AIR & WATER POLLUTION

MONITORING NEWSLETTER  

July 2012
No. 393

Automating CEMS to Reduce Record Keeping

The challenges of maintaining a continuous emissions monitoring system (CEMS) just got a little easier.  In today’s utility plant environment, with more limited resources and continually increasing emissions monitoring burden, CEMS technicians now have an additional “tool” to facilitate CEMS operation and maintenance (O&M) efforts.  At previous EPRI CEM User Group Conferences, a few presentations have discussed the concept of automating CEMS to reduce manual recordkeeping efforts and improve diagnostic capabilities.  This new “tool” pushes the concept of automation one step further. This solution is exemplified at Kansas City's Hawthorn Generating Station where hardware and software were developed that allows the CEMS technicians to more efficiently operate and maintain the CEMS.

http://www.rmb-consulting.com/papers/Technicians%20Assistant.pdf

 

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