Selection of long-term ambient air quality monitoring site for the proposed Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division Industrial Fuel Gas Demonstration Plant
The purpose of this document is to present the technical rationale for selecting a recommended site for the long-term air-quality monitoring station for the proposed Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division (MLGW) Industrial Fuel Gas Demonstration Plant. The plant is anticipated to convert 2800 tons per day of high-sulfur caking coal into 175 million standard cubic feet per day (SCFD) of fuel gas with a heating value of about 284 Btu/SCF. Internal sulfur removal equipment in the plant will limit the amount of sulfur dioxide (SO/sub 2/) emitted to low values. The air quality monitoring program defined for the proposed MLGW plant is intended to provide baseline data from an area as close as practical to the region of maximum potential impact from the plant. The monitoring station is to record the preconstruction air quality of CO, NO/sub 2/, O/sub 3/ and total suspended particulates (TSP). The discussion in this document regarding selection of a monitoring station site is based on criteria developed by EPA. Consideration has been given to: (a) the emissions from both the proposed source and existing sources, (b) the terrain and meteorological conditions in the area, and (c) the presence of existing monitoring stations. In addition, practical matters involving the security of a potential site, its accessibility to maintenance personnel, the availability of power, and its proximity to potentially interfering structures or fugitive emission sources have been considered. The document concludes by identifying and describing a recommended location for the monitoring site subject to the approval of the permit-granting agency.
- Research Organization:
- Energy Impact Associates, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-77ET13046
- OSTI ID:
- 6686787
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ET/13046-T77; ON: DE83003121
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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