Concentrations of non-criteria pollutants in the vicinity of geothermal power plants at the Geysers, California

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984 · Proc., Annu. Meet., Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5862858

Altshuler, S L; Arcado, T D; Lin, C I

Two distinct non-criteria pollutant monitoring programs have been conducted. The first program, July-October, 1982, was conducted to meet licensing requirements of PG and E Geysers Unit 18. The second program began in August 1983 and will break at the end of July 1984. This program will again resume in August 1986 for one final year of operation. The second program is a portion of the larger Geysers Air Monitoring Program (GAMP) which also includes continuous measurements for ambient hydrogen sulfide (H/sub 2/S) at six sites and meteorological parameters at eleven sites, (nine wind direction/speed and temperature/dewpoint sites and two acoustic sounder sites). GAMP was created to provide environmental measurements needed by industry and regulatory agencies for assessing the impact of growth of the geothermal industry at the Geysers. GAMP is supported by a consortium of 15 entities including power companies, steam suppliers, local air pollution control districts, the California Air Resources Board (ARB), and the California Energy Commission. The Northern Sonoma County Air Pollution Control District (NSCAPCD) is the project manager for GAMP. PG and E performs all of the non-criteria monitoring, H/sub 2/S monitoring at two sites, and meteorological monitoring at three sites. The consulting firm, environmental systems and services (ES and S), Kelseyville, California, performs the remainder of the monitoring for the gamp consortium. The Lake County Air Pollution Control District (LCAPCD) performs quality assurance activities for GAMP. The ARB also performs quality assurance activities as well as specific analyses at the Rdhaagen-Smit Laboratory in El Monte, California.

• Research Organization: Pacific Gas and Electric Co., San Ramon, CA
• OSTI ID: 5862858
• Report Number(s): CONF-840612-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proc., Annu. Meet., Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
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500200 -- Environment
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
AMMONIA
AROMATICS
ARSENIC
BENZENE
BORON
CHALCOGENIDES
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
GASES
GEOTHERMAL FIELDS
GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS
GEYSERS GEOTHERMAL FIELD
HYDRIDES
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN SULFIDES
LICENSING
MERCURY
METALS
METEOROLOGY
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTANTS
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
POWER PLANTS
QUANTITY RATIO
RADON
RARE GASES
SEMIMETALS
SILICON
STEAM
SULFATES
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS