Field Chemists
 
Clean Air’s Field Chemists specialize in obtaining highly accurate emissions data for organic and inorganic compounds using advanced measurement technologies.  Our chemists are trained in field application of gas chromatography (GC), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometry and ion chromatography (IC).  These chemists are veteran stack testers who, in addition to their expertise in laboratory procedures, also know how to make sophisticated lab instruments work in a field environment.
 
Some of the more common applications of this expertise includes:

• Speciated VOC measurements (USEPA Method 18)
• Formaldehyde, HCl, and organic HAP studies using FTIR (USEPA Methods 316, 318, 320 and 321)
• Ammonia determination for SCR tuning and performance testing (USEPA Conditional Method CTM-027)
• HCl CEMS relative accuracy test audits (USEPA Method 26)

The ability to perform these analyses on-site has the advantage of determining test results while the sampling crew is still at the plant.  If additional testing is necessary, either due to process adjustments or sampling issues, the crew can do it immediately without the cost of remobilization.