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1 Global Calibration Gases LLC 1090 Commerce Blvd N Sarasota, FL ISO 17025:2005 Accredited For Calibration and Testing PGVP: N22016

2 GLOBAL CALIBRATION GASES IS A WORLD CLASS MANUFACTURER OF PRECISION CALIBRATION GAS STANDARDS AND CUSTOM GAS MIXTURES. WE OFFER OUR PRODUCTS BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY THROUGH A NETWORK OF AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS SELECTED BASED ON THEIR EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRODUCTS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE CUSTOMERS THEY SERVE.

3 AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS IN THE USA AND CANADA: THROUGH A NETWORK OF INDEPENDENT WELDING SUPPLY DISYRIBUTORS THAT BELONG TO IWDC (INDEPENDENT WELDING DISTRIBUTOR CO-OP) AND OTHER SELECT DISTRIBUTOR BUYING GROUPS IN LATIN AND SOUTH AMERICA: THROUGH GLOBAL SYSTEMS LLC IN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST: THROUGH AGT INTERNATIONAL IN ASIA AND AUSTRALIA: THROUGH SCIENTIFIC GASES CORP

4 PROUDLY SERVING POWER PLANTS MANUFACTURING FIBRE OPTICS FOOD & BEVERAGE NATURAL GAS SEMICONDUCTOR PHARMACEUTICALS AIR QUALITY PULP & PAPER RESEARCH PETROCHEMICALS WATER QUALITY

5 EXTENSIVE CYLINDER PREPARATION TECHNOLOGY EXCLUSIVE TO GLOBAL CALIBRATION GASES LLC CYL-INERT IS A PROPRIATERY ALUMINUM CYLINDER TREATMENTT PROCESS PERFECTED OVER 40 YEARS OF SERVICE. THIS TREATMENT GUARANTEES THE LONG TERM STABILITY OF LOW CONCENTRATION REACTIVE GAS MIXTURES. THIS STABILITY IS ESSENTIAL TO MEET THE EXTENDED SHELF LIFE REQUIREMETS OF EPA PROTOCOL GAS MIXTURES. CYL-INERT IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF SPECIAL GAS SERVICES INC.

6 GAS BLENDING TECHNOLOGY STATE OF THE ART BLENDING STATIONS DEDICATED TO INDIVIDUAL GAS SERVICES ARE COUPLED WITH THE MOST ADVANCED GRAVIMETRIC CAPABILITIES IN THE INDUSTRY. SCALES ARE CHECKED FOR ACCURACY AGAINST NIST TRACEABLE CLASS 1 WEIGHTS CERTIFIED ANNUALLY BY AN INDEPENDENT ISO17025 NVLAP ACCREDITED METROLOGY INSTITUTE TO ECHELON 1 STANDARDS. GRAVIMETRIC METHODOLOGY IS IN STRICT ACCORDANCE WITH ISO 6142.

7 ANALYTICAL CAPABILITIES NON-DISPERSIVE INFRARED FLAME IONIZATION THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY CHEMILUMINESCENCE ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTROLYTIC MICRO-TCD/GC TECHNOLOGY PULSED DID GC TEHNOLOGY PHOTO-IONIZATION

8 ISO/IEC 17025:2005 ACCREDITATION CALIBRATION

9 ISO/IEC 17025:2005 ACCREDITATION TESTING

10 OUR CORE COMPETENCY EPA Protocol Gas Mixtures The EPA Protocol (EPA-600/R-97/121 September 1997) EPA Traceability Protocol for Assay and Certification of Gaseous Calibration Standards Acid Rain Requirements Appendices A and B to 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 75 which describe specification and test procedures for continuous emissions monitors including daily calibration tests and periodic accuracy tests (RATA). 40 CFR Analytical gases GLOBAL CALIBRATION GASES LLC: PGVP ID # N22016

11 2012 Revision of EPA Traceability Protocol EPA 600/R-12/531 May 2012 Publication in June 2012 with recent technical corrections Specialty gas producers have one year to implement the changes New website for protocol, Excel spreadsheets, Q&A compilation md/db-traceability-protocol.html

12 EPA 600/R-12/531 May 2012 This is a 174 page document and is referred to as The Green Book

13 The Changes Were Dramatic and Costly to Producers 1) Expiration dating was changed to more closely resemble the shelf life of the SRMs available. 2) Statistical requirements supporting the accuracy of the analyses were drastically tightened-students t Test vs. TOST (Schuirmann s two one-sided tests). 3) The regulated community must use EPA Protocol Gases from PGVP vendors. 4) Protocol Gases in the field may be re-certified to the new expiration periods.

14 PGVP Ambient Audit (EPA Region 2 & 7) The AA-PGVP QA requirements in 40 CFR Part 58, Appendix A require: "2.6 Gaseous and Flow Rate Audit Standards. Gaseous pollutant concentration standards (permeation devices or cylinders of compressed gas) used to obtain test concentrations for CO, SO2, NO, and NO2 must be traceable to either a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Traceable Reference Material (NTRM), NIST Standard Reference Materials (SRM) and Netherlands Measurement Institute (NMi) Primary Reference Materials (valid as covered by Joint Declaration of Equivalence) or a NISTcertified Gas Manufacturer's Internal Standard (GMIS), certified in accordance with one of the procedures given in reference 4 of this appendix. Vendors advertising certification with the procedures provided in reference 4 of this appendix and distributing gases as 'EPA Protocol Gas' must participate.

15 PGVP Source Level Audit (Blind Audit) "On and after May 27, 2011 for each unit subject to this part that uses EPA Protocol gases, the owner or operator must obtain such gases from either an EPA Protocol gas production site that is on the EPA list of sites participating in the PGVP on the date the owner or operator procures such gases or from a reseller that sells to the owner or operator unaltered EPA Protocol gases produced by an EPA Protocol gas production site that was on the EPA list of participating sites on the date the reseller procured such gases."

16 Most Recent Audit Results A maximum bias of 2.0% Is Allowable and Acceptable Carbon Monoxide EPA Protocol Gas Verification Program Date of Assay: Cylinder under Test: 16-Dec-14 Global EB Pollutant Gas: Carbon Monoxide Balance Gas: Nitrogen Cylinder Pressure After Assay: 1990psig Assayed CO Concentration = Vendor Certified CO Concentration = 2993 % bias = -0.39% 95% uncertainty of analysis = 0.38% Oxides Of Nitrogen EPA Protocol Gas Verification Program Date of Assay: 15-Dec-14 Cylinder under Test: Global EB Pollutant Gas: Nitric Oxide Balance Gas: Nitrogen Cylinder Pressure After Assay: 1900psig Assayed NO Concentration = Vendor Certified NO Concentration = % bias = 0.31% 95% Uncertainty of Analysis = 0.27% Assayed NOx Concentration = Vendor Certified NOx Concentration = % bias = -0.29% Sulfur Dioxide EPA Protocol Gas Verification Program Date of Assay: Cylinder under Test: 11-Dec-14 Pollutant Gas: Balance Gas: Cylinder Pressure After Assay: Global EB Sulfur Dioxide Nitrogen 1925psig Assayed SO2 Concentration = Vendor Certified SO2 Concentration = % bias = 0.22% 95% uncertainty of analysis = 0.20% Reference Gas: SRM 2639a CAL Expiration Date: 18-Jan-16 Analyst: Analytical Facility: Avi Teitz/Mustafa Mustafa EPA Region 2 Ambient Air Standards Laboratory, Edison, NJ 95% Uncertainty of Analysis = 0.13% Reference Gas: Expiration Date: Analyst: Analytical Facility: SRM 1683b CAL Jun-16 Avi Teitz/Mustafa Mustafa EPA Region 2 Ambient Air Standards Laboratory, Edison, NJ Reference Gas: SRM 1693a CAL Expiration Date: 1-Jun-16 Carbon Monoxide -0.39% Nitric Oxide -0.31% Sulfur Dioxide +0.22% Analyst: Analytical Facility: Avi Teitz/Mustafa Mustafa EPA Region 2 Ambient Air Standards Laboratory, Edison, NJ

17 Global EPA Protocol Gas Verification Program Date of Assay: 15-Dec-15 Cylinder under Test: Pollutant Gas: Balance Gas: Cylinder Pressure After Assay: Global EB Nitric Oxide Nitrogen 1950psig Assayed NO Concentration = Vendor Certified NO Concentration = NO/Nox % bias = 1.41% 95% Uncertainty of Analysis = 0.77% Assayed NOx Concentration = Vendor Certified NOx Concentration = % bias = -0.49% 95% Uncertainty of Analysis = 0.68% Reference Gas: Expiration Date: SRM 1683b CAL Jun-16 Analyst: Avi Teitz/Mustafa Mustafa Analytical Facility: EPA Region 2 Ambient Air Standards Laboratory, Edison, NJ 17

18 Global EPA Protocol Gas Verification Program Date of Assay: 10-Dec-15 Cylinder under Test: Pollutant Gas: Balance Gas: Cylinder Pressure After Assay: Global EB Sulfur Dioxide Nitrogen 1950psig Assayed SO2 Concentration = Vendor Certified SO2 Concentration = % bias = -0.06% SO2 95% uncertainty of analysis = 0.25% Reference Gas: Expiration Date: SRM 1693a CAL Jun-16 Analyst: Avi Teitz/Mustafa Mustafa Analytical Facility: EPA Region 2 Ambient Air Standards Laboratory, Edison, NJ 18

19 Global EPA Protocol Gas Verification Program Date of Assay: 17-Dec-15 Cylinder under Test: Pollutant Gas: Balance Gas: Cylinder Pressure After Assay: Global EB Carbon Monoxide Nitrogen 1950psig Assayed CO Concentration = Vendor Certified CO Concentration = 2975 % bias = -0.33% CO 95% uncertainty of analysis = 0.51% Reference Gas: Expiration Date: Analyst: SRM 2639a CAL Jan-16 Avi Teitz/Mustafa Mustafa Analytical Facility: EPA Region 2 Ambient Air Standards Laboratory, Edison, NJ 19

20 NIST RESEARCH GAS MATERIALS Bias = 0.002% Absolute Bias = 0.003% Absolute

21 The most common Protocols produced are: Oxygen (O2) Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Carbon Monoxide (CO) Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Propane (C3H8) Methane (CH4) Customers under EPA regulations CFR 40 part 60 and part 75 use these mixtures as well as stack testing professionals performing CFR 40 Part 60 Appendix A analyzer method compliance sampling, namely Methods 3A, 6C, 7E, 10A, 320, and 321.

22 EPA Method Method Requirements

23 40 CFR Analytical gases (ii) Table 1 of General specifications for purified gases Constituent Purified synthetic air 1 Purified N 1 2 THC (C 1 equivalent) 0.05 µmol/mol 0.05 µmol/mol. CO 1 µmol/mol 1 µmol/mol. CO 2 10 µmol/mol 10 µmol/mol. O to mol/mol 2 µmol/mol. NO X 0.02 µmol/mol 0.02 µmol/mol. N 2 O µmol/mol 0.05 µmol/mol. (i) FID fuel. Use FID fuel with a stated H 2 concentration of (0.39 to 0.41) mol/mol, balance He, and a stated total hydrocarbon concentration of 0.05 µmol/mol or less.

24 Additional Capabilities NIST Traceable Primary Standards per ISO 6142 BTU (Natural Gas) Standards including hexanes+, nonane, decane, undecane and dodecane Multi-component BTEX mixtures (including O, M, and P-Xylene) Multi-component sulfur gas standards including COS, CS2, and C1-C4 mercaptans Multi-component gas phase hydrocarbon blends through C12 Multi-component VOC standards Low ppm DID standards Low ppm Moisture standards Low ppm oxygen standards traceable to VSL Rare Gas laser blends (Excluding Excimer Laser Blends)

25 What we do not do (but would like to) Pure hydrocarbons for re-sale Liquid hydrocarbon blends Piston cylinder blends TO 14/15/17 blends BAR 97 blends Grade 6.0 helium, argon, and nitrogen Grade 5.0 helium, argon, and nitrogen Semiconductor dopant blends 6000 psi filling Excimer laser blends

26 Coming Soon! The Specialty Gas Institute Hosted by: Global Calibration Gases