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Atmospheric Air Pollutant Dispersion
• Atmospheric Stability• Air Temperature Lapse Rates• Atmospheric Air Inversions• Atmospheric Mixing Height• Dispersion from Point Emission Sources• Dispersion Coefficients
Estimate air pollutant concentrationsdownwind of emission point sources.
Downwind Air Pollution Concentrations Are a function of:
In CEE490/ENVH 461 class we willPrimarily use EPA SCREEN software
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Atmospheric Air Vertical Stability
• Adiabatic vertical air movement causes a change in pressure and temperature:
– dT/dz = g/Cp = γd (dry adiabatic lapse rate)γd = 9.8 K/km
--Stable lapse rate: γ < γd– Unstable lapse rate: γ > γd
ft 10005.4F
meters 1000K 9.76
ΔZΔT
AltitudeΔTemp
Rate Lapse AdiabaticDry oo
===Δ
=
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Atmospheric StabilityCharacterized by vertical temperature
gradients (Lapse Rates)– Dry adiabatic lapse rate (Γ) = 0.976 oC/100 m ~
1 oC/100 m– International standard lapse rate = 0.0066 oC/m
Does the air temperature lapse rate have anything to do with air quality?Yes, because it is related to amount of vertical mixing of emitted air pollutants.
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• First Law of Thermodynamics
• Barometric Equation
gdZdP ρ−=
dPdTCdPdhdq p ρυ 1
−=−== 0 for adiabatic expansion
p
p
Cg
dZdT
gdZdPdTC
−=⇒
−=ρ
=⇒1
Lapse Rate
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Air Temperature Lapse Rates
Invers
ion
Invers
ion
SubadiabaticSubadiabatic
Superadiabatic
Superadiabatic
TT
100 m100 m
ElevationElevation(m)(m)
Temperature (Temperature (ooCC))
Dry Adiabatic Lapse RateDry Adiabatic Lapse Rate
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Stability ConditionsAdiabatic lapse rate
Actual Air Temperature lapse rate
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Diurnal Cycle of SurfaceHeating /Cooling
z
T0
1 km
MIDDAY
NIGHT
MORNING
Mixingdepth
Subsidenceinversion
NIGHT MORNING AFTERNOON
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Actual Temperature Sounding
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Superadiabatic Lapse Rates (Unstable air)• Temperature decreases are greater than -10o C/1000 meters
• Occur on sunny days• Characterized by intense vertical mixing• Excellent dispersion conditions
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Atmospheric StabilitySuperadiabatic – Strong Lapse Rate
Unstable Conditions
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Neutral Air Temp Lapse Rates• Temperature decrease with altitude is similar to the adiabatic lapse rate• Results from:
– Cloudy conditions– Elevated wind speeds– Day/night transitions
• Describes OK dispersion conditions
Isothermal Lapse Rates (Weakly Stable)• Characterized by no temperature change with height• Atmosphere is somewhat stable• Dispersion conditions are moderate
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Atmospheric StabilitySubadiabatic – Weak Lapse Rate
Stable Conditions
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• 2 major types of inversion:Subsidence: descent of a layer of air within a high pressure
air mass (descending air increases pressure & temp.)Radiation: thermal radiation at night from the earth’s
surface into the clear night sky
RadiationInversion
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Inverted Air Temp Lapse Rates (Strongly Stable)Characterized by increasing air temperature with height
Does it occur during the day or at night? (Both)Is it associated with high or low air pressure systems? (High)Does it improve or deteriorate air quality? (deteriorate)
www.ew.govt.nz/enviroinfo/air/weather.htm
www.co.mendocino.ca.us/aqmd/Inversions.htm
Inversion
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• Inversion: Air Temperature increases with altitude
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Radiation Inversions• Result from radiational cooling of the ground• Occur on cloudless nights and clear sky – nocturnal• Are intensified in valleys (heavier cooled air descends to valley floor)
• Cause air pollutants to be “trapped” (poor vertical transport)
What happens to inversion when sun rises?
www.co.mendocino.ca.us/aqmd/Inversions.htm
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Radiation Inversions• Inversion Breaks up after sunrise• Breakup results in elevated ground level concentrations• Breakup described as a fumigation
Red Line is Air Temperature Blue Line is adiabatic air temp lapse
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Radiation Inversions• Elevated inversions are formed over urban areas
– Due to heat island effect
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Subsidence Inversion• Associated with atmospheric high-pressure systems• Inversion layer is formed aloft due to subsiding air• Persists for days
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Subsidence Inversion• Migrating high-pressure systems: contribute to the hazy
summer conditions• Semi-permanent marine high-pressure systems
www.oceansatlas.org/.../datard.htm
– Results in a large number of sunny calm days
– Inversion layer closest to the ground on continental side
– Responsible for air stagnation over Southern California
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• Advective - warm air flows over a cold surface
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• Mixing Height = Height of air that is mixed and where dispersion occurs
What is the Mixing Height in a radiational inversion? When does the max MH occur during a day? Min MH?Which season has the max MH? Min MH?Why does Phoenix have a larger MH than New Orleans?Why is agricultural burning allowed only during daytime?
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Air Pollutant Dispersion from Point Sources• Plume rise affects dispersion and transport
– Affects maximum ground level concentrations– Affects distance to maximum ground level conc.
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Lapse Rates and Atmospheric StabilityWeak Lapse Condition (Coning)
WindWind
Z = altitude T = TempΓ = adiabatic lapse rate
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Strong wind, no turbulence
What is the stability class? (dashed line is adiabatic lapse rate) C
Is there good vertical mixing? OKOn sunny or cloudy days? Partly cloudyGood for dispersing pollutants? OK
Stack Plume: Coning
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Lapse Rates and Atmospheric StabilityInversion Condition (Fanning)
WindWind
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What is the stability class? (solid line is actual air temperature with altitude air temp lapse rate)
What is the top view of the plume?
http://www.med.usf.edu/~npoor/4
Stack Plume: Fanning
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Why can’t the pollutants be dispersed upward?Plume trapped by inversion above stack height.
Does it happen during the day or night? Morning
Stack Plume: Fumigation
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Lapse Rates and Atmospheric StabilityInversion Below, Lapse Aloft (Lofting)
WindWind
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Why can’t the pollutants be dispersed downward?
What time of the day or night does this happen?Evening – night as radiation inversion forms
Stack Plume: Lofting
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Lapse Rates and Atmospheric StabilityWeak Lapse Below, Inversion Aloft (Trapping)
WindWind
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What weather conditions cause plume trapping?Radiation inversion at ground level, subsidence
inversion at higher altitude (evening – night)
Stack Plume: Trapping
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Stack Plume: Looping
Is it at stable or unstable condition? UnstableHigh or low wind speed? Low wind speed.Does it happen during the day or night? DayIs it good for dispersing pollutants? Yes
http://www.med.usf.edu/~npoor/3
Strong turbulence
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Dilution of Pollutants in the Atmosphere
• Air movement can dilute and remove pollutants (removal by absorption and deposition by snow, rain, & to surfaces)
• Pollutant dilution is variable, from quite good to quite poor, according to the wind velocity and the air stability (lapse rate).
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Characteristics of Dispersion Models
• The accuracy of air pollutant dispersion models varies according to the complexity of the terrain and the availability of historic meteorological data.
• The acceptability of the results of dispersion models varies with the experience and viewpoint of the modeler, the regulator and the intervener.
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Air Quality ModelingGaussian Dispersion Model
EPA Air Quality Models (SCREEN TSCREEN,ISC, AERMOD, etc.) are computer software with equation parameters that include pollutant emission rate Q (gms/sec), stack height (meters), stack inside diameter at exit, stack gas temp, stack gas exit velocity(m/s) ambient air temp, receptor height (m), topography, etc. and calculate the downwind air pollutant concentrations. The EPA dispersion software models are used to:
1. Evaluate compliance with NAAQS & prevention of significant air quality deterioration (PSD required for permit to construct)2. Find pollutant emission reductions required.3. Review permit to construct applications.
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Is the Air Quality OK?What is the level of my exposure to these emissions? Is my family safe? Where is a safe location with regards to air quality? How about the adverse impact on the environment (plants, animals, buildings)?How to predict the impact of air pollutant emissions resulting from population growth? Where is the cleanest air; in city center, in rural area?Note: Children health (respiratory effects) has been correlated to the distance from their home to nearest highway or busy street (diesel engine emissions)
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• SCREEN3, TSCREEN, • ISC (Industrial Source Complex),• AERMOD
When are model applications required for regulatory purposes?
AERMOD stands for AERMOD stands for AAmerican Meteorological Society merican Meteorological Society EEnvironmental Protection Agency nvironmental Protection Agency RRegulatory egulatory ModModelelFormally Proposed as replacement for ISC in 2000Formally Proposed as replacement for ISC in 2000Adopted as Preferred Model November 9, 2005Adopted as Preferred Model November 9, 2005
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Regulatory Application of Models• PSD: Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality
in relatively clean areas (e.g. National Parks, Wilderness Areas, Indian Reservations)
• SIP: State Implementation Plan revisions for existing sources and for New Source Reviews (NSR)
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Classifications of Air Quality Models• Developed for a number of air pollutant types and
time periods– Short-term models – for a few hours to a few
days; worst case episode conditions– Long-term models – to predict seasonal or
annual average concentrations; health effects due to exposure
• Classified by– Non-reactive models – pollutants such as SO2 and CO– Reactive models – pollutants such as O3, NO2, etc.
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Air Quality Models
• Classified by coordinate system used– Grid-based
• Region divided into an array of cells• Used to determine compliance with NAAQS
– Trajectory• Follow plume as it moves downwind
• Classified by sophistication level– Screening: simple estimation use preset, worst-
case meteorological conditions to provide conservative estimates.
– Refined: more detailed treatment of physical and chemical atmospheric processes; require more detailed and precise meteorological and topographical input data.
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• Screening models available at: www.epa.gov/scram001/tt22.htm#screen
• Preferred models available at: http://www.epa.gov/scram001/tt22.htm#rec– A single model found to outperform others
• Selected on the basis of other factors such as past use, public familiarity, cost or resource requirements and availability
• No further evaluation of a preferred model is required
US EPA Air Quality Models
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Gaussian Dispersion Models• Most widely used• Based on the assumption
– plume spread results primarily by diffusion – horizontal & vertical pollutant concentrations in
the plume have double Gaussian distribution)
H
x
y
z
uQ
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Gaussian Model Assumptions
• Gaussian dispersion modeling based on a number of assumptions including– Source pollutant emission rate = constant (Steady-state) – Constant Wind speed, wind direction, and atmospheric
stability class– Pollutant Mass transfer primarily due to bulk air
motion in the x-direction– No pollutant chemical transformations occur– Wind speeds are >1 m/sec. – Limited to predicting concentrations > 50 m downwind
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Gaussian Dispersion Model
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Characteristics of Pollutant Plume
Horizontal (y) and vertical (z) dispersion, is caused by eddies and random shifts of wind direction.
• Key parameters are:– Physical stack height (h) – Plume rise (Δh)– Effective stack height (H) – Wind speed (ux)
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Plume Dispersion Coordinate System
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The Gaussian Model• C = C(x, y, z, stability)
• σy and σz depend on the atmospheric conditions• Atmospheric stability classifications are defined
in terms of surface wind speed, incoming solar radiation and cloud cover
⎭⎬⎫
⎩⎨⎧
⎟⎟⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛ +−+⎟⎟
⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛ −−⎟
⎟⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛−= 2
2
2
2
2
2 )(21exp)(
21exp
21exp
2 zzyzy
HzHzyQCσσσσπσ
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( ) ( )⎥⎥⎦
⎤
⎢⎢⎣
⎡⎟⎟⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛
σ−
+σ
−σπσ
= 2
2
2
2
21exp
2,,
zyzy
Hzyu
QzyxC
Gaussian Dispersion Equation
σy & σz = f(downwind distance x & atmos stability)• Q = pollutant emission rate (grams/sec)• H = effective stack height (meters) = stack height + plume rise• u = wind speed (m/sec)
σy = horizontal crosswind dispersion coefficient (meters)σz = vertical dispersion coefficient (meters)
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Plume Dispersion EquationsGeneral Equation – Plume with Reflection for Plume Height H
( ) ( )⎥⎥⎦
⎤
⎢⎢⎣
⎡
⎭⎬⎫
⎩⎨⎧
⎟⎟⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛ +−+⎟⎟
⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛ −−•⎟⎟
⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛−•=
2
2
2
2
2
2
2222 zzyzy
HzHzyuQHzyxC
σσσσσπexpexpexp);,,(
Ground Level Concentration – Plume at Height H
⎥⎥⎦
⎤
⎢⎢⎣
⎡⎟⎟⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛−•⎟⎟
⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛−•=
2
2
2
2
220
zyzy
Hyu
QHyxCσσσσπ
expexp);,,(
Ground Level Center Line Conc (y = 0) – Plume Height H
⎥⎦
⎤⎢⎣
⎡⎟⎟⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛−•=
2
2
200
zzy
Hu
QHxCσσσπ
exp);,,(
Ground Level Center Line – Ground Point Source (y = 0, H = 0)
zyuQxC
σσπ=);,,( 000
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Gaussian Dispersion EquationIf the emission source is at ground level with no
effective plume rise then
( )⎥⎥⎦
⎤
⎢⎢⎣
⎡⎟⎟⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛
σ+
σ−
σπσ= 2
2
2
2
21exp,,
zyzy
zyu
QzyxC
• H is the sum of the physical stack height and plume rise.
Plume Rise
stackactualriseplume hhH +Δ=
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Key to Stability Categories
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Atmospheric Stability Classes
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Horizontal Dispersion Coefficient σy
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Vertical Dispersion Coefficient σz
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Maximum Downwind Ground-Level Concentration (Cmax)
• Pollutants require time (and distance) to reach the ground.
• Cmax decreases as effective plume height H increases.
• Distance to Cmax increases as H increases.
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Maximum Concentration (Cmax) and Distance to Cmax (xmax)
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Maximum Ground Level Concentration
Under moderately stable to near neutral conditions,zy k σσ 1=
The ground level concentration at the center line is
( ) ⎥⎦
⎤⎢⎣
⎡−= 2
2
21 2
exp0,0,zz
Huk
QxCσσπ
The maximum occurs at
2 0/ HddC zz =σ⇒=σ
Once σz is determined, x can be known and subsequently C.
( ) [ ]u
Qu
QxCzyzy σσ
=−σπσ
= 1171.01exp0,0,
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• H is the sum of the physical stack height and plume rise.
Plume Rise
stackactualriseplume hhH +Δ=
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Pollutant Plume Rise
Plume rises from stack exit.
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Plume Rise
• For neutral and unstable atmospheric conditions, buoyant rise can be calculated by
)/ 55F( 425.21 3475.0
smu
Fh riseplume <=Δ
)/ 55F( 71.38 346.0
smu
Fhplume rise >=Δ
Sass TTTdgVF 4/)(2 −=
Vs: Stack exit velocity, m/sd: top inside stack diameter, mTs: stack gas temperature, KTa: ambient temperature, Kg: gravity, 9.8 m/s2
Buoyant plume: Initial buoyancy >> initial momentumForced plume: Initial buoyancy ~ initial momentumJet: Initial buoyancy << initial momentum
where buoyancy flux is
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Carson and Moses: vertical momentum & thermal buoyancy, based on 615 observations involving 26 stacks.
(stable) 24.204.1
(neutral) 64.235.0
(unstable) 15.547.3
uQ
udVh
uQ
udVh
uQ
udVh
hsriseplume
hsriseplume
hsriseplume
+−=Δ
+=Δ
+=Δ
( )asph TTCmQ −= &
ss RT
PVdm4
2π=&
(heat emission rate, kJ/s)
(stack gas mass flow rate. kg/s)
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Wark & Warner, “Air Pollution: Its Origin & Control”
( ) ( ) ( )⎪⎭
⎪⎬⎫
⎪⎩
⎪⎨⎧
⎥⎦
⎤⎢⎣
⎡
σ+
−+⎥⎦
⎤⎢⎣
⎡
σ−
−⎥⎥⎦
⎤
⎢⎢⎣
⎡
σ−
σπσ= 2
2
2
2
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2exp
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Plume is Reflected when it touches ground surface.
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Ground level concentration
⎥⎦
⎤⎢⎣
⎡σ
−⎥⎥⎦
⎤
⎢⎢⎣
⎡
σ−
σπσ= 2
2
2
2
2exp
2exp
zyzy
Hyu
QC
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Dispersion of SO2 from Stack• An industrial boiler is burning at 12 tons of 2.5% sulfur coal/hr
with an emission rate of 151 g/s. The following exist : H = 120m, u = 2 m/s, y = 0. It is one hour before sunrise, and the sky is clear. Find the downwind ground level SO2 concentration at x =2 km, y = 0, and z = 0.
Stability class =σy =σz =C(x=2 km, y=0, z=0) =
⎥⎦
⎤⎢⎣
⎡σ
−⎥⎥⎦
⎤
⎢⎢⎣
⎡
σ−
σπσ= 2
2
2
2
2exp
2exp
zyzy
Hyu
QC
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Dispersion of Ground Level Air Pollutant Emissions
• Air pollutant emissions are from a ground level source with H = 0, u = 4 m/s, Q = 100 g/s, and the stability class = B, what is downwind concentration at x = 200 m, y = 0, and z = 0?
At 200 m:σy =σz =C(x=200 m, y=0, z=0) =
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• Calculate H using plume rise equations for an 80 m high stack (h) with a stack diameter = 4 m, stack gas velocity = 14 m/s, stack gas temperature = 90o C (363K), ambient temperature = 25 oC (298 K), 10 meter high wind speed u at 10 m = 4m/s, and stability class = B. Find the Max Ground Level air pollutant concentration & its (location downwind distance x).
F =Δh plume rise =H =σz =σy =Cmax =
Plume Rise and Max Conc
Residents around the Rock Cement Plant are complaining that its emission are in violation and the ground level concentrations exceed the air quality standards. The plant has its facility within 0.2 km diameter fence. Its effective stack height is 50 m. You are a government agency environmental engineer. Where are you going to locate your air quality monitors? Why?
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Complex Horizontal, Vertical, and Temporal Wind StructureWinds aloft have no continuous measurements
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Meteorology
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In most of cases terrain is not flat terrain – topographic complexity
Complex horizontal, vertical, and temporal dispersion
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Plume Air Pollutant Building Downwash
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Building Downwash
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Building Downwash
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Building Downwash – Short Stack
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Building Downwash – Taller Stack (Not GEP)
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Building Downwash – Tallest Stack
HGEP = 2.5 HBldg Prior to 1979 HGEP = HBldg + 1.5 L
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Cavity and Wakes
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Cavity and Far Wake
Cavity
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Building Downwash for 2 Identical Stack Emissions at Different Locations
The stack on the left is located on top of a building and this structure affects the wind-flow which, in turn, affects the plume trajectory, pulling it down into the cavity zone (near wake) behind the building. The stack on the right is located far enough downwind of the building to be unaffected by the cavity (near wake) effects and is only affected by the air flow in the far wake.
CavityBuilding
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Building Downwash
Cavity
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Cavity and Wakes
ZRZR
2YR
2YR
XR
Cavity
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Aerodynamic Wake• Region where local air velocities are different from
the free stream values• Streamline Separation – at an object
– Eddy Recirculation (generally lower velocity region)– Turbulent Shear Region (generally higher velocity)
• Reattachment of Streamlines• Near Wake (Cavity)
– Usually on the ‘lee’ side of the object.• Far Wake
– Effect of another object on the separated streamlines• Estimation of Wake/Cavity Boundary
– Effect of Building geometry
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Two Points of Concern
• Dispersion of Air Pollutant Plume in the presence of Buildings– What happens to the plume from an existing stack and
existing buildings?
• Design of Stacks in the Presence of Building– What are the design guidelines if a new emission source
is being proposed in an area full of buildings?
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Good Engineering Practice GEP Analysis
• HGEP = good engineering practice height• HGEP = H + 1.5 L
– H = height of adjacent or nearby structure– L = lesser dimension height or proj. width– 5L = region of influence
• The structure with the greatest influence is then used in the model to evaluate wake effects and downwash.
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Good Engineering Practice Stack Height1985 Regulations -GEP Stack height – greater of the following
For All Other Stacks:HGEP = H + 1.5 L
Where H is the height of the nearest building and L = lesser dimension height or projected building width
- a) 65 m from the base of the stack- b) HGEP = 2.5 H
for stacks in existence before Jan, 1979.
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GEP stack height• Building downwash can occur when
HStack = HS < Hb + 1.5LHStack = Height of StackHb = Height of BuildingL = lesser of Hb or PBWPBW = Maximum Projected Building Width
Screen models will do this calculation when the building downwash option is used. If HS > Hb + 1.5L, then building downwash will not be shown in SCREEN results
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Getting Started – Screen 3• Convert all lengths and distances to meters • Convert temperatures to degrees Kelvin• Identify building contributions to air
dispersion (stack emissions)• Screen 3 should be run in regulatory
default mode• Note that SCREEN3 differs from TSCREEN (SCREEN3
can select atmospheric stability classes or run Full Meteorology, will not calculate concentrations at other averaging times, etc.)
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Information Required to run Screen Models for Point Source
• Emission rate (g/s) • Stack Height (m) • Shortest distance to property line • Stack velocity (or volumetric airflow SCREEN3)
• Stack gas temperature (oK) • Stack Inside Diameter • Building Height, Length, Width
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SCREEN Example – Stack emissions
• Emission rate (g/s) .01 g/s • Stack Height 15.24m • Building Height 6.096m • Shortest Distance to property line 91.44m • Stack airflow in acfm 20,000 acfm • Stack gas temperature 294.3° K• Stack inside diameter 1.143m• Building dimensions 30.48m L, 30.48m W, 10.67m H
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SCREEN Example – Stack emissions
Note that this is the output from SCREEN3 software (not TSCREEN)
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SCREEN Example – Stack emissions
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SCREEN Example – Stack emissions
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SCREEN Example – Stack emissions
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SCREEN Example – Stack emissions
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SCREEN Example – Stack emissions
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SCREEN Example – Stack emissions
The most conservative scenario gives a maximum 1The most conservative scenario gives a maximum 1--hr hr concentration of 2.595 ug/mconcentration of 2.595 ug/m3 3 at a distance of 91 metersat a distance of 91 meters
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Flare Emissions Elevated point source
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Screen Model for Flare Source
• Emission Rate • Flare Stack Height • Total Heat Release Rate • Shortest Distance to property line• Influential Building Dimensions
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SCREEN Example – Flare emissions
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SCREEN Example – Flare emissions
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SCREEN Example – Flare emissions
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SCREEN Example – Flare emissions
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Screen Model for Area Source• Emission Rate• Source Release Height• Larger Side Length of Rectangular Area • Smaller Side Length of Rectangular Area • Shortest Distance to property line
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SCREEN Example – Area Source
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SCREEN Example – Flare emissions
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Screen Model for Volume Source
• Emission Rate • Source Release Height • Initial Lateral Dimension • Initial Vertical Dimension • Shortest Distance to Property Line
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Volume Source• Source Release Height is the center of the
Volume Source:If the Source is from a building, the release height is set equal to one half of the building height.
• Volume sources are modeled as a square in Screen3. If the source is not square, the width should be set to the minimum length.
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Volume SourceInitial Lateral Dimension (σy0)
Single Volume Sourceσy0 = length of side divided by 4.3
Line Source composed of several volume sourcesσy0 = length of side divided by 2.15
Line Source composed of separated volume sourcesσy0 = center to center distance divided by 2.15
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Volume SourceInitial Vertical Dimension (σz0)
Surface-Based Source σz0 = vertical dimension of source divided by 2.15
Elevated Source on or adjacent to a buildingσz0 = building height divided by 2.15
Elevated Source not on or adjacent to a buildingσz0 = vertical dimension of source divided by 4.3
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Example – Volume SourceVolume Source from a BuildingVolume Source from a Building
Release Height is Release Height is ½½ of of Building HeightBuilding Height
Vertical Dimension is Vertical Dimension is height of building height of building divided by 2.15divided by 2.15
Lateral Dimension is Lateral Dimension is minimum length of minimum length of building divided by 4.3building divided by 4.3
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SCREEN Example – Volume Source
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SCREEN Example – Volume Source
Initial Lateral Dimension obtained by taking Initial Lateral Dimension obtained by taking building length of 30.48m divided by 4.3building length of 30.48m divided by 4.3
Using a building as the volume source, so the Using a building as the volume source, so the initial vertical dimension is the height of the initial vertical dimension is the height of the building divided by 2.15building divided by 2.15
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SCREEN Example – Volume Source
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SCREEN Example – Volume Source
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Screen model results• Screen model results are all
maximum 1-hr concentrations (except for complex terrain and if SCREEN is run inside of TSCREEN can obtain concentrations in other averaging times).