Source Testing - Other Methods

Ambient Air Testing

Advantek Consulting - (A STACS'S Partner Company)

STACs is partnering with Advantek Consulting, Inc. with offices in Florida, to provide an expanded range of high quality professional services, delivered by a group of highly trained and dedicated professionals. Like STACs, Advantek provides you with the same high level of professional expertise on every job.

Advantek can provide you with ambient air quality sampling to complement stack sampling measurements. This services include pre- and post- construction monitoring for turbine installation and spot checks of ambient air quality in existing facilities. Advantek offers 24-hour integrated measurements to satisfy international lending institution requirements for environmental monitoring. By using passive monitoring technologies, we can offer precise and accurate measurements of nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and ozone as well as total PM-10 and PM-2.5 measurements without on-site power requirements.

Advantek offers mechanical engineering services for building energy and HVAC needs as well, with a complete line of services for managing and reducing building energy consumption and controlling indoor air quality.

By using a small engineering service provider, you are assured of the highest level of professional attention, whatever your technical needs may be.

Contact Information:

Ambient Sampling and Indoor Air Quality: 352. 375. 8797

Mechanical & Energy Engineering: 321. 733. 1426

Info@advantekinc.com

Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR)

Although most test methods fit into either the continuous instrumental, wet chemistry, or gas chromatography categories, there are a few that don't. The most common one is EPA Method 9, which is determination of opacity as visible emissions (VE). This procedure utilizes a human observer as the "analyzer". While it may sound "hokie", some people are pretty good at it. Visible emissions evaluators are required to be certified by field trial every six months. [Product Image] Another technique which falls outside of the traditional categories is Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) technology (EPA Methods 318, 320 and 321).
FTIR is capable of semi-continuously determining a wide variety of compounds with relatively low detection limits. There are a number of other EPA test procedures that are not easily categorized, however, most of these are strictly analytical procedures that are used for input into mass balance or consumption based emissions determination.