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<br />Cremation Association of North America Environment <br /> <br />Testing Plan: <br />The Woodlawn Cemetery facility was chosen because the All Crematory <br />equipment installed there is typical of many facilities and also because it is <br />one of the only crematories in North America with additional pollution control <br />equipment. Water scrubber devices are installed in the exhaust ducts to clean <br />the combustion gases. <br /> <br />During each test run, sampling of the combustion gases was conducted both <br />upstream and downstream of the water scrubber device to determine how <br />effective the device was. <br /> <br />As recommended by the CANA environmental team, testing was conducted <br />under three different secondary chamber operating temperatures to get a <br />clear picture of how emissions change with temperature. A series of tests took <br />place at each of the following temperatures: 1400oF; 1600oF; and 1800oF. <br />Initially, EPA planned to test only at 16000F and 1800oF. However, CANA felt <br />it was important to test at 14000F and decided to pay the full cost of the <br />additional testing because many older facilities cannot operate at the higher <br />temperatures. <br /> <br />Three cremations were performed at each temperature condition. For the <br />results of the averages of the three cremations for each temperature condition <br />c:Jtc:kh,eIfi:! . <br /> <br />The following are the pollutants for which emission standards are to be <br />established and for which testing was conducted: <br /> <br />. visible emissions <br />. particulate matter <br />. carbon monoxide <br />. nitrogen oxides <br />. sulfur dioxide <br />. hydrogen chloride <br />. metals (cadmium, mercury, and lead) <br />. dioxins and furans <br /> <br />T e!?l.R,e,.!?Lllt!?jmd , Graphs <br /> <br />Return to,Top <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />More <br />Info <br /> <br />[8boUL(:A~A] [Membershi12] [Publications] LE9r Consum~~] <br />rFAQs] [SJ~lti12tis1:'] LBIJy.ir(ml1}~f1t] [Links] <br /> <br /> <br />Copyright@ 2000, 2001 Cremation Association of North America. <br />All rights reserved. <br />Developed and hosted by ProAccess. Inc. <br />Questions or comments to webmaster@proaccess.net <br /> <br />http://www .cremationassociation.org/html/en vironment.html <br /> <br />Page 2 of2 <br /> <br />0612012001 <br />