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A series of random podcasts by Clean Air folks about topics that may be of interest to those involved with air quality.

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Dec 5, 2018

Walt Smith might best be characterized as the Father of Stack Testing. Walt was one of the original EPA employees and was responsible for the development of many of the fundamental air pollution reference methods in use today including Methods 1-5 for particulate.

In Part 1 of this interview, we talk with Walt about...


Sep 26, 2018

An interview with drone monitoring entrepreneur Danny Landry from Premium Inspection Services. Danny and I worked on a very cool project involving the remote monitoring of an enclosed flare plume using an open path FTIR. This approach is very similar to a typical fence line monitoring set up except that the mirror was...


Aug 6, 2018

In the final part of the 3-part series on conducting a successful stack test, Jim Guenthoer and Scott Evans from Clean Air Engineering discuss post-test activities. Topics include: Sample analysis, report preparation, EPA's Electronic Reporting Tool (ERT), as well as a bit about detection limits and stack...


Jul 30, 2018

Jim Guenthoer and Scott Evans of Clean Air Engineering discuss the on-site portion of conducting a stack in in Part 2 of the 3-part series. Topics include: Mobilization, audit samples, site entry, the role of plant personnel, sample packing and shipping and other relevant topics.

This audio podcast was taken from a...


Jul 18, 2018

Jim Guenthoer and Scott Evans from Clean Air Engineering discuss the fundamentals of conducting a successful stack test. This first of three episodes focuses on pre-test planning and covers topics such as the test plan, site issues, safety, etc.

This audio podcast was taken from a video podcast showing slides. There is...