Industry Solutions

HAP Datalogging System

	Industry	Secondary aluminum production facilities
	Application	Environmental protection

Challenge

Secondary aluminum production facilities are identified as major sources of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP) emissions through the various processes associated within the industry.

Regulatory Compliance

In accordance with the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has implemented regulation 40 CFR Part 63, effective March 23, 2000.

This rule will provide protection to public health by requiring secondary aluminum production facilities to meet national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for new and existing sources.

This ruling potentially affects sweat furnaces, die casting facilities and foundries.

Monitoring & Recording Requirement

Section 63.1510(g) details the requirements for monitoring and recording the operating temperature of an afterburner used to control emissions in sweat furnaces, thermal chip dryers, scrap dryers and scrap delacquering/decoating kilns.

Section 63.1510(h) details the requirements for monitoring and recording the inlet gas temperature of a lime-injected fabric filter used to control emissions in scrap dryers, scrap delacquering/decoating kilns and group 1 furnaces as defined in Section 63.1503.

Solution

Veriteq's HAP datalogging system, provides a complete monitoring, recording and reporting solution for use in EPA regulated secondary aluminum production facilities.

HAP Datalogger

Veriteq's SP-1700-20E is a palm-sized, battery operated, thermocouple data logger which can be quickly and easily installed to record afterburner/lime-injected fabric filter operating temperatures.

A compact and efficient alternative to chart recorders and bulky data acquisition systems, SP-1700-20E is fully compatible with any type J, K, T, E, R or S thermocouple probes.

With extended memory capacity, for one minute sampling intervals data need only be downloaded once every 22 days.

Veriteq's laboratory provides NIST-traceable calibration and certification in accordance with EPA regulations (Section 63.1510(b)(4)(i) and 63.1510(g)(2)(iv) & (h)(2)(iii)).

HAP Datalogger Features

Palm-sized, portable, 10 year battery operation
User-configurable, single channel thermocouple input, accepts types J, K, T, E, R & S
Recording temperature range 70 to 2,400 Deg. F.
Automatic cold junction temperature compensation
NIST-traceable calibration & certification
Non volatile 70,000 sample recording capacity
User-configurable sample intervals

HAP Reporting Software

Veriteq's HAP software is a simple to use interface for generating reports for submission in EPA evaluations.

In accordance with Section 63.1517(b)(2)(i) & (3) a report can be generated to show 15 minute block averages or 3 hour block averages of afterburner/lime-injected fabric filter operating temperatures. In addition, an exception report can be generated for 3 hour block averages above/below the maximum/minimum compliant operating temperature. These reports can then be used in corrective action reports for submission in EPA evaluations.

User configurable maximum/minimum compliant operating temperatures allow for exemptions granted by the EPA in initial performance testing.