U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268

A -- REPLACEMENT CONTROL PANEL FOR ROTARY KILN INCINERATOR SIMULATOR SOL CI-97-10386 POC Kathleen Roe, (513) 366-2144, fax: (513) 366-2107 WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: U.S. EPA -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, roe.kathleen @epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Air Pollution Prevention & Control Division in RTP, North Carolina, has a requirement for a replacement control panel for the EPA rotary kiln incinerator simulator (RKIS), a research combustor with a primary burner and a secondary burner, which has been used for approximately 10 years of research projects. The control panels that measure and control the amount of fuel (natural gas, No 2 fuel oil, and/or liquid solvent) and combustion air to each burner has been significantly modified over the years and as a result is a convoluted, confusing system to operate, and no current electrical diagram exists. The contractor shall provide a new burner flow control panel and flame safety interlock system, install the system on the RKIS facility (replacing the old flow control system), and train the RKIS operators on how to use the new system. The contractor shall provide a rack mounted panel for measuring and controlling the fuel and oxidant flow to the RKIS facility. The control panel shall also include the flame safety interlock system. Pumps for independent measurement and control of fuel oil and/or liquid solvent (as simulated hazardous wastes) are required. Each burner shall be independently fired on either natural gas or liquid fuels (combination of fuel oil and solvent), but not both gaseous and liquid fuels at the same time. The two burners shall each nominally fire at 250,000 Btu/hr, with operating extremes of 100,000 Btu/hr at the low end, up to 350,000 Btu/hr at the high end. Combustion air shall be supplied by a forced air blower, and shall be capable of operating at air/fuel stoichiometric ratios ranging from 0.8 to 2.0. The flow measurement devices shall have analog outputs so that fuel and air flow rates can be communicated to the automatic data acquisition system. The flame safety interlock system shall shut off fuel flow if a failure condition exists. Certain specific failure conditions will also shut off the combustion air blower. The system shall be installed into the laboratory where the RKIS facility is located. The EPA anticipates the award of fixed price contract as a small business set aside. The RFP should be downloaded from the web site when it is issued in approximately four weeks. However, a limited number of hard copies will be available. Requests for hard copies must be made in writing via fax or e-mail. (0098)

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