FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AIR COMPLIANCE TESTING'S CONTINUOUS EMISSION MONITORING SYSTEM MAINTAINTENANCE PROGRAM
CLEVELAND, OH, February 9, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Air Compliance Testing offers complete, turnkey Continuous Emission Monitoring System (CEMS) Maintenance Services. We can help you satisfy your CEMS and Continuous Opacity Monitoring System (COMS) QA/QC Program requirements.
The Air Compliance Testing team of professionals includes staff specializing in CEMS work. They have worked on over 100 CEMS-related projects. Our extensive field experience performing Relative Accuracy Test Audits (RATA) provides the insight necessary to understand the complexities associated with these sometimes cantankerous systems.
Following is a sample of what our CEMS Preventative Maintenance Program can include on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. This list is not all-inclusive:
Monthly Preventative Maintenance
- Clean, replace or change system filters.
Check:
- CEMS calibration and leak check system
- Instrument panels and Data Acquisition System (DAS) for alarms
- Instrument sample flow rates
- Sample back-purge system operation
- Probe temperatures, pressures and vacuums
- Sample lines and connections – clean/repair as necessary
- Service CEMS instruments according to the manufacturer's instructions
- Record the pressures of all gas cylinders
- Evaluate daily calibration trends
- Initiate corrective for any malfunctions identified
- Replace daily calibration gas cylinder and reprogram computer for correct concentration
- Conduct on-stack maintenance of CEMS monitors/probes according to the manufacturer's instructions, and recalibrate CEMS monitors
Quarterly Preventative Maintenance and CGA Service
Complete all the monthly tasks, plus:
Perform the following:
- Leak Check on the flow monitor system
- Linearity check on the instruments
- Cylinder Gas Audit (CGA)
- Automated zero
- Clean lenses
- Insert upscale filter
- Check optical alignment
Annual Preventative Maintenance and Testing
Annually, we perform all the monthly and quarterly tasks, plus:
Check for:
- Agreement between the front panel meters and the DAS readings
- System response time
Perform:
- Leak checks on the concentration sample system
- Annual Relative Accuracy Test Audit (RATA)
- Calculate and record the averaging period
- Verify operational test period and zero and upscale drift error
CONTACT:
Louise Barton
Business Development Manager
1-800-EPA-AIR1 (800-372-2471)
louise@aircomp.com
http://www.aircomp.com/
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