Case study: comparison of air dispersion from solid waste incinerator emission using AERMOD and ISCST3

Combustion of municipal solid waste in a solid waste incinerator will generates flue gas emission consist of pollutants that may detrimental to human health. It was intended to observe the dispersion of the pollutants from the chimney of solid waste incinerator of Cameron Highlands using two air dis...

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Main Authors: Abdullah, Luqman Chuah, Tan, Yen Chen
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Springer 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55794/
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description Combustion of municipal solid waste in a solid waste incinerator will generates flue gas emission consist of pollutants that may detrimental to human health. It was intended to observe the dispersion of the pollutants from the chimney of solid waste incinerator of Cameron Highlands using two air dispersion models, AERMOD and ISCST3. This study involves usage of 1 year hourly meteorological data, terrain data, chimney specification and pollutant emission rate as input in both models to predict the pollutants incremental concentration to the surrounding environment. It was found that AERMOD model simulates in a way similar to the real meteorological condition as compared to ISCST3. Higher concentration was predicted nearer to the pollutant source and at sensitive receptors in AERMOD as compared to ISCST3 prediction.
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spelling upm-557942017-06-30T09:42:08Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55794/ Case study: comparison of air dispersion from solid waste incinerator emission using AERMOD and ISCST3 Abdullah, Luqman Chuah Tan, Yen Chen Combustion of municipal solid waste in a solid waste incinerator will generates flue gas emission consist of pollutants that may detrimental to human health. It was intended to observe the dispersion of the pollutants from the chimney of solid waste incinerator of Cameron Highlands using two air dispersion models, AERMOD and ISCST3. This study involves usage of 1 year hourly meteorological data, terrain data, chimney specification and pollutant emission rate as input in both models to predict the pollutants incremental concentration to the surrounding environment. It was found that AERMOD model simulates in a way similar to the real meteorological condition as compared to ISCST3. Higher concentration was predicted nearer to the pollutant source and at sensitive receptors in AERMOD as compared to ISCST3 prediction. Springer 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55794/1/Case%20study%20comparison%20of%20air%20dispersion%20from%20solid%20waste%20incinerator%20emission%20using%20AERMOD%20and%20ISCST3.pdf Abdullah, Luqman Chuah and Tan, Yen Chen (2013) Case study: comparison of air dispersion from solid waste incinerator emission using AERMOD and ISCST3. In: International Conference on Environmental Forensics 2013, 11-14 Nov. 2013, Marriot Hotel, Putrajaya, Malaysia. (pp. 469-474). 10.1007/978-981-4560-70-2_84
spellingShingle Abdullah, Luqman Chuah
Tan, Yen Chen
Case study: comparison of air dispersion from solid waste incinerator emission using AERMOD and ISCST3
title Case study: comparison of air dispersion from solid waste incinerator emission using AERMOD and ISCST3
title_full Case study: comparison of air dispersion from solid waste incinerator emission using AERMOD and ISCST3
title_fullStr Case study: comparison of air dispersion from solid waste incinerator emission using AERMOD and ISCST3
title_full_unstemmed Case study: comparison of air dispersion from solid waste incinerator emission using AERMOD and ISCST3
title_short Case study: comparison of air dispersion from solid waste incinerator emission using AERMOD and ISCST3
title_sort case study: comparison of air dispersion from solid waste incinerator emission using aermod and iscst3
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