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Main Title Determination of height for stack near building : wind tunnel study /
Author Snyder, William H.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Lawson, Robert E.
CORP Author Environmental Sciences Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1976
Report Number EPA/600/4-76/001
Stock Number PB-251 839
OCLC Number 20286147
Subjects Chimneys--Testing ; Wind tunnels ; Chimneys--United States--Testing
Additional Subjects Air pollution ; Chimneys ; Wind tunnel models ; Height ; Downwash ; Distance ; Flow visualization ; Smoke ; Buildings ; Optimization ; Formulas(Mathematics) ; Wind direction ; Stack height ; Alternatives ; Atmospheric boundary layer
Internet Access
Description Access URL
https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=9100JWKU.PDF
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
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EJBD  EPA 600-4-76-001 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 03/28/2014
EKBD  EPA-600/4-76-001 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 07/25/2003
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-4-76-001 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ESAD  EPA 600-4-76-001 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-251 839 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 30 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Abstract
Wind tunnel tests were conducted to determine the validity of the 'two-and-one-half-times' rule frequently used to calculate a necessary height for a stack in the vicinity of a building. Model stacks and buildings were placed in a simulated atmospheric boundary layer in a meteorological wind tunnel. Smoke was used for flow visualization and methane for quantitative concentration measurements downwind of the building. These studies showed that the two-and-one-half-times rule for the determination of a necessary stack height in the vicinity of a building is adequate for a building whose width perpendicular to the wind direction is twice its height, but that it is unnecessarily conservative for a tall thin building. An alternative rule, called Briggs' alternative, was shown to be adequate.
Notes
"EPA-600/4-76-001." Includes bibliographical references. Photocopy.