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Application of ALPHA-1 plume model validation and development - plains site. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5235463
The ALPHA-1 (Airborne Lidar Plume and Haze Analyzer) system was used during the Plume Model Validation and Development project to collect data on the distribution of plume and boundary-layer particles downwind of the Kincaid (Illinois) Power Plant. About 10 to 15 plume cross sections were collected along repetitive cross-plume flight segments during each hour of operation with spatial resolution of 3 m in the vertical and about 10 m in the horizontal. Most of the data were collected at distances of between 10 to 15 kilometers. Data processed for real-time facsimile displays were recorded on magnetic tape for subsequent analysis of plume transport and diffusion parameters. Three-week field programs were conducted during the periods of May 1980, July 1980, and May 1981. The gray-scale facsimile records illustrate a wide variety of plume and boundary-layer conditions. Examples include sloping and >- shaped plumes, mid-day convective mixing and plume fumigation, upward plume mixing, and divided plumes separated by the mixing layer height. The lidar data provide hour-averaged cross-plume distributions using a specially designed video-based computer system giving plume transport and diffusion parameters. 2 references, 15 figures, 3 tables.
Research Organization:
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (USA)
OSTI ID:
5235463
Report Number(s):
EPRI-EA-3073; ON: DE84920069
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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POWER PLANTS
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THERMAL POWER PLANTS
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WASTES