AQUIS: A PC-based air quality and permit information system

Conference · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:10181831

Smith, A E; Huber, C C; Tschanz, J ^[1]; Ryckman, Jr, J S ^[2]

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1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
2. Air Force Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (United States)

The Air Quality Utility Information System (AQUIS) was developed to calculate and track emissions, permits, and related information. The system runs on IBM-compatible personal computers using dBASE IV. AQUIS tracks more than 900 data items distributed among various source categories and allows the user to enter specific information on permit control devices, stacks, and related regulatory requirements. The system is currently operating at seven US Air Force Materiel Command facilities, large industrial operations involved in the repair and maintenance of aircraft. Environmental management personnel are responsible for the compliance status of as many as l,000 sources at each facility. The usefulness of the system has been enhanced by providing a flexible reporting capability that permits users who are unfamiliar with database structure to design and prepare reports containing specified information. In addition to the standard six pollutants, AQUIS calculates compound-specific emissions and allows users to enter their own emission estimates. This capability will be useful in developing air toxics inventories and control plans.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 10181831
• Report Number(s): ANL/CP-76983; CONF-9209160-20; ON: DE92040092
• Resource Relation: Conference: International symposium on energy, environment and information management,Argonne, IL (United States),15-18 Sep 1992; Other Information: PBD: [1992]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
AIR QUALITY
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
POLLUTANTS
MONITORING
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
REGULATIONS
COMPLIANCE
PERSONAL COMPUTERS
540120
990300
990200
CHEMICALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT
INFORMATION HANDLING
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS