Analytical Services
Air

CONSOL R&D offers a wide range of source sampling and analytical services to measure the composition of air and industrial emissions. CONSOL R&D specializes in measuring mercury and trace elements in coal fired power plant emissions. The lab also has extensive experience characterizing ambient particulate and mine atmospheres. Parameters typically measured by CONSOL R&D are

PARAMETERS
Industrial Emissions Ambient Particulate Special Atmospheres
Ontario Hydro Mercury
Mercury (EPA Appendix K and Sorbent Traps)
EPA Method 29 Trace Elements
EPA Method 26A Halogens(HCl, HF)
Ammonia 		Mass
Carbon Speciation
Anions & Cations
Trace Elements 		Oxygen
Nitrogen
Carbon Monoxide
Carbon Dioxide
Methane
Ethane
Hydrogen
 
APPLICATIONS
Industrial Emissions Ambient Particulate Special Atmospheres
Coal and oil fired power plants
Industrial Boilers
Incinerators
Particulate
Ambient Filters
Diesel Particulate 		Coal mines
Confined tanks and containers

 

CONSOL R&D routinely analyzes air samples collected from stationary sources such as power plants, incinerators and industrial boilers. Mercury and trace element emissions are measured at numerous full scale coal-fired power plants each year. CONSOL R&D has been a leader in the use of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometery (ICPMS) and cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectroscopy (CVAFS) for the determination of trace elements and mercury in power plant effluents and emissions.

As part of the MET- Team, CONSOL R&D has pioneered the development of sorbent traps (sampling and analysis) for mercury emission measurements.

 

CONSOL R&D has coordinated several major ambient air sampling programs and has extensive experience characterizing particulate matter; including PM2.5 and PM10. Capabilities include:
  • A secure, climate-controlled, weighing room to measure particulate mass as small as 1 microgram.
  • Instrumentation to determine the chemical composition including anions and cations, carbon species, and trace metals in PM2.5
  • Use of dynamic reaction cell (DRC) ICP-MS for the determination of trace element concentrations in fine particulate matter.
  • Instrumentation to analyze filter samples for diesel particulate by NIOSH Method 5040 using thermal optical transmittance.
Perkin Elmer Elan 6100 DRC ICP-MS
 

CONSOL R&D is a leader in characterizing the composition of air samples from mine fires. Mine air composition is used to determine whether the mine atmosphere is safe for occupation and whether the atmosphere is progressing toward an explosive composition.

Combustion gas concentrations are used to assess the severity of the fire. Gas analysis also provides valuable information about the composition of gas behind mine seals. Gas samples can be analyzed at the CONSOL R&D laboratory or on-site analysis can be provided when the situation requires rapid information.