Measuring Stack Plume
Measuring Stack Plume
(OP)
Hello,
I work in the Instrumentation Department for a large Mining
& Smelting company. I've been asked to search for a device that would help us monitor the visual aspects of the plume from one of our stacks (approx. 200 feet high). we already have sensors in place for SO2, particulate, etc, so what we require is some means of measuring/trending the asthetics of the plume so that we can say (more scientifically) that the plume is better or worse than before.
Thanks in advance.
I work in the Instrumentation Department for a large Mining
& Smelting company. I've been asked to search for a device that would help us monitor the visual aspects of the plume from one of our stacks (approx. 200 feet high). we already have sensors in place for SO2, particulate, etc, so what we require is some means of measuring/trending the asthetics of the plume so that we can say (more scientifically) that the plume is better or worse than before.
Thanks in advance.





RE: Measuring Stack Plume
RE: Measuring Stack Plume
Thanks again.
RE: Measuring Stack Plume
RE: Measuring Stack Plume
There's one thing to remember about handheld or external devices, and that is that the farther you move from the plume, the more likely it is that weather conditions will affect the reading you're going to get. If the plant's shut down on an overcast day, from the ground, the handheld device is still going to see gray and try to tell you how dark your stack exhaust is. An inline device is measuring just the exhaust before it leaves the stack and is more accurate and trustworthy information. Just something to think of.