Air Quality: Major Projects
Clients come from a broad spectrum of the air quality community including:
Government Agencies & State Associations
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
California Air Resources Board(a)
California Energy Commission(b)
Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium
Loirestu'Air(c), France
National Aeronautics and Space Administration(d)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
New York State Energy Research & Development Authority
SYCTOM(c), France
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Trade Associations
American Chemistry Council
American Petroleum Institute
Coordinating Research Council
Electric Power Research Institute
Midwest Ozone Group
Port Industries of Corpus Christi
Government/Industry Consortium
San Joaquin Valleywide Air Pollution Study Agency
Southern Appalachian Mountains Initiative
Industry
Duke Energy Corporation
ExxonMobil
Indianapolis Power & Light Company
New York State Electric & Gas Corporation
Renault
Southern Company Services
Law Firms
Jackson & Kelly
Jackson, Tuft, Cole & Black
Latham & Watkins
McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold
(a) subcontractor to the California Institute of
Technology
(b) subcontractor to Pacific Gas & Electric Company
(c) subcontractor to ACRI
(d) subcontractor to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Summary of Project Experience
Ozone/PM Weekend Effect
Client: Coordinating Research Council
AER, in association with Dr. Warren White, is performing data
analysisin three airsheds in the U.S. (Atlanta, Chicago and Philadelphia)
toinvestigate the weekday/weekend differences in ozone and particulatematter,
and propose possible explanations for the observed differences.
Development of a State-of-the-Science Model for Secondary
Organic Aerosol Formation
Clients: California Institute of Technology and California
Air
Resources Board
In collaboration with Professor John Seinfeld of Caltech,
Principal Investigator, AER is developing a computer code to simulate
the formation of secondary organic aerosols, using a mechanistic
approach.
Contribution of Biogenic Emissions to Urban Ozone and PM2.5
Client: Coordinating Research Council
AER is assessing the contribution of biogenic emissions to
8-hour average ozone concentrations and 24-hour average PM2.5
concentrations using state-of-the-science air quality models in
two airsheds.
Development of a State-of-the-Science
Model for Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation
Client: EPRI
In collaboration with Professor John Seinfeld of Caltech,
Principal Investigator, AER will develop a computer code to simulate
the formation of secondary organic aerosols, using the latest
experimental data from the Caltech smog chamber.
Development and Evaluation of a Second-Generation
Reactive Plume Model
Client: EPRI
In association with Titan/ARAP, AER developed a state-of-the-science
reactive plume model and imbedded it into a three-dimensional
air quality model (Models-3) for subgrid-scale simulation
of plumes (plume-in-grid model).
Review of Acid Deposition Models
Client: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
AER reviewed current acid deposition models and provided recommendations
for their possible improvements and their use for episodic and
long-term simulations.
Local Impacts of Dioxins Emissions
Client: Chemical Manufacturers Association
AER conducted simulations of the atmospheric dispersion and
deposition of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans
for several source categories to assess the fraction that is deposited
locally.
Improvement of an Air Quality Model for Subgrid-Scale Treatment
of Plumes
Client: EPRI and Duke Power
AER incorporated a new state-of-the-science plume model into
the three- dimensional air quality model MAQSIP and provided technical
supportfor its application to the eastern U.S.
Development of an Air Quality Planning Strategy
Client: Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
AER provided guidance to ADEQ for the analysis of ozone, PM,
and toxic air quality issues in the Arizona/Mexico border region.
Global, Continental, and Regional
Modeling of Air Toxics
Client: EPRI
AER developed a comprehensive modeling framework for the simulation
of the long-range transport of air toxics (e.g., mercury) using
nested global, continental, and regional models.
Regional Modeling of Ozone Control Strategies
Client: Port Industries of Corpus Christi
AER used the three-dimensional air quality model CAMx to analyze
the effect of various emission control scenarios on ozone levels
in eastern Texas, under the Texas Clean Air Strategy.
Installation of an Air Quality Modeling System
Clients: ACRI and Loirestu'Air
In partnership with the french consulting firm ACRI, AER installed
the meteorological model CALMET and the air quality model CALGRID
on the computer system of the air quality agency Loirestu'Air,
Nantes, France.
Multimedia Assessment of Mercury Exposure
of Humans and Wildlife
Client: EPRI
AER is conducting simulations of the multimedia fate and transport
of mercury and assessing its potential impacts on human health
and wildlife.
Third-generation Plume Model Development
Client: EPRI and Southern California Edison
In association with Titan/ARAP and Sonoma Technology, Inc.,
AER developed a plume model with comprehensive treatment of gas-
phase, aqueous-phase, and particulate chemistry coupled with detailed
treatment of atmospheric dispersion and transport.
Assessment of Water Plume Condensation
Clients: ACRI and SYCTOM
In partnership with the french consulting firm ACRI, AER assessed
the likelihood of water condensation in the plume of a municipal
waste incinerator to be built near Paris, France.
Human Health Risk Assessment of Power Plant TRI Emissions
Clients: EPRI and American Electric Power
AER conducted a health risk assessment of the stack emissions
and water discharges of a coal-fired power plant in the eastern
U.S.
Guidance Document for Particulate
Matter and Visibility Model Performance Evaluation
Client: American Petroleum Institute
AER, with assistance from several experts in modeling and
measurements of particulate matter (PM) and visibility, prepared
a guidance document for evaluating the performance of PM and visibility
simulation models and designing field measurement programs to
collect the necessary data.
Conceptual Models for Atmospheric Particulate Matter and Ozone
Clients: Pacific Gas & Electric Company and California
Energy Commission
AER developed conceptual models of particulate matter and ozone
transport and formation for the San Joaquin Valley of California.
Global Modeling of Aerosol Radiative Forcing
Clients: Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
AER scientists are improving the treatment of aerosol dynamics
and heterogeneous chemistry in a global chemistry transport model
coupled to a global circulation model.
Comparative Evaluation of Particulate
Matter Models
Client: Coordinating Research Council
AER scientists conducted a systematic evaluation of computer
modules used in existing air quality models to simulate PM thermodynamics,
nucleation, coagulation, and gas/particle conversion.
Source-Receptor Relationship for Particulate
Matter Air Quality
Client: EPRI
Using a comprehensive three-dimensional air quality model
for PM2.5, AER developed source-receptor relationships that can
be subsequently used in a decision analysis framework to optimize
emission control strategies.
Review of Air Quality Models for Particulate
Matter Models
Client: American Petroleum Institute
AER, in association with Professor Hopke and Dr. Grosjean,
prepared a comprehensive review of source and receptor models
for particulate matter.
Simulation of Sulfate Particle Formation
in the MOHAVE Power Plant Plume
Client: EPRI and Southern California Edison
Using a state-of-the-science plume model (ROME), AER assessed
the potential impacts of the Mohave Power Project, a coal-fired
power plant, on visibility in the Grand Canyon, Arizona.
Stack Opacity Simulations
Client: Indianapolis Power & Light Company
AER conducted computer simulations of stack plume opacity
to determine that there was no violation of stack opacity standards.
Development and Evaluation of a Second-Generation
Reactive Plume Model
Client: EPRI
AER scientists have completed the development of a second-generation
reactive plume model that includes a user-friendly interface.
Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment of Power Plant
Emissions
Client: New York State Electric & Gas Corporation
AER conducted an assessment of the benefits associated with
the installation of a scrubber on a coal-fired power plant in
terms of human health and ecological impacts.
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