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RTI Real Time Catalyst Monitoring Of Flue Gas

REAL-TIME PROCESS PARTICLE COUNTER-PPC

INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS:

PARTICLE CONTAMINATION SENSOR FOR PROCESS OPTIMIZATION

	Gas Turbines
	Turbo-expanders
	Filtration Efficiency measurements
	Stack and Duct monitoring (CEMs)

INDUSTRIES
Petroleum refineries, Gas Turbines, Gas Distribution Systems, Cement, Steel, Foundry, Aluminum, Boilers, Powder Production/collection, Pulp and Paper, Powder milling and Processing, Laboratory and Field Research, Filter Testing, and more.

PERFORMANCE

	SIZE DISTRIBUTION (0.25-100 microns, optical diffraction, factory calibrated)
	CONCENTRATION (10 µgm/m3 - 10 gm/m3, PM2.5, PM10, total particulate mass)
	VELOCITY (0.2-100 m/s, mass emissions rate
	ALL PARTICLE MATERIALS (Solid, liquid, non-spherical or spherical)
	AMBIENT OR HIGH Temperature/Pressure (up to 2500F, 80 bar)
	EXTRACTIVE OR IN SITU SAMPLING for continuous process monitoring
	RAPID (1-10 SECOND) continuous updates with linkage to process control
	REMOTE UNATTENDED OPERATION (eductor-extraction mode)

EXTRACTIVE SAMPLING	IN SITU
PPC extraction probe (in line with Method 5 sampler) for measurements of catalyst in petroleum refinery. Data obtained at entrance and exit of cyclone separator at 1200F, 3 bar. Extraction method with throttling control shown.	Layout of water jacket and PPC probe for in situ high temperature applications. PPC probe (3" dia.) is inserted into 4" diameter water jacket and lined up with 1.3" x 2" open slot. Maximum insertion distance is 2 meters for 8' long watercooled jacket.

REALTIME SIZE, VELOCITY and MASS CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENTS:
Windows real-time display example, showing instantaneous number and mass frequency size distributions combined with time history of massconcentration and particle size parameters (d90, d50, d10).	PPC particle size distribution measurements (frequency and cumulative) at entrance (Blue) and exit (Red) of cyclone separator at petroleum refinery. Comparison measurements (Horiba, ensemble diffraction) of collected samples at the cyclone separator inlet (Blue-dashed) and outlet (Red dashed).
MASS BALANCE VERIFICATION AND PARTICLE SIZE ACCURACIES:
Effective density (known mass concentration, Cm, ratioed by PPC measurement of volume concentration, Cv), compared to measured particle bulk density. Results confirm that the bulk particle density is the effective optical particle scattering density.	Comparison of in situ measurements with 9/16" and 3/8” dia. sample extraction nozzles. Total mass measurement results are within ±10% uncertainty.