CopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolleDeterminingtheConcentrationofPartkdateMatterinaGasStreamANSI/ASMEPTC38-1980PERFORMANCETESTCODESTHEAMERICANSOCIETYOFMECHANICALENGINEERSUnitedEnglneeringCenter345East47thStreetNewYork,N.V.10017CopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolledwDATEOFISSUANCE:November7,198ONopartofthisdocumentmaybereproducedinanyform,inanelectronicretrievalsystemorotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisherCopyright@1980THEAMERICANSOCIETYOFMECHANICALENGINEERSAllRightsReservedPrintedinU.S.A.CopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolledwFOREWORDThefirstoftheASMEPowerTestCodesrelatedtotheabatementofatmosphericpollutionwaspublishedin1941-PTC21,“Dust-SeparatingApparatus.”ThatCodehasservedformanyyearsasabasicguideforevaluatingtheperformanceofapparatusdesignedfortheremovalofparticulatematterfromcombustionprocessfluegases.ExperiencewiththatCodeidentifiedadifficultmeasuringproblem,aprocedureformeasuringtheconcentrationofparticulatematterinagasstream.Asrecognizedbythosewhohavehadexperiencewithmeasurementsofthistype,thisinvolvesmanypracticaldifficulties.Inanefforttoalleviatemanyofthesedifficulties,theASMEpublishedaTestCodeconcernedwiththissubjectin1957-PTC27,“DeterminingDustConcentrationinaGasStream.”ThatCode,alongwiththeearlierCode,hasserveduntilveryrecentlyastheacceptedbasicguideforboththeperformanceevaluationofparticulatere-movalapparatusandthedeterminationofparticulatematterinstackgasemissionsforthecon-trolofairpollutionandtheassuranceofcompliancewithapplicablegovernmentalemissioncontrolregulatio...
