Air Permits and Source Testing for Boilers in California
Air district permit support, burner tuning before the test, and on-site support during source testing, so your boiler meets its NOx and CO limits.
Code-built boilers and vessels
Code repairs and alterations
Factory-authorized Tech Center
Factory-authorized Burner Tech Center
Fifth generation, family-owned
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McKenna Boiler Works, Inc. helps plants across California keep boilers in compliance with their air district permits. On McKenna boilers and other brands, McKenna supports permit applications for new, replaced, and retrofitted boilers, tunes burners before source tests, is on site during the test to make adjustments, and performs periodic portable analyzer checks. McKenna technicians are certified by South Coast AQMD for portable analyzer testing. For boilers of 2,000,000 Btu/hr or less, McKenna has units pre-certified to South Coast AQMD Rule 1146.2. Family-owned since 1921. Call (323) 987-1816 or email info@mckennaboiler.com.
What we do
Air permit and source test support.
- Permit application support for new, replaced, and retrofitted boilers
- Burner tuning before the source test
- On site during the source test to make adjustments
- Periodic portable analyzer checks by South Coast AQMD-certified technicians
- Combustion records kept for your permit file
- Ultra-low NOx retrofits when a boiler can't meet a new limit
Air districts
Air district rules we work with.
South Coast AQMD
Rules 1146, 1146.1, and 1146.2 for boilers by size.
San Diego County APCD
Rules 69.2, 69.2.1, and 69.2.2.
San Joaquin Valley APCD
Rule 4320 and Rules 4306 through 4308.
Other districts
Bay Area AQMD Regulation 9, Rules 6 and 7; Sacramento Metropolitan AQMD Rules 411 and 414; Ventura County APCD Rules 74.15 and 74.15.1; and other districts with their own limits.
McKenna recommends quarterly combustion tuning between tests. South Coast AQMD Rule 1146 requires monthly portable analyzer checks until three compliant checks in a row allow quarterly checks.
How it runs
How source test support runs.
01
Review the permit
We read your permit conditions and the limits the boiler has to meet.
02
Pre-test tuning
We check and tune the burner across the firing range before test day.
03
Test day
We’re on site with the boiler during the source test to make adjustments.
04
Keep it in compliance
Quarterly tuning and combustion records between tests.
Why McKenna
Why plants use McKenna for air compliance.
Burner and controls Tech Centers
Factory-authorized Limpsfield Burner Tech Center and Autoflame Tech Center.
Rule 1146.2 units
For boilers of 2,000,000 Btu/hr or less, units pre-certified to South Coast AQMD Rule 1146.2.
Retrofits when needed
Ultra-low NOx burner retrofits, as low as 2.5 ppm NOx (corrected to 3% O2) on select models.
One company
Permit support, tuning, testing support, and retrofits.
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McKenna Boiler Works, Inc. supports air district permit applications and source testing for boilers across California, and tunes and retrofits burners to meet NOx and CO limits.