Regional issue identification and assessment program (RIIA) Issue paper 2. Atmospheric long-range transport lead laboratory methodology

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6368229

Meyers, R E; Kleinman, L I; Li, T Y; Cederwall, R T

The Brookhaven National Laboratory long-range transport air quality model, Atmospheric Impact of Residual SO/sub x/ (AIRSOX) has been used to predict sulfur dioxide and sulfate concentrations due to utility and industrial emissions, for the 1978 Energy Information Administration(EIA) Mid-Mid scenario of energy supply and demand for the years 1985 and 1990. The results of the air quality calculations are presented for the ten federal regions according to fuel type and source type. The corresponding calculations have also been performed for a base case year, 1975, and the results compared with measurements. Partly because of the emission control levels assumed in the EIA scenario, SO/sub 2/ emissions in 1985 and 1990 are lower than in 1975 despite increases in fuel consumption and a shift from oil to coal in the utility and industrial sectors. National average sulfur oxide concentrations are calculated to be lower in 1985 and 1990 than in 1975.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6368229
• Report Number(s): BNL-51289; ON: DE81023979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
& Safety
500200* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR QUALITY
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMISTRY
DATA
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
INFORMATION
MASS TRANSFER
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES