AIR CALCULATIONS AND CONVERSIONS GUIDE

AIR & WASTE MANAGEMENT

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Air Calculations and Conversions Guide - AWMA Iowa Chapter

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS
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DEFINITIONS: ACFM DSCFM gr ft3 P hr Yr R F min lb B WO STANDARD CONDITIONS Pressure = Temperature = 14.7 psi or 29.92 inches mercury 70 degrees F (regulatory standard temperature) Actual cubic feet per minute Dry cubic feet per minute at standard conditions grains (7000 grains per pound) cubic feet pressure (usually in pounds per square inch (psi)) hour year Rankine (temperature) Fahrenheit (temperature) minute pound volumetric fraction of water vapor

TO CONVERT ACFM TO DSCFM

(460R + 70) DSCFM = ACFM
X -----__-_

actual P ,*
X -__--X

(1 - %,I

(460R + temp)

14.7

TO CONVERT GRAINS PER STANDARD CUBIC FOOT TO POUNDS/HOUR (at Y dscfm)

lb lbs/hr = gr/SCF
X ----______-_ X

Y dscf
_----X

60 min
_----

7000 gr

min

hr

TO CONVERT POUNDS PER HOUR TO TONS PER YEAR

24hr tons/yr = lbs/hr
X --__------day X

ton
_---__X

# days
----___

2000 lb

yr

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SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS

DEFINITIONS: mw PPm DSCFM mg m3 ft3 SO, P hr R F min lb density air B WO STANDARD CONDITIONS Pressure = Temperature = 14.7 psi or 29.92 inches mercury 70 degrees F (regulatory standard temperature) molecular weight (air = 29.95, SO, = 64) parts per million Dry cubic feet per minute at standard conditions milligrams cubic meter cubic feet sulfur dioxide pressure (usually in pounds per square inch (psi)) hour Rankine (temperature) Fahrenheit (temperature) minute pound 0.0749 @ 70 degrees F. volumetric fraction of water vapor

TO CONVERT ACFM TO DSCFM

(460R + 70) DSCFM = ACFM x ----____--_ (460R + temp) *
X

actual P
_ - - - X (1 - Bwc.)

std P

TO CONVERT PPM SO, TO POUNDS PER HOUR (at Y dscfm)

.0749 lb Ibshr = PPM
X _--A3 X

Y dscf
- - - - X

60 min
_--X

64
_---

min

hr

29.95

TO CONVERT MILLIGRAM PER CUBIC METER TO POUNDS PER HOUR (at Y dscfm)
m lb&r = mg/m x _____--_ 35.32 fI x Y dscf ----__ min x g _---1000 mg
X

lb
_---__X

60 min
----_

453.6 g

TO CONVERT POUNDS PER HOUR TO TONS PER YEAR

24 hr tons/y = Ibshr
X --_-_----_-day X

ton
___---X

# days
----_-_

2000 lb

yr

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NITROGEN DIOXIDE EMISSIONS

DEFINITIONS: mw PPm DSCFM mg m3 ft3 NO* P hr R F min lb density air B WO STANDARD CONDITIONS Pressure = Temperature = 14.7 psi or 29.92 inches mercury 70 degrees F (regulatory standard temperature) molecular weight (air = 29.95, NO, = 50) parts per million Dry cubic feet per minute at standard conditions milligrams cubic meter cubic feet nitrogen dioxide pressure (usually in pounds per square inch (psi)) hour Rankine (temperature) Fahrenheit (temperature) minute pound 0.0749 @ 70 degrees F. volumetric fraction of water vapor

TO COrjVERT ACFM TO DSCFM

(460R + 70) DSCFM = ACFM x -__--__---_ (460R + temp) * x actual P _----14.7 x (1 -ELI

TO CONVERT PPM NO, TO POUNDS PER HOUR (at Y dscfm)

.0749 lb lb&r = PPM
X _--__fi3 X

Y dscf
- - - - X

60 min
_---X

50
_----

min

hr

8.95

TO CONVERT MILLIGRAM PER CUBIC METER TO POUNDS PER HOUR (at Y dscfm)
m Ibsihr = mg/m x ----35.32 ft-
X

Y dscf
_-__--_ X

g
__---_ X

lb
-__----_ X

60
____-_

min

1000 mg

453.6 g

hr

TO CONVERT POUNDS PER HOUR TO TONS PER YEAR

24 hr tons/yr = lb&r
X --__-----day X

ton
_-__--X

# days
-----_

2000 lb

yr

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