Abstract:We performed measurements of SO 2 emissions with a high UV sensitive dual-camera optical system. Generally, in order to retrieve the two-dimensional SO 2 emission rates of a source, e.g., the slant column density of a plume emitted by a stack, one needs to acquire four images with UV cameras: two images including the emitting stack at wavelengths with high and negligible absorption features (λ on/off ), and two additional images of the background intensity behind the plume, at the same wavelengths as before. However, the true background intensity behind a plume is impossible to obtain from a remote measurement site at rest, and thus, one needs to find a way to approximate the background intensity. Some authors have presented methods to estimate the background behind the plume from two emission images. However, those works are restricted to dealing with clear sky, or almost homogeneously illuminated days. The purpose of this work is to present a new approach using background images constructed from emission images by an automatic plume segmentation and interpolation procedure, in order to estimate the light intensity behind the plume. We compare the performance of the proposed approach with the four images method, which uses, as background, sky images acquired at a different viewing direction. The first step of the proposed approach involves the segmentation of the SO 2 plume from the background. In clear sky days, we found similar results from both methods. However, when the illumination of the sky is non homogeneous, e.g., due to lateral sun illumination or clouds, there are appreciable differences between the results obtained by both methods. We present results obtained in a series of measurements of SO 2 emissions performed on a cloudy day from a stack of an oil refinery in Montevideo City, Uruguay. The results obtained with the UV cameras were compared with scanning DOAS measurements, yielding a good agreement.
Abstract. In the present work we deal with emissions originating from combustion processes containing SO 2 , NO and NO 2 , emitted into the atmosphere by a localized source. We present a method for measuring the NO 2 -formation rate (due to conversion of NO to NO 2 ) from measurements of SO 2 -and NO 2 -slant column densities across different plume sections, under the (usually justified) assumption that the SO 2 -flux is constant. The advantages of the proposed method are that the measurements can be performed from an arbitrary location, without explicit reference to the wind speed and direction in the plume. We present results of ground based DOAS-measurements of SO 2 and NO x emissions from an oil refinery located in the northern part of Montevideo Bay and give recommendations for future applications of the method.
In the present work we deal with emissions originating from combustion processes containing SO2, NO and NO2, emitted in the atmosphere by a localized source. We present a method for measuring the NO2-formation rate (due to conversion of NO to NO2) from measurements of SO2- and NO2-slant column densities across different plume sections, under the (usually justified) assumption that the SO2-flux is constant. The advantages of the proposed method are that the measurements can be performed from an arbitrary location, without explicit reference to the wind speed and direction in the plume. We present results of ground based DOAS-measurements of SO2 and NOx emissions from an oil refinery located in the northern part of Montevideo Bay
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