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Main Title Accuracy of remotely sensed SO2 mass emission rates /
Author Sperling, R. B. ; Peache, M. A. ; Vaughan, W. M.
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Author Title of a Work
Peache, Michael A.
Vaughan, William M.
CORP Author Environmental Measurements, Inc., San Francisco, CA.;Environmental Sciences Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1979
Report Number EPA 600-2-79-094; EPA-68-02-2711
Stock Number PB-298 077
OCLC Number 42371047
Subjects Air--Pollution--Measurement ; Atmospheric nitrous oxide--Measurement ; Sulfur dioxide--Measurement ; Sulphur dioxide--Measurement
Additional Subjects Sulfur dioxide ; Thermal power plants ; Remote sensing ; Wind velocity ; Ultraviolet spectroscopy ; Infrared spectroscopy ; Sampling ; Air pollution ; Concentration(Composition) ; Industrial wastes ; Combustion products ; Electric power plants ; Flux(Rate) ; Mass ; Performance evaluation ; Sites ; Plumes ; Accuracy ; Air pollution sampling ; EPA method 6 ; Numerical solution
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=20015HKJ.PDF
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EHAM  EPA 600-2-79-094 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 05/25/2016
EJBD  EPA 600/2-79/094 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 01/16/2014
EKBD  EPA-600/2-79-094 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 09/07/2001
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-2-79-094 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ESAD  EPA 600-2-79-094 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-298 077 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation viii, 52 pages : illustrations, graphs, maps ; 28 cm.
Abstract
Remote sensing data of single-stack power plant emissions and local wind speed have been analyzed to determined SO2 mass flux for comparison with EPA referenced methods. Four days of SO2 data were gathered from a moving platform by three upward-viewing remote sensors -- two ultraviolet absorption spectrometers and an infrared gas filter spectrometer. Wind velocity data were gathered by a laser-doppler velocimeter (LDV); supplemental data were obtained from a tethered balloon (telemetered) and pilot balloons (optical theodolite). The data matrix (SO2, X-Y position, wind velocity for 120 traverses) was computer processed; the end result was the SO2 mass flux derived from the remote sensing data. Comparisons were made between these SO2 fluxes (averages for 20 minutes and 60 minutes) and those derived from in-stack measurements. The results of the comparisons show the relative accuracy of the remote sensing technique for quantifying SO2 mass emission rates. The analysis shows that as averaging time increases from 20 minutes to 12 hours the difference between the remotely measured SO2 mass flux and the stack sampling SO2 mass flux decreases from about + or - 35% to + or - 10%. In general, no single wind measuring system produced superior results over the other two. The LDV and COSPEC, however, produced the best agreement with Method 6 (+6%) when the plume was transported near the LDV instrument.
Notes
"EPA-600/2-79-094." EPA contract no. 68-02-2711; EPA project officer: W.F. Herget. Includes bibliographical references (page 51).