PMID- 29073857
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20191120
IS  - 2162-2906 (Electronic)
IS  - 1096-2247 (Linking)
VI  - 49
IP  - 9
DP  - 1999 Sep
TI  - Simulation of Sulfate and Nitrate Chemistry in Power Plant Plumes.
PG  - 175-181
LID - 10.1080/10473289.1999.10463885 [doi]
AB  - The rate of formation of secondary particulate matter (PM) in power plant plumes 
      varies as the plume material mixes with the background air. Consequently, the 
      rate of oxidation of sulfur dioxide (SO(2)) and nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)) to 
      sulfate and nitric acid, respectively, can be very different in plumes and in the 
      background air (i.e., air outside the plume). In addition, the formation of 
      sulfate and nitric acid in a power plant plume is a strong function of the 
      chemical composition of the background air and the prevailing meteorological 
      conditions. We describe the use of a reactive plume model, the Reactive and 
      Optics Model of Emissions, to simulate sulfate and nitrate formation in a power 
      plant plume for a variety of background conditions. We show that SO(2) and NO(2) 
      oxidation rates are maximum in the background air for volatile organic compound 
      (VOC)-limited airsheds but are maximum at some downwind distance in the plume 
      when the background air is nitrogen oxide (NO(x))-limited. Our analysis also 
      shows that it is essential to obtain measurements of background concentrations of 
      ozone, aldehydes, peroxyacetyl nitrate, and other VOCs to properly describe plume 
      chemistry.
FAU - Karamchandani, Prakash
AU  - Karamchandani P
AD  - a Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. , San Ramon , California , USA.
FAU - Seigneur, Christian
AU  - Seigneur C
AD  - a Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. , San Ramon , California , USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Air Waste Manag Assoc
JT  - Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995)
JID - 9503111
EDAT- 1999/09/01 00:00
MHDA- 1999/09/01 00:01
CRDT- 2017/10/28 06:00
PHST- 2017/10/28 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 1999/09/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1999/09/01 00:01 [medline]
AID - 10.1080/10473289.1999.10463885 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 1999 Sep;49(9):175-181. doi: 
      10.1080/10473289.1999.10463885.