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Main Title The effects of a squat building on short stack effluents : a wind tunnel study /
Author Huber, Alan H. ; Snyder, William H. ; Thompson, Roger S. ; Lawson, Jr, Robert E.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Huber, Alan.
CORP Author Environmental Sciences Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Publisher Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Year Published 1980
Report Number EPA-600/4-80-055
Stock Number PB81-196560
OCLC Number 53458065
Additional Subjects Air pollution ; Chimneys ; Atmospheric diffusion ; Wind tunnels ; Plumes ; Mathematical models ; Wake detection ; Concentration(Composition) ; Smoke ; Gaussian plume models ; NTISEPAORD
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=2000ASUB.PDF
Holdings
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EHAM  EPA-600/4-80-055 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 05/25/2016
EJBD  EPA-600/4-80-055 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 08/13/2013
EKBD  EPA-600/4-80-055 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 11/21/2003
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA-600/4-80-055 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD RPS EPA 600-4-80-055 repository copy AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/17/2014
NTIS  PB81-196560 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation x, 108 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract
In a wind tunnel study, the influence of the highly turbulent region found in the lee of a model building upon plumes emitted from short stacks was examined through smoke visualization and tracer gas concentration mappings. The study was conducted in the Meteorological Wind Tunnel of the EPA Fluid Modeling Facility. A thick, simulated atmospheric boundary layer was used to provide background dispersion. A rectangular shaped building with its length equal to twice its height and width was oriented perpendicular to the approaching wind. In all phases of this study each situation was repeated with the building removed. This allowed for a simple demonstration of the building wake effects. A simple mathematical model provided good estimates of concentrations in the building wake. The building influence was found to be reduced with increases in the effective source height. Application of the '2 1/2 times rule,' that is, an effective source height greater than 2 1/2 times the height of the building, avoids significant influence by the building on the maximum ground-level concentration.
Notes
"December 1980." Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-48). "EPA-600/4-80-055."