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Next Generation Emission Measurements: Helping to Improve Air Quality and Source Understanding
Citation:
Thoma, E., M. MacDonald, W. Champion, I. George, Alireza Gitipour, AND R. Duvall. Next Generation Emission Measurements: Helping to Improve Air Quality and Source Understanding. Air Climate and Energy Research Webinar Series, Durham, NC, October 17, 2023.
Impact/Purpose:
This invited presentation and associated question and answer session will be delivered on Tuesday October 17, 2023 as part of the ORD's Air Climate and Energy Research Webinar series. This webinar reviews ORD's progress on Next Generation Emission Measurements (NGEM) and EPA's Odor Explore App. This public presentation services as partial completion of the NGEM annual summary for 2023.
Description:
Industrial and waste management facilities can emit air pollutants and odorous compounds from fugitive leaks, process malfunctions, and area sources that are difficult to predict, quantify, and manage. These sources can produce a range of environmental and life quality impacts and create significant uncertainty and stress for industries, regulators, and fenceline communities. EPA’s Next Generation Emissions Measurements (NGEM) research program works with a range of partners to develop and test emerging air monitoring tools that can assist facilities in the detection and management of these air pollution sources. NGEM is helping industries reduce emissions and is enabling new measurement-based emissions management and inventory strategies. Lower-cost NGEM tools are now beginning to help fenceline communities better understand the air they breathe. This webinar provides a brief overview of several NGEM techniques that are useful at the interface of industries and communities. Leak detection and fenceline sensors, mobile monitoring, specialized measurements for Air Toxics, and the fusion of sensor data with new information tools, such as EPA’s emerging Odor Explore App, will be discussed.