Technical Bulletin No. 0112: A Study of Kraft Recovery Furnace Total Gaseous Non-Methane Organic Emissions (AQTB)

This technical bulletin is the second of a series on the study of VOC source emissions. It includes a description of sampling and analytical method used and heretofore unidentified limitations of its use on combustion sources where carbon dioxide and significant amounts of moisture coexist. The contents describe the VOC emission levels found at five kraft recovery furnaces in the Pacific Northwest. The study showed VOC emissions based on eight or nine duplicate samples collected simultaneously at each of five furnaces for kraft recovery furnaces without contact evaporators and compared them to furnaces with direct contact evaporators.