Contact: Quinn Bierman
quinn@airhygiene.com
or 1-888-461-8778 
Electricity is one of the most discussed issues of
the 21st century. California needs more and everyone wants more;
based upon expected increased usage due to the internet and technological
advances. Help is on the way, with thousands of additional megawatts
under construction, in the form of natural gas fired combustion
turbine generators.
Unique Testing Strategy
Air Hygiene International (AHI) has developed a synergistic
approach to assisting the various groups involved in the completion
of a combustion turbine construction project. AHI strives to combine
the multiple testing aspects involved with bringing a combustion
turbine to commercial service. By conducting the various emission
tests required for a new combustion turbine using one test company,
the following benefits are a given:
 Save
money
 Reduced
mobilizations
Combined
tests yield reduced gas usage and site time
Bulk
projects receive quantity discounts
Improve
efficiency through familiarity with site needs
Site
personnel and testing team are comfortable working together
These projects typically involve some or all of the
following groups. There is not a defined set of responsibilities
that will match every project. The table below simply suggests a
typical list of testing responsibilities.
Responsible Party ............................Testing
Responsibilities
Owner ...............................................Initial and
on-going federal and state compliance testing.
Operator ............................................Initial and
on-going federal and state compliance testing.
Turbine manufacturer ..........................Contractual emission
guarantees of turbines.
Construction Company .......................Contractual emission
guarantees including control devices.
CEMS Supplier ..................................Initial RATA testing.
Lending Party (i.e. bank) .....................No responsibility,
but concerned with outcome of all tests.
Environmental Consultant ....................Typically no responsibility,
but provides oversight
A recent project provides a prime example of the synergistic
benefits of using AHI to perform your combustion turbine performance
and compliance testing needs. Two GE LM-6000 turbines were taken
from performance testing through compliance testing in 72 hours.
The following tests were performed on each turbine:
NOx
control with water injection tuning
Contractual
performance testing for NOx and CO under various conditions
40
CFR Part 60 Subpart GG: testing for NOx and CO at four loads
40
CFR Part 75 Appendix E: mapping NOx emission rate vs. heat input
State
required compliance testing for PM-10, NOx, CO, VOC, and SO2
Dry
Low NOx turbine tuning and mapping
Test data was provided on-site for all tests, except
PM-10. Electronic files were e-mailed  for
review to the turbine manufacturer, owner & operator, and environmental
consultant within 24 hours following completion of site work. Complete
reports including PM-10 were submitted to interested parties within
2 weeks.
Turbine Testing Experience
AHI personnel have over fifteen years of testing experience
on combustion turbines across the United States. AHI mobile labs
have traveled from Pennsylvania to Wyoming, Florida to Michigan,
and Georgia to Texas just to name a few of the 20+ states on our
list of planned or completed combustion turbine projects.
AHI has tested turbines ranging from 3.5 to 170 megawatts
in both simple and combined cycle operation with a variety of controls
including:
 Selective
Catalytic Reduction - Ammonia injection
Steam
injection
Water
injection
Dry
Low NOx applications with special firing nozzles
AHI has tested over 35 combustion turbines representing
over 1,500 megawatts already tested or in progress for 2001. An
additional 20 combustion turbines representing over 2,000 megawatts
are pending contractual acceptance.
AHI provides a variety of emission testing services
for combustion turbines. For a review of these services please review
the turbine
services page and/or review our turbine services brochure.
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