Source Emissions Testing

AQS has extensive experience in conducting manual and instrumental source emissions tests for industrial facilities and utilities.  Our testing capabilities include a full spectrum of USEPA test methods and other relevant methodologies to provide comprehensive test programs and services such as:

• Permit Compliance Demonstrations
• Relative Accuracy Test Audits (RATA’s)
• Performance Guarantees
• Trial Burns
• Process Optimization
• Flue Gas Acid Dew Point & SO3 Determinations
• Speciated Fate-of-Mercury Studies
• Control Equipment Capture / Removal Efficiency Determinations
• CEMS Initial Certification
• PM-CEMS Relative Response Audits
• Combustion Turbine Tuning
• Method Comparison Testing
• Liaison – Client/Regulatory Agencies

Our experience and capabilities include:

• Reference Method testing for particulate emissions (PM, PM10, PM2.5, CPM, MC extractable PM), gaseous emissions (SO2, NOX, CO, THC, O2, CO2, H2S, HCl/HF), as well as a variety of source-specific organic and/or inorganic compounds.
• Testing programs for coal-fired power plants and various processing or manufacturing plants.  These projects typically consist of full-spectrum testing services including, but not limited to: testing objectives, test design, operational requirements, regulatory agency notification and liaison, QA/QC, sample collection and analysis, and report preparation.
• Testing for Hazardous Air Pollutants (VOCs, Semi-VOCs, toxic metals, toxic organics).  We have conducted HAPs testing programs for incinerators, kilns, industrial furnaces, RCRA facilities (Part B permits), RCRA and TSCA Trial Burns, and EPA Information Collection Requests (ICRs).
• Managing projects to meet USEPA Relative Accuracy Test Audit (RATA) requirements. These projects typically utilize instrumental methods for SO2, NOX, CO2, and flow.
• Reporting utilizing EPA’s Electronic Reporting Tool (ERT).
• Performing visible Emissions Evaluations (USEPA Method 9).