Methodologies for estimating air emissions from three non-traditional source categories: Oil spills, petroleum vessel loading and unloading, and cooling towers. Final report, October 1991-March 1993

Technical Report · Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:6511631

Ramadan, W; Sleva, S; Dufner, K; Snow, S; Kersteter, S L

The report discusses part of EPA's program to identify and characterize emissions sources not currently accounted for by either the existing Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS) or State Implementation Plan (SIP) area source methodologies and to develop appropriate emissions estimation methodologies and emission factors for a group of these source categories. Based on the results of the identification and characterization portions of this research, three source categories were selected for methodology and emission factor development: oil spills, petroleum vessel loading and unloading, and cooling towers. The report describes the category selection process and presents emissions estimation methodologies and emission factor data for the selected source categories. The discussions for each category include general background information, emissions generation activities, pollutants emitted, sources of activity and pollutant data, emissions estimation methodologies and data issues. The information used in these discussions was derived from various sources including available literature, industrial and trade association publications and contracts, experts on the category and activity, and knowledgeable federal and state personnel.

• Research Organization: Science Applications International Corp., Durham, NC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6511631
• Report Number(s): PB-93-181592/XAB; CNN: EPA-68-D9-0173
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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CHEMICAL SPILLS
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COOLING TOWERS
DATA ACQUISITION
DATA PROCESSING
EVAPORATION
FORECASTING
GASEOUS WASTES
IMPLEMENTATION
INDUSTRY
INFORMATION
INFORMATION NEEDS
INVENTORIES
LOADING
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OILS
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PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
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POLLUTION SOURCES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
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TANKER SHIPS
TASK SCHEDULING
TRADE
UNLOADING
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ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
MAMMALS
MAN
MATERIALS HANDLING
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
POLLUTION
PRIMATES
PROCESSING
SHIPS
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VERTEBRATES
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