Opacity Audits and Preventative Maintenance
ESS is the experienced team when it comes to source emissions whether you need stack testing, monitoring systems maintenance and audits, or monitoring and control equipment commissioning.
For more than 40 years ESS has provided annual opacity audits by 40 CFR 60 Appendix B Performance Specification 1 (40CFR60 PS-1). Additionally, ESS has conducted quality assurance requirements by 40 CFR 60 Appendix F Procedure 3, including primary zero alignment method under clear path conditions.
ESS has experience with SICK, Land Instruments, Ametek-Land, and Teledyne Monitors Labs opacity monitors. From commissioning to preventive maintenance, ESS is your one-stop-shop for Opacity Monitors.
ESS Maintenance Plans Include:
- Quarterly Checks
- System Maintenance
- Replace Consumables
- Predictive Maintenance
- Cleaning of Optical Surfaces
- Configuration Verifications
- Zero Compensation
- Three-point calibration error test
- Optical Alignment Assessment
- Data Review and Reporting
- System Maintenance
- Annual Services
- Primary Zero Alignment Method
- Calibration Error Check
- Optical Alignment Assessment
- System Response Time Check
- Averaging Period Calculation and Recording Check
- Monitoring Plan Review
- Data Review and Reporting
- Trouble Shooting / Rapid Response Services
- Remote Troubleshooting
- Onsite Troubleshooting
- Rapid Response RATA
Recent Blogs
New CSAPR NOx Regulations
The EPA is proposing a federal plan that would cut pollution from power plants and industrial sources that significantly contribute to unhealthy levels of ground-level ozone, or smog, for millions of Americans who live downwind.
Stationary Combustion Turbines Stay Lifted on Formaldehyde Compliance
The U.S. EPA signed an amendment to the rule on February 28, 2022 that removes the stay of the formaldehyde limit for lean premix and diffusion flame gas-fired units that were constructed or reconstructed after January 14, 2003.
Forensic Analysis of Condensable PM (CPM)
“What’s in my CPM?” Many compounds can condense and form particulate matter at ambient conditions. Identifying which compound is most prevalent can help in determining control measures to reduce CPM.
New Research Program for New Chemical Review
The EPA announced a new effort under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to modernize the process and bring innovative science to the review of new chemicals before they can enter the marketplace.
2021 Power Plant Emissions for NOx, SO2, Hg
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released publicly available, annual data on 2021 emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX), sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon dioxide (CO2), and mercury from power plants in the lower 48 states.
EPA Proposes Utilizing 2016 IRIS Value for EtO Emissions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to reconsider ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions the August 2020 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for chemical plants that fall under the Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing source category , 40C CFR Part 63 Subpart FFFF.