Method of assessing the contribution of various air pollution sources through mathematical modelling

Panagopoulos, J; Markatos, NC

dc.contributor.author	Panagopoulos, J	en
dc.contributor.author	Markatos, NC	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:48:03Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:48:03Z
dc.date.issued	1991	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/33507
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dc.subject.other	Chemical Reactions - Reaction Kinetics	en
dc.subject.other	Diffusion	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental Engineering - Mathematical Models	en
dc.subject.other	Flow of Fluids - Turbulent	en
dc.subject.other	Dispersion Modeling	en
dc.subject.other	Pollution Source Assessment	en
dc.subject.other	Turbulence Modeling	en
dc.subject.other	Air Pollution	en
dc.title	Method of assessing the contribution of various air pollution sources through mathematical modelling	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.publicationDate	1991	en
heal.abstract	A method of assessing the contribution of various pollution sources is developed. The method is based on developing mass balances for pollutants coming from various sources. One or more sources of reacting or inert pollutants can be 'classified' easily and the contribution of every source to the 'measured' concentration of pollutant can be assessed. Application of this method is done by using a two-equation turbulence model ( κ-ε) and pollutant mass balances with different reaction and dispersion time scales. The orders of reaction used in this work are first and second but a more complex reaction mechanism can easily be used. Results of this work show that the relative contribution of sources is not linearly dependent on their emission ratios but follows a complicated pattern which depends also on the distribution of the emission sources in space and the reaction kinetics. The method is based on fundamental principles and appears to be very promising for assessing the contribution of point, line and area sources to the overall pollution problem.	en
heal.publisher	Publ by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, Geneva Aeroport 15, Switzerland	en
heal.journalName	International Conference on Environmental Pollution	en
dc.identifier.spage	264	en
dc.identifier.epage	272	en