
Figure 24. Series Averages, June 10, 1974
(12:20 PM to 2:00 PM)
(Portland Cement Plant)
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Series
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
P
Photometer
(Avg. S)
22.03
16.94
11.03
12.29
12.54
14.75
T
Transmissometer
(Avg. %)
23.44
23.00
23.94
23.06
22.29
22.64
P-T
A Average
% Points
- 1.41
- 6.06
-12.91
-10.77
- 9.75
- 7.89
Series
No.
7
8
9
10
Avq.
P
Photometer
(Avg. %)
12.91
T
Transmissometer
(Avq. %)
17.68
SYSTEM CALIBRATION
18.04
20.40
20.12
16.10
25.50
24.23
24.36
23.01
P-T
A Average
% Points
- 4.77
- 7.46
- 3.83
- 4.24
- 6.91
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Figure 25.
Series Averages, June 18, 1974
(11:29 AM to 12:11 PM)
(Portland Cement Plant)
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Series
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
P
Photometer
(Ava. %)
2.31
2.56
4.25
2.49
2.31
T
Transmissometer
(Avg. %)
7.55
7.91
8.64
7.79
7.10
SYSTEM CALIBRATION
5.81
7.10
P-T
A Average
« Points
-5.24
-5.36
-4.39
-5.30
-4.79
-1.29
Series
No.
7
8
9
10
Avg.
P
Photometer
(Avg. %)
2.54
3.92
3.10
4.50
3.38
T
Transmissometer
(Avq. %)
7.86
7.10
9.21
7.13
7.74
P-T
A Average
% Points
-5.32
-3.18
-6.11
-2.63
-4.36
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ERIES NO.
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Series Averages, June 22, 1974
(11:19 PM. to 12:0? PM )
(Portland Cement Plant)
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Series
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
P
Photometer
(Avg. %)
10.47
9.04
8.07
10.87
10.31
12.77
11.57
10.57
T
Transmissometer
(Avg. %)
6.62
6.53
5.57
5.48
7.60
7.12
7.39
7.14
P-T
A Average
% Points
+ 3.85
+ 2.51
+2.50
+ 5.39
+ 2.71
+ 5.65
+4.18
+ 3.43
Series
No.
9
10
11
12
13
14
Avq.
Photometer
(Avg. %}
12.04
11.99
8.46
12.27
8.77
11.07
10. 59
T
Transmissometer
(Avg. %)
7.14
6.56
7.13
7.72
8.09
8.67
7.05
P-T
A Average
0 Points
+ 4.90
+ 5.43
+ 1.33
+ 4.55
+ 0.68
+ 2.40
+ 3.54
r 20
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7 8
SERIES NO.
10
12
13
Figure 27. Series Averages, August 16, 1974
(10:IS AM to 11:05 AM)
(Portland Cement Plant)
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to
Series
No. '
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
P
Photometer
(Avg. %)
12.88
12.33
12.24
7.48
10.69
11.61
12.25
12.48
T
Transmissometer
(Avg. %)
14.12
13.56
14.52
15.78
16.43
17.01
16.86
17.47
P-T
A Average
% Points
-1.24
-1.23
-2.28
-8.30
-5.74
-5.40
-4.61
-4.99
Series
No.
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Avg.
P
Photometer
(Avg. »)
10. 30
9.94
9.23
9.13
7.26
6.06
6.18
10.00
T
Transmissometer
(Avg. %)
16.68
16.31
14.98
14.36
14.82
13.55
9.18
15.04
P-T
A Average
% Points
-6.38
-6.37
-5.75
-5.23
-7.56
-7.49
-3.00
-5.04
30
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TELEPHOTOMETER
789
SERIES NO.
10
12
13
15
Figure 28.
Series Averages^ August 193 1974
(10:38 AM to 11:23 AM)
(Portland Cement Plant)
-------
Series
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
P
Photometer
(Avg. %)
4.09
15.10
15.85
20.89
18.94
19.65
16.49
T
Transmissometer
(Avg. %)
8.59
9.37
9.97
11.20
9.72
11.92
10.61
P-T
A Average
% Points
-4.50
+5.73
+ 5.88
+9.69
+9.22
+7.73
+ 5.88
Series
No.
8
9
10
11 '
12
13
14
Avg.
p
Photometer
(Avg. %)
15.56
17.66
17.62
16.37
16.93
16. 10
9.90
15.80
T
Transmissometer
(Avg. %)
11.10
9.38
9.30
9.95
10.05
11.27
10.37
10.20
P-T
A Average
% Points
+4.46
+ 8.28
+ 8.32
+ 6.42
+6.91
+ 4. 83
+ 0.47
+ 5.60
Ul
Ul
30
678
SERIES NO.
Figure 29. Series Averages, August 20, 1974
(10:03 AM to 11:13 AM)
(Portland Cement Plant)
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Series
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
P
Photometer
(Avg. %)
18.33
19.90
21.42
21.09
25.04
25.82
27.60
T
Transmissometer
(Avg. %)
14.99
14.59
13.88
12.58
14.42
15.93
16.89
P-T
A Average
% Points
+ 3.34
•f 5.31
+ 7.54
•»• 8.51
+10.62
+ 9.89
+10.71
Series
No.
e
9
10
11
12
13
Avg.
P
Photometer
(Avg. »)
21.74
20.93
17.50
17.25
20.43
20.46
19.82
T
Transmissometer
(Avg. %)
14.59
14.49
13.53
13.32
14.38
13.24
13.34
P-T
A Average
% Pointa
+ 7.15
+ 6.44
•»• 3.97
+ 3.93
-•• 6.05
•f 7.22
+ 6.48
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TRANSMISSOMETER
7 8
SERIES NO.
10
II
Figure SO.
Series Averages^ August
(2:48 PM to 2:30 PM)
(Portland Cement Plant)
'j 1974
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t_n
Series
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
P
Photometer
(Avg. %)
20.64
19.39
17.53
18.20
10.85
16.27
16.08
12.24
15.56
T
Transmissometer
(Avg. %)
12.35
11.52
12.19
10.73
11.35
11.60
11.10
10.91
10.86
P-T
A Average
% Points
+ 8.29
+7.87
+ 5.34
+ 7.47
-0.50
+ 4.67
+4.98
+ 1.33
+4.70
Series
No.
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Avg.
P
Photometer
(Avq. %)
12.60
3.52
9.54
13.30
11.71
13.43
11.95
13.98
16.48
13.33
T
Transmissometer
(Avg. %)
12.83
10.93
10.62
7.53
11.52
12.60
12.76
13.40
13.60
10.97
P-T
A Average
% Points
-0.23
-7.41
-1.08
+5.77
+ 0.19
+ 0.83
-0.81
+ 0.58
+2.88
+ 2.36
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t 20
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NO.
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Figure 31. Series Averages, August 22, 1974
(11:34 AM to 2: 42 PM.)
(Portland Cement Plant)
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(BLANK)
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SECTION V
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
One of the basic purposes of the field measurements
program was to determine if in-stack transmissometer
measurements of opacity would agree with plume opacity
measurements at three different pollution sources. The
three sources were a steel plant basic oxygen furnace, a
cement plant, and a sulfuric acid plant. The program was
generally successful in that good agreement between the
measurements was achieved at the steel plant basic oxygen
furnace over a wide range of emission levels. General
agreement was obtained at the cement plant but the measure-
ments were obtained for only a small range of emission
levels and an undesirable high random error was associated
with the plume opacity measurements. The sulfuric acid
plant measurements indicated the plui"e opacity was 6 to 10%
higher than in the in-stack opacity measurements. However,
these measurements were obtained over little range in emis-
sion levels and an undesirable high random error was associ-
ated with the plume opacity measurements. These data indi-
cate that the in-stack transmissometer can be used to moni-
tor the opacity of plumes emitted from steel plant basic
oxygen furnaces and from cement plants. Additional data,
however, would be desirable for cement plants to cover a
greater range of opacities. The data obtained for the sul-
furic acid plant indicate that use of the in-stack transmisso-
meter to monitor plume opacity is questionable.
The random error in the plume opacity measurement was
primarily associated with the time dependent contrasting
target method. For the method to produce precise results
57
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ambient lighting, background, and opacity of the plume must
remain constant during the measurement sequence. These con-
ditions were difficult to obtain throughout most of the
study. A different, more reliable method for the plume
opacity measurements is recommended before undertaking any
further correlation studies. The use of a sun photometer,
for example, eliminates the time dependency problem and may
yield better results on clear days when the sun can be viewed
through the plume. Also the direct measurement method using
the lamp behind the plume was very successful but not always
practical to implement.
Laboratory tests showed that the Lear-Siegler RM-4
transmissometer has the desired light collimation and spec-
tral response characteristics for an opacity monitor. The
full light projection and detector viewing angles were mea-
sured to be approximately 1.4 and 2.9 degrees respectively.
The proposed EPA specification for these angles was 5
degrees or less. The spectral response of the instrument
was determined to be essentially photopic after inserting the
proper spectral shaping filter in front of the detector.
Examination of the stability of the instrument in the labora-
tory over a two-week period of operation showed a slight
positive drift of about 1% opacity after 18 hours of opera-
tion but thereafter no additional drift was noted. The
stability of the instrument in the field at the three test
sites was observed to be very good with the zero drift
about the same as determined in the laboratory. The major
difficulty encountered was not traceable to the instrument
itself but to occasional low voltage conditions in the pow-
er lines causing the solenoids not to operate. In general,
the instrument operated reliably in accordance with the
manufacturer's specifications and within the limits of the
specifications proposed by EPA.
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APPENDIX A
STEEL PLANT, BASIC OXYGEN FURNACE
SERIES
OF
JUNE 22, 1973
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BASIC OXYGEN FURNACE
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78.0
77.0
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31.5
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26.0
26.0
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9.3
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NO.5 uATE 6/2^/73 TIME 10l5b.UO - 10:59.50 AM BASIC OXYGEN FURNACE
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78.0
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30.0
29.0
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32.0
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31.0
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7.8
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DATfc o/^2/73 TiMt 11:32.5u - 11:35.00 At BASIC OXYGEN FURNACE
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DATt o/<:2/7;> TiMt 11:^7.Ou - 1U5U.33 AM BASIC OXYGEN FURNACE
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DATt fa/^2/73 TiMfc Il:b2.00 - 11:55.30 AM
BASIC OXYGEN FURNACE
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APPENDIX B
SULFURIC ACID PLANT
SERIES
OF
MAY 7, 1974
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SULFURIC ACID PLANT
5/7/74
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SULFURIC ACID PLANT
5/7/74
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SULFURIC ACID PLANT
5/7/74
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ND.l LATE i>/7/74 T IttE U: 11 - 11:22 AM SULFURIC ACID PLANT
SKY ThRU TARGtT TARGET
PLUME PLUHE */u
100.0 32.0 46.0
97.0 <:9.0 25.0
*6.0 31.0 26.0
97.0 *7.0 24.0
93.0 28.0 24.0
97.0 30.0 25.0
97.0 29.0 25.0
96.0 28.0 24.0
68.0 ^7.0 25.0
89.0 28.0 24.0
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W/U PHDTC. TRAfcS.
97.0 12.0 -33.3 2.3
98.0 12.0 6.8 2.3
94.0 12.0 4.4 2.3
96.0 0.0 2.8 -12.2
99.0 34.0 13.3 24.1
97.0 34.0 6.9 24.1
98.0 34.0 6.8 24.1
98.0 34.0 8.1 24.1
98.0 3^.0 16.4
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NO.2 HATE S/7/74 TIME 1U23 - 11:27 AH
SULFURIC ACID PLANT
SKY TtfRU
PLUME
93.0
93.0
93.0
90.0
85.0
97.0
94.0
92.0
88.0
65.0
TARGET
PLUME
42.0
40.0
39.0
4.0.0
42.0
43.0
41.0
38.0
40.0
38.0
IARGET
w/u
32.0
32.0
35.0
38.0
34.0
28.0
30.0
32.0
33.0
32.0
SKY
M/U
93.0
93.0
93.0
90.0
90.0
96.0
94.0
91.0
91.0
69.0
CHART
34.0
34.0
34.0
12-5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
OPACITY
PHOTO.
16.4
13.1
6.9
3.8
23.2
5.9
17.2
8.5
17.2
17.5
OPACITY
TkAkS.
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
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ND.3 uATE i>/7/74 T1HE 11 63* - 11:39 AH SULFURIC ACID PLANT
S&Y TtiRU
PLUWE
97.0
94.0
68 .0
100.0
97.0
95.0
90.0
92.0
97. C
98.0
TARGET
PL.UKE
41.0
38.0
34.0
^4 .0
33.0
^6.0
34.0
34.0
33.0
34.0
tARGtT
to/U
38.0
32.0
29.0
28.0
28.0
32.0
28.0
30.0
^9.0
30.0
SKY
W/LJ
95.0
93.0
94.0
96.0
100.0
98.0
99.0
89.0
95.0
98.0
CHART
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
OPACITY
PHOTO.
1.8
8.2
16.9
2.9
11 .1
10.6
21.1
1.7
3.0
5.9
uPMCITY
TKAfcS.
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
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1*0.4 uATE 5/7/74 TIME 11S40 - 11:43 AH SULFURIC ACID PLANT
SKY THRU
PLUME
100.0
93.0
90.0
94.0
92.0
95.0
94.0
96.0
B7.0
92.0
TARGET
PLUME
30.0
30.0
49.0
36.0
32.0
30.0
33.0
28.0
34.0
33.0
TARGET
w/U
21.0
21.0
23.0
24.0
25.0
23.0
21.0
24.0
25.0
25.0
SKY
fc/U
95.0
96.0
92.0
92.0
d7.0
99.0
95.0
96.0
97.0
92.0
CHART
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
OPACITY
PHOTO.
5.4
16.0
11.6
14.7
3.2
14.5
17.6
5.6
26.4
11.9
UPACiTY
TRAfcS.
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
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B-7
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NO.5 DATE 5>/7/74 TIHE Ili4te - 1U51 AH SULFURIC ACID PLANT
Y THRU
PLUME
90.0
96.0
89.0
89.0
86.0
93.0
*6 .0
92.0
83.0
83.0
TAK&tT
PLUKE
34.0
32.0
32.0
33.0
33.0
;>4.0
34.0
34.0
33.0
33.0
lARGtT
U/hi
27.0
24.0
24.0
26.0
24.0
24.0
24.0
25.0
25.0
25.0
SKY
to/u
92.0
96.0
90.0
aa.o
aa.o
92.0
96.0
90.0
a7.o
86.0
CHART
12.0
12.0
12.0
12.0
12.0
12.0
12.0
12.0
12.0
12.0
OPACITY
PHOTO.
13.8
11 .1
13.6
9.7
17.2
13.2
13.9
10.8
19.4
18.0
OPACITY
TRAfcS.
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
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B-8
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NO.6 UATE 5/7/74 TIHE 11*54 - 11558 AH SULFURIC ACID PLANT
SKY THRU
PLUME
91.0
94.0
94.0
93.0
100.0
96.0
89.0
96.0
100.0
100.0
TARGET
PLUME
25.0
28.0
46.0
13.0
24.0
27.0
25.0
25.0
25.0
25.0
lARGkT
W/U
22.0
20.0
21.0
19.0
19.0
20.0
20.0
21.0
19.0
21.0
SKY
tt/U
96-. 0
90.0
91.0
90.0
U9.0
94.0
07.0
90.0
94.0
»0.0
CHART
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
OPACITY
PHOTO.
8.3
5.7
2.9
1.4
-8.6
6.8
4.5
-2.9
0.0
-8.7
bPACiTY
TRAfcS.
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
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B-9
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HO.7 flATE 5/7/74 TJHE 12i04 - 12:09 PM SULFURIC ACID PLANT
SKY THRU TARGET lARGkT SKY CHART UPAC1TY UPACITY
PLUMF PLUKE n/u */G PHOTO. TRA^S.
95.0
91 .0
90.0
89.0
92.0
92.0
91 .0
90.0
93.0
91 .0
36.0
22.0
*3.0
^1.0
22.0
*1 .0
21.0
19.0
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N0.9 UATE 5/7/74 TlUE 12:5(1 - 12S54 PM SULFURIC ACID PLANT
SKY TMRU
PLUME
97.0
97.0
98.0
98.0
97.0
96.0
99. C
98.0
98.0
97.0
TARGET
PLUHE
43.0
37.0
41.0
43.0
41.0
43.0
42.0
43.0
40.0
38.0
lARCkT
w/y
32.0
30.0
30.0
31.0
32.0
31.0
28.0
29.0
35.0
30.0
SKY
U/0
96.0
97.0
97.0
96.0
96.0
97.0
97.0
91.0
96.0
97.0
CHART
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
OPACITY
PHOTO.
15.6
10.4
14.9
15.4
12.5
19.7
17.4
20.3
4.9
11.9
UPACITY
TRAKS.
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
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80-
60-
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HO.10 DATE 5/7/7* TiHE 12:t»5 - 12:59 PH SULFURIC ACID PLANT
SKY THRU
PLUME
97.0
98.0
100.0
94.0
aa.o
98.0
100.0
92.0
H4.0
88.0
TARGET
PLUME
*3.0
<*2.0
iB.O
33.0
36.0
<»0.0
38.0
42.0
36.0
36.0
lARGtT
M/Cl
31.0
38.0
29.0
25.0
27.0
32.0
29.0
25.0
26.0
27.0
SKY
It/0
97.0
97.0
98.0
&6.0
87.0
97.0
97.0
94.0
*6.0
aa.o
CHART
12.5
12.5
12-5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
OPACITY
PHOTO.
18.2
5.1
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0.0
13.3
10.8
8.8
13.0
20.0
14.8
OPACITY
TRAKS.
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.3
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
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K0.12 DATE 5/7/74 TiBE 1 S05 - 1:09 PH SULFURIC ACID PLANT
SKY THRU
PLUME
98.0
91.0
d9.0
88.0
91.0
97.0
94.0
89.0
«8.0
94.0
TARGET
PLUME
34.0
34.0
i2.0
32.0
31.0
34.0
34.0
34.0
33.0
31.0
TARGET
h/Q
23.0
24.0
24.0
25.0
24.0
23.0
26.0
24.0
24.0
25.0
SKY
M/0
96.0
90.0
91.0
88.0
94.C
90.0
92.0
§8.0
69.0
93.0
CHART
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
OPACITY
PHOTO.
12.3
13.6
14.9
11.1
14.3
6.0
9.1
14.1
15.4
7.4
UPAC1TY
TRAfcS.
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
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B-13
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NO.1:1 DATfc 5/7/74 TIME 1:10 - 1S15 PH
SULFURIC ACID PLANT
SKY TnRU
PLUME
91.0
tiB.O
88.0
86.0
04.0
90.0
b9.0
86.0
ae.o
84.0
TARGET
Pk.UME
36.0
32.0
32.0
24.0
38.0
34.. 0
34.0
36.0
31 .0
36.0
lARGfcT
W/U
31.0
25.0
26.0
30.0
25.0
25.0
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NO.14 DATE 5/7/7* TlHfc 1:15 - 1:20 PH
SULFURIC ACID PLANT
SKY ThRU
PLUME
tt9.0
92.0
90.0
96.0
92.0
94.0
90.0
90.0
99.0
96.0
TARGET
PkUHE
35.0
47.0
38.0
37.0
*0.0
36.0
38.0
38.0
39.0
39.0
IARGE1
K/U
29.0
27.0
28.0
31.0
30.0
27.0
28.0
29.0
26.0
28.0
SKY
to/U
90.0
90.0
90.0
91.0
92.0
90.0
91.0
90.0
93.0
%3.0
CHART
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
OPACITY
PHOTO.
11.5
12.7
16.1
1.7
16.1
7.9
17.5
14.8
10.4
12.3
OPACITY
TRAMS.
2.8
?.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
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40-
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B-15
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ND.15 DATE 5^7/74 TIME 1 S2* - 1:27 PM SULFURIC ACID PLANT
p
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SKY TMRD TARGET IARGET
PLUME PLUHE W /&
90.0 39.0 33.0
96.0 36.0 34.0
97.0 38.0 33.0
94.0 35.0 33.0
95.0 34.0 33.0
96.0 38.0 32.0
96.0 38.0 32.0
95.0 33.0 33.0
95.0 35.0 35.0
96.0 34.0 34.0
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SKY CHART UPAC1TY
W/U PriOTD.
95.0 12.5 17.7
91.0 12.5 -5.3
94.0 12.5 3.3
100.0 12.5 11.9
97.0 12.5 4.7
96.0 12.5 9.4
91.0 12.5 1.7
98.0 12.5 4.6
96.0 12.5 1.6
96.0 12.5 0.0
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OPACITY
TRAkiS.
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
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APPENDIX C
PORTLAND CEMENT PLAMT
SERIES
OF
AUGUST 22, 1974
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4 MINUTES
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8/22/74
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8/22/74
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ftlD.l OAIE a/22/74 TlHfc 11:34 - 11:36.5 All
PORTLAND CEMENT PLANT
SKY THRU
PLUMP
83.0
77.0
80.0
• 6.0
87.0
81 .0
8?.0
87.0
90.0
93.0
TARGET
PLUHE
63.0
66.0
69.0
6a.o
7,3.0
67.0
68.0
72.0
76.0
74.0
TARGET
K/a
59.0
6?.0
64.0
64.0
68.0
63.0
64.0
70.0
71.0
68.0
SKY
W/Q
84.0
76.0
fcl.O
ftS.O
84.0
a?.o
ao.o
M.O
91.0
91.0
CHART
23.0
23.0
22.0
24.0
26.0
28.0
25.0
24.0
23.0
24.0
OPACITY
PHOTO.
20.0
21.4
35.3
14.3
12.5
26.3
12.5
16.7
30.0
17.4
OPACITY
TRANS.
11.4
11.4
10.5
12.2
13.8
15.4
13.0
12.2
11.4
12.2
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C-4
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SKY THRU
PLUME
86.0
82.0
84.0
88.0
tt7.0
87.0
85.0
91.0
88.0
86.0
TARGET
PLUHF
6t.O
47.0
72.0
73.0
71.0
11.0
16.0
73.0
70.0
70.0
TARGET
H/Q
64.0
65 .0
67.0
69.0
68.0
66.0
70.0
71.0
68.0
66.0
SKY
fc/Q
8>7.0
*4.0
§6.0
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«7.0
*6.0
43.0
90.0
aa.o
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24.0
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23.0
22.0
24.0
24.0
26.0
24.0
22.0
22.0
OPACITY
PHOTO.
13.0
21.1
36.8
21.1
IS. 8
20.0
30.8
5.3
10.0
20.0
OPACITY
TRAMS.
12.2
9.7
11.4
10.5
12.2
12.2
13.8
12.2
10.5
10.5
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NO.3 DAiE a/22/74 TiMfc 11S40 - 11842 AM PORTLAND CEMENT PLANT
SKY TdRU
PLUME
91.0
90.0
94.0
93.0
92.0
95.0
98.0
98.0
94.0
94.0
TARGET
PLUME
74.0
75.0
77.0
74.0
15.0
¥0.0
§2.0
79.0
78.0
16.0
TARGET
w/e
70.0
69.0
70.0
69.0
69.0
72.0
75.0
72.0
71.0
70.0
SKY
U/D
91.0
89.0
*i.O
90.0
91.0
92.0
96.0
95.0
93.0
92.0
CHART
24.0
24.0
25.0
25.0
25.0
24.0
24.0
23.0
24.0
22.0
OPACITY
PHOTO.
19.0
25.0
5.6
9.5
22.7
25.0
23.8
17.4
27.3
18.2
OPACITY
TRAMS.
12.2
12.2
13.0
13.0
13.0
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MQ.4 OA1E */22/7* TIME 11:42.5 - 11S45.5 All
PORTLAND CEMENT PLANT
SKY THRU
PLUME
90.0
90.0
86.0
a8.o
89.0
91.0
88.0
92.0
90.0
92.0
TARGET
PkUHE
74.0
10.0
71.0
72.0
75.0
ft2.o
14.0
74.0
76.0
70.0
TARGET
W/Q
70.0
67.0
68.0
69.0
70.0
71.0
70.0
70.0
70.0
70.0
SKY
fe/0
90.0
89.0
ftt.O
tt.O
M.O
90.0
84.0
91.0
89.0
89.0
CHAftT
21.0
22.0
22.0
22.0
24.0
22.0
22.0
22.0
23.0
23.0
OPACITY
PHO TO .
20.0
9.1
25.0
15.8
22.2
52.6
12.5
14.3
26.3
-15.8
OPACITY
TRAMS.
9.7
10.5
10.5
10.5
12.2
10.5
10.5
10.5
11.4
11.4
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K0.5 UAIE f/22174 HUE 11*46 - 11848.5 All PORTLAND CEMENT PLANT
SKY TtiRU
PLUMF
94.0
86.0
94.0
93.0
90.0
B6.0
91.0
92.0
90.0
92.0
TARGET
PLUME
77.0
76.0
77.0
75.0
13.0
76.0
76.0
72.0
71.0
7.3.0
lARGtT
w/a
72.0
72.0
72.0
70.0
70.0
70.0
70.0
70.0
69.0
70.0
SKY
*/0
92.0
82.0
92.0
94.0
8-7.0
A2.0
90.0
90.0
a?.o
93.0
CHART
24.0
21.0
26.0
23.0
22.0
25.0
23.0
22.0
22.0
22.0
OPACITY
PHOTO.
15.0
0.0
15.0
25.0
0.0
16.7
25.0
0.0
-5.6
17.4
OPACITY
TRAMS.
12.2
9.7
13.8
11.4
10.5
13.0
11.4
10.5
10.5
10.5
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NB.6 DA1E ft/22/74 TIME 11S49 - lltM.S All PORTLAND CEMENT PLANT
SKY THRU
PLUME
89.0
84.0
84.0
85.0
85.0
82.0
83.0
81.0
78.0
80.0
TARGET
PLUNE
70.0
10.0
65.0
70.0
66.0
67.0
45.0
63.0
65.0
64.0
TARGET
b/a
68.0
67.0
61.0
66.0
64.0
65.0
64.0
62.0
62.0
62.0
SKT
tt/a
8>9.0
83.0
•6.0
8ft. 0
84.0
82.0
8*.0
84.0
82.0
&2.0
CM AST
22.0
22.0
21.0
22.0
24.0
25.0
26.0
25.0
24.0
24.0
OfmCtTY
PHOTO.
9.5
12.5
24.0
16.7
5.0
11.8
10.0
18.2
35.0
20.0
OP AC ITY
TRAMS.
10.5
10.5
9.7
10.5
12.2
13.0
13.8
11.4
12.2
12.2
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MB.7 OAIE a/22474 TIME 11852 - 11X54.5 All PORTLAND CEMENT PLANT
SKY THRU
PLUME
80.0
84.0
4*4.0
83.0
84.o
86.0
84.0
81.0
80.0
78.0
TARGET
PLUHE
66.0
46.0
66.0
66.0
69.0
70.0
68.0
68.0
65.0
65.0
TARGET
M/U
65.0
64.0
64.0
62.0
64.0
64.0
64.0
61.0
60.0
61.0
SKY
U/tt
»2.0
as.o
A4.0
ft3.0
»2.0
*4.0
a3.o
7f.O
76.0
76.0
CHART
22.0
24.0
22.0
24.0
22.0
23.0
24.0
22.0
22.0
22.0
OPACITY
PHOTO.
17.6
14.3
10.0
19.0
16.7
20.0
15.8
27.8
6.3
13.3
OPACITY
TRANS.
10.5
12.2
10.5
12.2
10.5
11.4
12.2
10.5
10.5
10.5
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NO.8 DATE ft/22/74 TIME 11855 - 11:57.5 AH PORTLAND CEMENT PLANT
SKY THRU
PLUME
81.0
60.0
ai.o
79.0
80 .0
81.0
dl.O
82.0
78.0
79.0
TARGET
PkUHE
faS.O
64.0
64.0
63.0
bS.O
66.0
1.6.0
64,. 0
64.0
65.0
TARGET
U/B
61.0
62.0
61.0
60.0
62.0
62.0
62.0
62.0
61.0
61.0
SKY
ta/0
19.0
ftO.O
AO.O
77.0
78.0
ao .0
77.0
ai.o
79.0
82.0
CHART
21.0
22.0
22.0
22.0
22.0
20.0
20.0
21.0
21.0
22.0
OPACITY
PHOTO.
11.1
ii.i
10.5
5.9
6.3
16.7
0.0
5.3
22.2
33.3
OPACITY
TRANS.
9.7
10.5
10.5
10.5
10.5
8.9
8.9
9.7
9.7
10.5
p
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60-
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NB.9 DA1E a/22/7<» TIME 1 &SO - 1152.5 PH
PORTLAND CEMENT PLANT
SKY THRU
PLUME
86.0
68.0
88.0
69.0
89.0
90.0
68.0
88.0
88.0
89.0
TARGET
PLUHE
fe3.0
62.0
64.0
66.0
64.0
44.0
60.0
63.0
63.0
62.0
TARGET
*/Q
58.0
56.0
59.0
59.0
60.0
60.0
59.0
59.0
59.0
58.0
SKY
hr/0
84.0
84.0
8.8.0
M.O
M.O
89.0
90.0
90.0
90.0
91.0
CHART
22.0
21.0
21.0
22*0
22.0
23.0
24.0
24.0
23.0
22.0
OPACITY
PHOTO.
16.7
13.3
17.2
20.7
10.7
10.3
9.7
19.4
19.4
18.2
OPAC ITY
TRAMS.
10.5
9.7
9.7
10.5
10.5
11.4
12.2
12.2
11.4
10.5
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MO. 10 DATE 8/22/74 TIME 1:53 - Ii55 PM
PORTLAND CEMENT PLANT
SKY THRU
PLUME
91.0
88.0
87.0
87.0
87.0
07.0
87.0
87.0
87.0
89.0
TARGET
PLUME
40.0
58.0
57.0
58.0
57.0
58.0
58.0
58.0
60.0
42.0
1ARGET
W/Q
57.0
56.0
56.0
S6.0
56.0
56.0
58.0
57.0
58.0
59.0
SKY
WO
90.0
90.0
90.0
89.0
8.9.0
91.0
91.0
91.0
90.0
91.0
CHART
24.0
23.0
23.0
24.0
26.0
30.0
24.0
29.0
24.0
27.0
OPACITY
PHOTO .
6.1
11.8
U.8
12.1
9.1
17.1
12.1
14.7
15.6
15.6
OPACITY
TRAMS.
12.2
11.4
11.4
12.2
13.8
16.9
12.2
11.4
12.2
14.6
p
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40-
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MO.11 DATE 8/22774 TIME 1856 * 1&SE RH
PORTLAND CEMENT PLANT
SKY THRU
PLUME
90.0
88.0
86.0
89.0
88.0
88.0
89.0
91 .0
91.0
92.0
TARGET
PLUME
40.0
5ft. 0
5,9.0
fcO.O
59.0
59.0
61.0
4A.O
tt.O
66.0
TARGET
K/U
56.0
58.0
59.0
60.0
59.0
59.0
61.0
64.0
64.0
66.0
SKY
to/Q
91.0
90.0
90.0
90.0
89.0
89.0
90.0
91.0
91.0
92.0
CHART
21.0
26.0
21.0
24 -0
23.0
22.0
22.0
22.0
22.0
22.0
OPACITY
PHOTO.
9.1
6.3
6.5
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
OPACITY
TRAMS.
9.7
13.8
9.7
12.2
11.4
10.5
10.5
10.5
10.5
10.5
p
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MO.12 DATE 8/22/74 TIME 1*59 - 2i01 PH PORTLAND CEMENT PLANT
SKY THRU
PLUME
91.0
88.0
§9.0
90.0
90.0
ttS.O
ttS.O
86.0
84*0
ai.o
TARGET
PiUNE
tl.O
60.0
61.0
61 .0
59.0
59.0
59.0
59.0
S7.0
56.0
TARGET
U/0
58.0
58.0
57.0
56.0
56.0
56.0
55.0
53.0
52. 0
51.0
SKY
k/Q
90.0
89.0
8:9.0
89.0
89.0
8:8.0
AT.O
•5.0
ao.o
19.0
CHART
22.0
23.0
23.0
22.0
23.0
21-0
21.0
21. 0
24.0
21.0
D*AC ITY
PHOTO.
6.3
9.7
12.5
12.1
6.1
9.4
9.4
XS.6
3.6
10.7
OPACITY
TRAMS.
10.5
11.4
11.4
10.5
11.4
9.7
9.7
9.7
12.2
9.7
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80-
60-
40-
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MO.13 DATE 8/2*774 TIME 2:02 - 2104.5, PN
PORTLAND CEMENT PLANT
SKY THRU
PLUME
87.0
87 .0
B7.0
84.0
81.0
80.0
78.0
78.0
81 .0
84.0
TARGET
PLUME
62.0
fc2.0
62.0
59.0
59.0
61.0
5.9.0
58.0
61.0
58.0
TARGET
b/U
57.0
57.0
57.0
53.0
54.0
53.0
55.0
54.0
57.0
56.0
SKY
te/U
»5.0
8)5.0
&5.0
•1.0
79.0
77.0
7ft.O
78.0
ftO.O
8>5.0
CHART
24.0
24.0
22.0
21.0
22.0
22.0
21.0
22*0
22.0
22.0
OPACITY
PHOTO.
10.7
kO.7
10.7
10.7
12.0
20.8
17.4
L6.7
13.0
10.3
OPACITY
TRAfcS.
12.2
12.2
10.5
9.7
10.5
10.5
9.7
10.5
10.5
10.5
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M0.14 DATE 8/22774 TIME 2t24 - 2826.5, P* PORTLAND CEMENT PLANT
SKY THRU
PLUME
90.0
90.0
90.0
90.0
89.0
87.0
45.0
84.0
83.0
83.0
TARGET
PLUME
67.0
67.0
67.0
67.0
65.0
61.0
60.0
S9.0
59.0
59.0
TARGET
U/Q
63.0
62.0
63.0
63.0
61.0
61.0
60.0
59.0
59.0
60.0
SKY
tt/Q
91.0
90.0
90.0
89.0
•9.0
89.0
87.0
86.0
•6.0
•6.0
CHART
24.0
25.0
23.0
22.0
24.0
22.0
24.0
22.0
22.0
24.0
OPACITY
PHOTO.
17.9
17.9
14.8
11.5
14.3
7.1
7.4
7.4
il.l
7.7
OPACITY
TRAfcS.
12.2
13.0
11.4
10.5
12.2
10.5
12.2
10.5
10.5
12.2
p
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MO.15 DATE i/22/74 TIME i*27 - 2*29.5 PK
PORTLAND CEMENT PLANT
SKY TMRU
PLUMF
83.0
84.0
84 .0
83.0
82.0
80.0
82.0
78 .0
• V • **
79.0
82.0
TARGET
PLUME
60.0
59.0
59.0
59. 0
56.0
57.0
56.0
55.0
56.0
57.0
1ARGET
U/b
59.0
59.0
59.0
59.0
56.0
57.0
56.0
55.0
56.0
56.0
SKY
tt/0
§7.0
ftS.O
»8.0
M.O
at.o
»2.0
&6.0
•2.0
§>2.0
ftt.O
CHART
24.0
24.0
23.0
24.0
25.0
23.0
26.0
24.0
24.0
28.0
OPACITY
PHOTO.
17.9
13.8
13.8
17.2
13.3
8.0
13.3
14.8
11.5
10.7
OPACITY
TRAfcS.
12.2
12.2
11.4
12.2
13.0
11.4
13.8
12.2
12.2
15.4
p
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MA.16 DATE a/22/74 TIME i*30 - 2*32.5, Pit
PORTLAND CEMENT PLANT
SKY THRU
PLUME
86.0
86.0
87.0
• 7.0
87.0
80.0
•8.0
88.0
89.0
89.0
TARGET
PLUME
59.0
60.0
63.0
61.0
63.0
63.0
43.0
6*.0
64.0
65 .0
TARGET
U/Q
59.0
58.0
60.0
60.0
60.0
61.0
61.0
61.0
62.0
61.0
SKY
fc/0
M.O
M.O
68.0
68.0
M.O
89.0
§9.0
89.0
90.0
90.0
CHART
24.0
25.0
26.0
24.0
25.0
25.0
24.0
25.0
24.0
25.0
OPACITY
PHOTO .
6*9
13.3
14.3
7.1
14.3
10.7
10.7
14.3
10.7
17.2
OPACITY
TRANS.
12.2
13.0
13.8
12.2
13.0
13.0
12.2
13.0
12.2
13.0
p
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60-
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NO. 11 DATE 8/22/74 TIME 2*33 - 2*35
PN
PORTLAND CEMENT PLANT
SKY THRU
PLUME
90.0
90.0
90.0
89.0
90.0
89.0
89.0
B9.0
B9.0
89.0
TARGET
PLUME
65.0
65.0
65.0
66.0
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65.0
64.0
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62.0
62.0
62.0
62.0
61.0
62.0
62.0
62.0
62.0
62.0
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91.0
90.0
90.0
91.0
90.0
90.0
91.0
90.0
90.0
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25.0
26.0
26.0
25.0
10.0
10.0
13.0
34.0
34.0
34.0
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13.8
10.7
10.7
20.7
24.1
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25.0
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13.0
13.8
13.8
13.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
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83.0
83.0
84.0
84.0
85.0
85.0
86.0
87.0
87.0
88.0
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58.0
40.0
44.0
42.0
42.0
43.0
44.0
44.0
45.0
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58.0
58.0
57.0
59.0
59.0
59.0
59.0
40.0
59.0
41.0
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46.0
86.0
A6.0
87.0
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88.0
8.7.0
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34.0
34.0
26.0
23.0
23.0
24.0
24.0
23.0
24.0
23.0
OPACITY
PHOTO.
7.1
10.7
17.2
15.9
14.8
17.9
20.7
17.9
17.9
14.8
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TRANS.
20.0
20.0
13.8
11.4
11.4
12.2
12.2
11.4
12.2
11.4
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TECHNICAL REPORT DATA
(Please read instructions cm the reverse pefate completing)
1. REPORT MO.
8PA-650/2-75-008
2.
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE
IN-STACK TRANSMISSOMETER EVALUATION AND
APPLICATION TO PARTICULATE OPACITY
MEASUREMENT
7. AUTHOR(S)
Edward D. Avetta
9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS
Pecker Systems
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
4709 Baum Blvd. Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213
12. SPONSORING AGENCY NAME AND ADC
Office of Research anc
U.S. Environmental Prc
Washington, B.C. 2046C
3RESS
. Development
>tection Agency
5. REPORT DATE
•Tann;^ry l^V1^
6. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION CODE
8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NO.
10. PROGRAM ELEMENT NO.
1AA010
11. CONTRACT/GRANT NO.
68-02-0660
13. TYPE OF REPORT AND PERIOD COVERED
Final
14. SPONSORING AGENCY CODE
15. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
16. ABSTRACT . , . .
A laboratory and field testing program has been carried out to investi-
gate the performance of a commercially available transmissometer as an
in-situ monitor of industrial exhaust stack emissions. During the
laboratory phase the characteristics and operating perameters of the
instrument were measured and the system calibrated for field use. The
transmissometer was mounted for a period of at least 30 days at
each of three different sites. At each site concurrent plume opacity
measurements were made by the telephotometry of contrasting targets
through the plumes for comparison to the in-stack readings with the
transmissometer. Additional plume measurements were made at one of the
sites by direct telephotometry of a lamp behind the plume.
A one-to-one correlation between in-stack and plume opacity was observe*
at one site but data obtained at the other two sites were limited to
much narrower ranges of emission levels although there was also a one-
to-one correlation within the narrower range at one of the other sites.
The transmissometer performed well at all three sites.
17.
». DESCRIPTORS
KEY WORDS AND DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
b. IDENTIFIERS/OPEN ENDED TERMS
Opacity
Transmissometer
Visible Emissions
Telephotometer
Particular Emissions
IS. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT
Release Unlimited
19. SECURITY CLASS (This Report)
Unclassified
20. SECURITY CLASS (This page )
Unclassified
c. COSATI Field/Group
124
22. PRICE
EPA Form 2220-1 (9-73)
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