US EPA has posted a Conceptual Method for Determination of Total Vapor Phase Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Combustion Sources . This conceptual method is the prototype of a future air pollution emission test method to be proposed and promulgated through notice and comment rulemaking. The method is intended for use as a reference test method for conducting relative accuracy testing (RATA)of mercury continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS) installed at coal-fired combustion sources, as well as for measurement of mercury emissions from stationary sources.
Archive for February, 2006
Mercury Measurement for Coal-Fired Combustion Sources
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006Summary of US EPA Test Methods
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006A Summary of EPA Air Pollution Emission Test Methods is available from US EPA’s Emission Measurement Center.
US DOE Selects Projects to Reduce Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants
Friday, February 3rd, 2006In a continued effort to promote clean coal technologies, the U.S. Department of Energy has selected 12 projects aimed at reducing mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. The projects’ overall focus is on field-testing advanced post-combustion mercury control technologies that achieve at least 90 percent mercury removal with a cost reduction of 50 percent or more. Other objectives center on field-testing in specific areas of need, and bench-scale through pilot-scale testing of novel mercury control technologies.