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Main Title Improvements to Single-Source Model. Volume I. Time-Concentration Relationships.
Author Mills, Michael T. ; Stern., Roger W. ;
CORP Author GCA Corp., Bedford, Mass. GCA Technology Div.;Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, N.C. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
Year Published 1977
Report Number EPA-68-02-1376; EPA/450/3-77/003a;
Stock Number PB-264 686
Additional Subjects Sulfur dioxide ; Electric power plants ; Time measurement ; Air pollution ; Concentration(Composition) ; Combustion products ; Industrial wastes ; Sampling ; Plant location ; Mathematical models ; Plumes ; Data analysis ; Chimneys ; Sites ; Statistical analysis ; Monitoring ; Graphic methods ; Air pollution sampling ; Air quality maintenance ; Point sources ; Fuel substitutes
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NTIS  PB-264 686 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Reliable estimates of maximum 3-hour and 24-hour SO2 concentrations due to power plant emissions are required for a variety of environmental assessment activities associated with air quality maintenance planning, fuel switching, plant siting and tall stack policy evaluations. Either of two methods are generally employed for the prediction of maximum SO2 concentrations for these two averaging times. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect upon ratio distribution statistics if only peak concentrations above a certain cutoff value were analyzed. This report describes the plant site characteristics and the meteorological and air quality data bases used in the study. This will be followed by a discussion of the ratio distributions and their associated statistics, including an analysis of the variation of these parameters for different plant sites and peak concentration cutoffs. The report concludes with a discussion regarding the general applicability of these results to other point sources.