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  • Atmospheric Chemistry
  • Air Quality Modeling

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  • Emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from combustion sources exhibit significant variability due to fuel content, operational load, and transient conditions.
  • Traditional air dispersion modeling often uses a single, constant peak emission rate, failing to capture real-world emissions fluctuations.
  • This limitation poses challenges for meeting probabilistic 1-hour ambient air quality standards for SO2 and NO2.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate a statistical technique, the Emissions Variability Processor (EMVAP), for incorporating emissions variability into air dispersion modeling.
  • To enable realistic assessments for probabilistic 1-hour ambient air quality standards for SO2 and NO2.
  • To provide a method for determining appropriate long-term average emission rates that ensure protection of National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

Main Methods:

  • Developed EMVAP as a postprocessor for AERMOD, utilizing Monte Carlo sampling from user-specified emission rate distributions.
  • Simulated hundreds or thousands of years of concentration predictions by varying emissions hourly.
  • Incorporated an advanced Tier 2 NO2 modeling technique using a varying ambient ratio method.

Main Results:

  • EMVAP successfully accounts for emissions variability in dispersion modeling, producing probabilistic concentration estimates.
  • Evaluations on field databases demonstrated that EMVAP provides a suitably modest overestimation of design concentrations.
  • The 'critical value' concept was introduced to establish a baseline for evaluating emissions variability impacts.

Conclusions:

  • EMVAP is an effective tool for addressing emissions variability in air quality modeling for SO2 and NO2.
  • The technique enhances the accuracy of dispersion modeling for probabilistic 1-hour NAAQS compliance.
  • EMVAP facilitates informed decisions regarding emission limitations, particularly for sources with infrequent high emissions.