Atmospheric chemistry and computer modeling of hydrocarbons in a marine environment

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980 · Proc., Annu. Meet., Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6142563

Lague, J S; Godden, D A; Atkinson, R; Lloyd, A C; Kwan, C L

A discussion of the air quality impact of hydrocarbon emissions from marine oil terminals and tanker operations covers the atmospheric chemistry of alkanes, the major class of hydrocarbons emitted; the assessment of the impact of hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxides emission on air quality through the ELSTAR photochemical dispersion model, developed by Environmental Research and Technology Inc., which incorporates a reasonably detailed chemical scheme for hydrocarbon oxidation and plots a trajectory path of an air parcel containing the pollutants and the computed chemical species concentrations as functions of time and height along the path; and the application of ELSTAR to the data from the Port Angeles, Washington, area to yield predictions of the impact of existing sources of hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides emissions which agreed with the observations within the uncertainty of the model input parameters.

• OSTI ID: 6142563
• Report Number(s): CONF-800608-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proc., Annu. Meet., Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 80-21.5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
ALKANES
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
DEEP WATER OIL TERMINALS
DISPERSIONS
EMISSION
ENERGY SOURCES
FEDERAL REGION X
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HYDROCARBONS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
PHOTOCHEMISTRY
POLLUTION
SHIPS
TANKER SHIPS
TERMINAL FACILITIES
USA
WASHINGTON