Interaction between air pollution dispersion and residential heating demands

Journal Article · Mon Feb 28 23:00:00 EST 1983 · J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/00022470.1983.10465565· OSTI ID:6759499

Lipfert, F W; Moskowitz, P D; Dungan, J; Tichler, J; Carney, T

The effect of the short-term correlation of a specific emission (sulfur dioxide) from residential space heating, with air pollution dispersion rates on the accuracy of model estimates of urban air pollution on a seasonal or annual basis is analyzed. Hourly climatological and residential emission estimates for six U.S. cities and a simplified area source-dispersion model based on a circular receptor grid are used. The effect on annual average concentration estimations is found to be slight (approximately + or - 12 percent), while the maximum hourly concentrations are shown to vary considerably more, since maximum heat demand and worst-case dispersion are not coincident. Accounting for the correlations between heating demand and dispersion makes possible a differentiation in air pollution potential between coastal and interior cities.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6759499
• Journal Information: J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States) Vol. 33; ISSN JPCAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

500200* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
CHALCOGENIDES
CONCENTRATION RATIO
DAILY VARIATIONS
DIFFUSION
HEATING
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
SPACE HEATING
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
VARIATIONS