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Industrial Sectors Integrated Solutions (ISIS) - An Engineering–Economic and Multi-Pollutant Modeling Framework for Comprehensive Regulatory Analyses
Citation:
Modak, N., G. Bhander, Alex Macpherson, AND E. Torres. Industrial Sectors Integrated Solutions (ISIS) - An Engineering–Economic and Multi-Pollutant Modeling Framework for Comprehensive Regulatory Analyses. Presented at American Istitute of Chemical Engineers Annual Conference, Pittsburg, PA, October 29 - November 02, 2012.
Impact/Purpose:
This presentation describes the mathematical framework of ISIS model and how it tries to find a desirable and optimal solution to protect the environment while maximizing the industry profit
Description:
Based on the National Academy of Science’s 2004 report, “Air Quality Management in the United States”, the National Research Council (NRC) recommended to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that standard setting, planning, and control strategy development should be based on integrated assessments that consider multiple pollutants, and that these integrated assessments should be conducted in a comprehensive and coordinated manner. Based on these recommendations, EPA began to move toward establishing multi-pollutant sector-based approaches to manage air quality and environmental protection. However, an appropriate mathematical modeling framework was required to facilitate the analyses needed to support this new approach to air quality management. After careful consideration of analytical needs, EPA initiated development of the Industrial Sectors Integrated Solutions (ISIS) model.
