United States Stove Company SP1000E, Manual

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Run Data.xlsm
PR - Proportional Rate Variation
ASTM E2515 equation (16)
Where:
θ
= Total sampling time, min
θ
i
= Length of recording interval, min
V
mi
=
Volume of gas sample measured by the dry gas meter during the “ith”
time interval, dcf
V
m
= Volume of gas sample as measured by dry gas meter, dcf
V
si
= Average gas velocity in the dilution tunnel during the "ith" time interval, ft/sec
V
s
= Average gas velocity in the dilution tunnel, ft/sec
T
mi
=
Absolute average dry gas meter temperature during the "ith" time interval,
o
R
T
m
=
Absolute average dry gas meter temperature,
o
R
T
si
=
Absolute average gas temperature in the dilution tunnel during the "ith" time interval,
o
R
T
s
=
Absolute average gas temperature in the dilution tunnel,
o
R
Sample calculation (for the first 10 minute interval of Train A):
360 x 1.442 x 7.72 x ( 98.4 + 460 ) x ( 97.5 + 460 )
10 x 55.805 x 7.65 x ( 89.9 + 460 ) x ( 78.0 + 460 )
PR = 99 %
x PR = ( ) 100
100
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=
s mi si m i
si m s mi
T T V V
T T V V
PR
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PFS-TECO
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