This paper details a number of existing formulations used in Gaussian models in a clear and usable way, and provides a comparison within a single framework—the Gaussian plume and puff models of the air quality modeling system Polyphemus. The emphasis is made on the comparison between (1) the parameterizations to compute the standard deviations and (2) the plume rise schemes. The Gaussian formul...

We investigate the plume-in-grid method for a subgrid-scale treatment of major point sources in the passive case. This method consists in an on-line coupling of a Gaussian puff model and an Eulerian model, which better represents the point emissions without significantly increasing the computational burden. In this paper, the plume-in-grid model implemented on the Polyphemus air quality modelin...

The aim of this study was to investigate the particulate dispersion from Kerman Cement Plant. The upwind – downwind method was used to measure particle concentration and a cascade impactor was applied to determine particle size distribution. An Eulerian model, Gaussian plume model and an artificial neural network have been used to compute and predict concentration of PM10 from Ke...

We define the hazardous waste management problem as the combined decisions of selecting the disposal method, siting the disposal plants and deciding on the waste flow structure. The hazardous waste management problem has additional requirements depending on the selected disposal method. In this paper we focus on incineration, for which the main additional requirement is to satisfy the air pollu...

Reconstructed meteorological data are often used in some form of long-term wind trajectory models for estimating the historical impacts of atmospheric emissions. Meteorological data for the straight-line Gaussian plume model are put into a joint frequency distribution, a three-dimensional array describing atmospheric wind direction, speed, and stability. Methods using the Gaussian model and joi...

A new Gaussian dispersion model, the Plume Rise Model Enhancements (PRIME), has been developed for plume rise and building downwash. PRIME considers the position of the stack relative to the building, streamline deflection near the building, and vertical wind speed shear and velocity deficit effects on plume rise. Within the wake created by a sharp-edged, rectangular building, PRIME explicitly ...

This article presents a novel cost function for estimating the parameters of the Gaussian plume model using simulated annealing. The novel cost function takes into account the meandering and intermittency phenomena found on dispersing plumes. The proposed method was validated using real gas sensor data sampled by a swarm of 5 robots performing the Decentralized Asynchronous Particle Swarm Optim...