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RECORD NUMBER: 358 OF 1771

Main Title Concentrations from Above-Roof Releases of Laboratory Exhausts: A Wind Tunnel Study.
Author Thompson, R. S. ;
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Lab.
Publisher 1991
Year Published 1991
Report Number EPA/600/A-92/067;
Stock Number PB92-164821
Additional Subjects Air pollution sampling ; Stacks ; Atmospheric diffusion ; Emission factors ; Wind tunnels ; Laboratories ; Point sources ; Concentration(Composition) ; Design criteria ; Pollution sources ; Buildings ; Aerodynamics ; Reprints ;
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NTIS  PB92-164821 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The aerodynamics of a building must be considered in selecting the location of the release point for laboratory exhaust. Releases too low may be entrained by the highly turbulent flow region and result in high concentrations on the building surface where building air intakes are located. Higher releases may result in high concentrations at ground level downwind of the building. Concentration measurements from a wind-tunnel study for several release locations above each of four rectangular buildings are presented and compared with some previous measurements and formulas. Both surface and ground-level values are presented. The ground-level concentrations are used to compute 'building amplification factors,' which are defined as the ratio of the maximum concentration from a source above the building to the maximum observed from the same source in the absence of the building. This simple measure of the influence of the building on the ground-level concentration showed the influence of the building to extend well above the building cavity.