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Table 3-5. Average Maximum Possible (Minimum Detectible) Concentrations:

HAPs Not Detected in Spectra of Dry (Condenser or PermaPure) Samples Extracted From TNP One Unit 2 Coal-Fired Boiler

Analytical Region Baghouse Inlet Baghouse Outlet Compound (a) (wn) (b) RMSD (c) ppm (d) RMSD ppm ----------------------- ----------------- -------- ------- -------- ----- Acetonitrile 1041.40 - 1042.88 2.60E-03 13.84 2.09E-03 11.15 Acrolein 2636.11 - 2875.59 1.45E-03 1.89 1.41E-03 1.84 Acrylonitrile 922.19 - 997.82 3.22E-03 2.65 3.11E-03 2.56 Allyl Chloride 893.51 - 1002.22 3.42E-03 2.79 3.30E-03 2.70 Benzene 3036.88 - 3063.07 2.53E-03 1.19 2.51E-03 1.18 Bromoform 1135.90 - 1154.20 1.43E-03 0.27 1.22E-03 0.23 1,3-Butadiene 870.00 - 1052.64 3.86E-03 4.04 3.70E-03 3.87 Carbonyl Sulfide 2029.21 - 2075.69 1.64E-02 0.93 1.63E-02 0.93 Chlorobenzene 3029.76 - 3113.07 3.06E-03 4.45 2.97E-03 4.30 Ethyl Benzene 2866.13 - 2921.27 1.10E-03 2.24 1.13E-03 2.31 Ethyl Chloride 2916.56 - 3041.03 2.80E-03 2.08 2.64E-03 1.96 Ethylene Dibromide 1167.96 - 1208.92 2.10E-03 1.49 1.90E-03 1.35 n-Hexane 2835.27 - 3005.43 2.11E-03 0.31 2.09E-03 0.30 Methyl Bromide 2948.11 - 2972.53 1.40E-03 1.60 1.31E-03 1.51 Methyl Chloride 1017.96 - 1020.72 2.09E-03 6.84 2.16E-03 7.10 Methyl Ethyl Ketone 1140.70 - 1222.63 2.28E-03 1.68 2.12E-03 1.56 Methyl Isobutyl Ketone 2872.05 - 2994.95 2.04E-03 0.86 2.01E-03 0.85 Methyl Methacrylate 1137.50 - 1232.04 2.37E-03 0.27 2.19E-03 0.25 Methylene Chloride 1249.95 - 1285.66 2.54E-02 10.37 2.38E-02 9.74 2-Nitropropane 2875.79 - 3039.65 2.62E-03 2.22 2.49E-03 2.11 Propylene Dichloride 2927.59 - 3031.58 2.70E-03 2.57 2.50E-03 2.39 Styrene 886.32 - 931.22 2.40E-03 1.82 2.33E-03 1.77 Tetrachloroethylene 899.20 - 925.20 2.01E-03 0.18 2.00E-03 0.18 Toluene 3018.19 - 3054.70 2.98E-03 1.41 2.85E-03 1.35 1,1,2-Trichlorethane 909.41 - 960.62 3.14E-03 3.27 3.04E-03 3.17 Trichloroethylene 826.25 - 860.91 2.62E-03 0.41 2.57E-03 0.40 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane 2861.57 - 3009.23 2.06E-03 0.25 2.02E-03 0.24 Vinyl Acetate 832.23 - 906.69 2.88E-03 1.78 2.77E-03 1.71 Vinyl Bromide 899.81 - 904.54 7.05E-04 0.30 6.66E-04 0.28 Vinyl Chloride 852.81 - 1056.06 4.26E-03 4.35 3.96E-03 4.05 Vinylidene Chloride 1059.44 - 1113.01 2.81E-03 0.75 2.91E-03 0.78 O-xylene 2859.84 - 3095.04 2.77E-03 1.75 2.65E-03 1.68 P-xylene 2854.43 - 3083.14 2.76E-03 1.51 2.65E-03 1.45 Carbon Disulfide 2171.29 - 2184.68 2.93E-02 27.86 3.13E-02 29.75 Carbon Tetrachloride 793.89 - 800.58 3.61E-03 0.07 3.61E-03 0.07 Chloroform 1210.20 - 1229.00 2.00E-03 0.46 1.88E-03 0.43 Cumene 1015.82 - 1063.57 4.43E-03 10.93 4.24E-03 10.47 1,2-Epoxy Butane 2859.05 - 3076.29 2.72E-03 1.16 2.62E-03 1.11 Ethylene Oxide 866.90 - 875.00 1.20E-03 0.29 1.14E-03 0.27 Methanol 2807.91 - 3029.40 2.56E-03 2.06 2.43E-03 1.96 Methyl Chloroform 1057.95 - 1105.30 2.90E-03 0.51 3.01E-03 0.53 Methyl Iodide 1250.18 - 1253.53 5.98E-04 0.54 5.59E-04 0.51 Methyl t-Butyl Ether 1195.00 - 1210.00 8.65E-04 0.14 8.46E-04 0.13 Propylene Oxide 2875.59 - 3097.75 2.85E-03 1.81 2.74E-03 1.73 M-xylene 2910.25 - 2952.78 1.59E-03 0.97 1.50E-03 0.91 Acetone 1182.00 - 1255.03 8.57E-03 3.72 8.11E-03 3.52 Acetaldehyde 2685.41 - 2744.40 1.10E-03 1.80 1.01E-03 1.65 Acetophenone 1140.40 - 1286.06 2.20E-02 2.83 2.07E-02 2.66 Acrylic Acid 1104.89 - 1164.68 1.93E-03 0.24 1.78E-03 0.22 Aniline 1102.90 - 1123.63 1.64E-03 0.52 1.61E-03 0.51 Benzotrichloride 866.50 - 877.90 1.36E-03 0.25 1.30E-03 0.24 Benzyl Chloride 1262.87 - 1279.12 1.25E-02 5.66 1.17E-02 5.29 Bis(chloromethyl)ether 1068.78 - 1154.25 2.38E-03 0.25 2.31E-03 0.25 Chloroacetic acid 1094.97 - 1124.12 1.87E-03 0.40 1.82E-03 0.39 2-Chloroacteophenone 1274.39 - 1285.42 5.53E-03 1.01 5.16E-03 0.95 Chloromethyl methyl ether 1111.02 - 1146.08 2.02E-03 0.29 1.86E-03 0.27 Chloroprene 875.90 - 878.80 1.62E-03 0.29 1.67E-03 0.30 o-Cresol 1092.80 - 1114.07 1.52E-03 0.63 1.54E-03 0.64 m-Cresol 1139.68 - 1172.77 1.52E-03 0.27 1.46E-03 0.26 p-Cresol 1159.10 - 1185.50 1.80E-03 0.20 1.66E-03 0.18 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane 855.88 - 904.72 2.28E-03 3.87 2.24E-03 3.82 1,4-Dichlorobenzene 995.96 - 1031.06 2.09E-03 0.90 2.14E-03 0.92 Dichloroethyl ether 1109.35 - 1155.04 2.01E-03 0.22 1.81E-03 0.20 1,3-Dichloropropene 768.00 - 791.00 9.00E-03 1.80 9.02E-03 1.80 Dichlorvos 835.77 - 876.95 2.57E-03 0.29 2.54E-03 0.29 N,N-Diethyl aniline 2655.32 - 3156.07 3.12E-03 1.78 3.01E-03 1.71 Dimethyl carbamoyl chloride 1068.78 - 1114.47 2.46E-03 0.34 2.56E-03 0.35 Dimethyl formamide 1057.80 - 1103.90 2.93E-03 0.67 3.05E-03 0.70 1,1-Dimethyl hydrazine 856.12 - 974.09 3.15E-03 2.54 2.99E-03 2.42 Dimethyl phthalate 1157.86 - 1254.16 7.60E-03 3.94 7.25E-03 3.76 1,4-Dioxane 2919.40 - 2921.30 3.69E-04 0.09 3.71E-04 0.09 Epichlorohydrin 943.52 - 981.73 3.11E-03 2.49 3.04E-03 2.43 Ethyl Acrylate 1181.93 - 1210.00 1.46E-03 0.07 1.41E-03 0.07 Ethylene Dichloride 1227.88 - 1241.50 9.17E-04 0.50 9.06E-04 0.50 Ethylidene dichloride 930.35 - 1126.16 5.08E-03 6.97 4.88E-03 6.71 Formaldehyde 2788.33 - 2842.20 1.65E-03 1.62 1.61E-03 1.59 Hexachlorobutadiene 847.50 - 864.50 1.68E-03 0.15 1.72E-03 0.15 Hexachlorocylcopentadiene 1227.02 - 1240.42 9.57E-04 0.07 9.01E-04 0.07 Hexachloroethane 995.46 - 1042.73 4.15E-03 14.38 3.97E-03 13.77 Hexamethylphosphoramide 949.42 - 1019.53 2.67E-03 0.36 2.64E-03 0.35 Hydrochloric Acid 2817.35 - 2823.26 6.20E-04 0.59 8.40E-04 0.80 Isophorone 2681.20 - 3130.60 3.00E-03 1.86 2.90E-03 1.80 Maleic Anhydride 838.45 - 841.30 8.92E-04 0.09 8.65E-04 0.08 Methyl hydrazine 2683.00 - 3061.78 2.88E-03 3.09 2.74E-03 2.94 Naphthalene 779.31 - 783.55 4.15E-03 0.40 4.03E-03 0.39 Nitrobenzene 841.70 - 861.39 2.06E-03 0.79 2.08E-03 0.80 N-Nitrosodimethylene 928.00 - 1085.28 4.72E-03 1.43 4.55E-03 1.38 N-Nitrosomorpholine 892.23 - 1024.64 3.34E-03 1.31 3.24E-03 1.27 Phenol 1162.67 - 1195.76 2.11E-03 0.32 1.89E-03 0.28 beta-Propiolactone 1034.68 - 1152.25 2.96E-03 0.53 2.90E-03 0.52 Propionaldehyde 2546.18 - 3114.35 3.90E-03 4.10 3.68E-03 3.86 1,2-Propylenimine 817.57 - 821.31 2.01E-03 0.85 1.97E-03 0.83 Quioline 800.19 - 803.73 3.06E-03 0.45 3.07E-03 0.45 Styrene Oxide 3037.86 - 3085.92 2.96E-03 1.08 2.87E-03 1.05 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 794.92 - 824.07 3.03E-03 0.68 2.88E-03 0.64 2,4-Toluene diisocyanate 885.61 - 905.31 1.28E-03 0.91 1.24E-03 0.88 o-Toluidine 2858.50 - 2951.85 1.64E-03 1.33 1.63E-03 1.32 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene 1009.00 - 1198.39 3.30E-03 2.20 3.17E-03 2.11 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol 1178.04 - 1204.16 1.49E-03 0.45 1.43E-03 0.43 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol 1158.98 - 1177.89 1.88E-03 0.28 1.66E-03 0.25 Triethylamine 1199.75 - 1223.38 1.56E-03 0.52 1.48E-03 0.50 Ammonia 893.10 - 926.00 2.07E-03 1.23 2.05E-03 1.22 (a) HAPs for which Entropy has obtained quantitative reference spectra. (b) Frequency region, in wavenumbers (1/cm) chosen for the analysis. (c) Calculated root mean square deviation over the analytical region in spectra that were generated by subtracting reference spectra of interferant species from the sample spectra. (d) Maximum Concentration (in ppm) of undetected compound, that could have been present in FTIR samples, calculated according to procedures discussed in Sections 4.6.3 and 3.3.2. (e) All HAPs from acetonitrile to m-xylene were measured in spiking experiments on Tenax in FTIR validation test. Compounds marked with * met Method 301 validation criteria.

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