AirSource Technologies was formed in 1990 in response to the emerging market for compliance and investigative emission source testing triggered by the EPA Clean Air Act and its subsequent amendments.

George Cobb, then a seventeen-year emission measurement professional, was recruited to organize the company. He was previously with the Midwest Research Institute in Kansas City, a prominent EPA contractor, where he was heavily involved in the development and implementation of many of the air testing methods in use today. More information about our team can be found here.

Hazardous waste incineration is an area of particular expertise among our personnel and we have conducted some thirty major RCRA and Comprehensive Performance Test (CPT) Trial Burns in recent years.

AirSource Technologies served a relatively small regional client base in its early years. However, having developed a reputation for competence with a number of technically complex methodologies and emission sources, word-of-mouth referrals have further enhanced the company’s reputation on an international basis. That word-of-mouth has sent us all over the globe, including more than 30 states, Switzerland and even South Korea.

AirSource Technologies is proud to announce the certifications of Pete Liebl, Carl Bender and Finnegan Schall as Qualified Stack Testing Individuals (QSTI), per the Source Evaluation Society’s (SES) program. QSTI professionals have proven thier knowlege of source testing methods and fundamental engineering and chemistry principles. This is just one more way to assure our clients they are in good hands with AirSource Technologies.

COMMON METHODOLOGIES:

AirSource Technologies has the expertise and resources to perform nearly every source emission reference method currently promulgated. In addition, we have worked with clients and regulators over the years to develop and apply new and innovative methodologies when existing methods prove to be inappropriate or fail to meet test objectives.
NESHAP ( MACT) EXPERIENCE: 40CFR63
Organic Hazardous Air Pollutants From the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry – Subpart 
Hazardous Waste Combustion – Subpart EEE
Portland Cement Manufacturing – Subpart LLL
Secondary Aluminum – Subpart RRR
Lime Manufacturing – MACT Standard Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing – Subpart NNN
VOC Leak Detection – Subpart GGG

RCRA TRIAL BURN, RISK BURN AND COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE TESTING EXPERTISE:
Under NESHAP (MACT) compliance requirements, AirSource Technologies has developed special expertise in conducting these major, multiparameter compliance test projects over the past 15 years. Emphasizing overall orchestration of the many collaborative phases inherent in these projects, AirSource Technologies commonly conducts all emission testing protocols, coordinates and processes all waste-feed, raw material and related process samples, performs and/or coordinates laboratory analyses, and conducts data reduction, report preparation and quality assurance review requirements.

VISIBLE EMISSION (OPACITY) EXPERTISE:

AirSource Technologies has a wealth of experience in conducting Visible Emission (VE) test programs, typically under the guidelines of New Source Performance Standards (40 CFR, Part 60) and NESHAP (MACT Standards).

Typically employing Method 9 and 22 protocols, our Certified Observers have worked extensively with cement, talc, lime and limestone mining and processing companies around the Midwest wherein Subpart OOO criteria is the governing regulation. We also have experience with flares and other process stack emission measurements

Industries such as power generators, food processors, asphalt producers and numerous others have called upon our staff to provide both compliance and investigative VE testing services.

INSTRUMENT EXPERTISE:

Our instrument systems are well suited for providing continuous evaluation of an emission source. AirSource Technologies has experience:
Measuring a variety of detection technologies including Magneto Pneumatic, Non-Dispersive Infra Red, Chemiluminescence, and Heated Flame Ionization Detector.
Measuring various gases, including O2, CO2, CO, NOx, SO2, and THC.
Performing RATA services according to performance specifications of CFR 40, Part 60, Appendix B and CFR 40, Part 75 for continuous emission monitoring systems and CFR 40, Part 75, Subpart C, Appendix A, Appendix B (Continuous Emission Monitoring, Operation and Maintenance Requirements).
Performing Destruction and Removal Efficiency (DRE) Studies, Relative Accuracy Testing (CEMS & PEMS), Calibration Error/Calibration Gas Audits, and Predictive Emission Monitoring System (PEMS) Validation.