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Development of Mobile Tracer Correlation Method for Quantification of Emissions from Landfills and Other Large Area Sources
Citation:
Thoma, E. Development of Mobile Tracer Correlation Method for Quantification of Emissions from Landfills and Other Large Area Sources. In Proceedings, Global Waste Management Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, September 30 - October 03, 2012. US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, 3, (2012).
Impact/Purpose:
Abstract for presentation on new large area source measurment approach GMAp-REQ-TC to be presented at Global Waste Management Symposium, Sept. 30 - Oct.3, 2012, Phoenix, AZ.
Description:
There is an emerging need to develop cost effective measurement methods for greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions from large area sources such as landfills, waste water treatment ponds, open area processing units, agricultural operations, CO2 sequestration fields, and site remediation activities. On-site emission measurements from large area sources are complicated by their spatial extent and heterogeneous nature. In principle, off-site observations from kilometer-scale standoff distances enables estimates of emissions from the entire source footprint. This whole-facility approach provides a complimentary assessment of emissions to that found by discrete point quantification and may offer some measurement and implementation cost advantages over on-site approaches. This presentation reviews progress on development of an EPA test method for large area sources based on a mobile tracer correlation approach. This research is being conducted under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development and Waste Management and is focusing on assessment of methane emissions from landfills as a primary method development objective.
