Continuous particulate monitoring is becoming an issue for companies that own hazardous waste combustors, are involved in industrial waste incineration, or operate kilns. Title V permitting, compliance assurance monitoring (CAM) rules, MACT standards, toxic release inventory accounting, and credible evidence laws are forcing incinerator and kiln operators to look critically at the question of particulate emission monitoring and control. With a requirement for continuous particulate monitors likely in the not too distant future for a number of industrial groups, questions of how to accurately and economically monitor particulate are being asked by many in these affected industries. Beta gauge particulate monitors offer many advantages in monitoring difficult sources. The technology is unaffected by the parameters which marginalize other particulate monitoring instruments that rely on optical or charged particle measuring techniques to record emissions. This paper provides a background on beta gauge technology and discusses the requirements for meeting EPA Performance Specification 11 for particulate monitors.
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