Development of a model for reactive emissions from industrial stacks

LUIS E. OLCESE AND BEATRIZ M. TOSELLI

ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE

Elsevier

Lugar: Amsterdan; Año: 2005 vol. 20 p. 1239 - 1239

1364-8152

span lang="en" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt; mso-fareast-language: ES; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">We have developed a model, CAPAS, capable of estimating short-term concentrations of primary and secondary pollutants resulting from point source emissions.  The model is designed to simulate the complex interaction of plume dispersion and non-linear chemistry.  The main features of the model are: (1) the horizontal and vertical resolution within the plume, which offers a realistic treatment of the entrainment process, (2) its flexibility with regard to choices of chemical kinetic mechanism and the inclusion of a powerful numerical solver to handle stiff systems, and (3)