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The development of an ‘emission inventory tool’ for brickmaking clamp kilns
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/40846 The development of an ‘emission inventory tool’ for brickmaking clamp kilns Kornelius, Gerrit oladapoak@gmail.com Akinshipe, Oladapo Bola Clamp kiln Atmospheric dispersion modelling Emission inventory Emission factor Reverse modelling Bi-point source PM10 SO2 NO2 UCTD Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2013. An emission inventory tool for estimating SO2, NO2, and PM10 emissions from brick clamp kiln sites was developed from investigations performed on three representative South African clamp kiln sites in order to facilitate application for Atmospheric Emission Licenses (AELs) from these sources. The tool utilizes readily available site-specific parameters to generate emission factors for significant activities that emit the aforementioned pollutants. PM10 emission factors for significant processes were developed using empirical expressions from the Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors (AP-42) documents. SO2 emission factor for clamp kiln firing was obtained from “reverse-modelling”, a technique that integrates ambient monitoring and dispersion modelling (using Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling System software) to “standardize” actual emission rate from an assumed rate of 1 g/s. The use of multiple point sources proved to improve the simulation of the buoyancy-induced plume rise; therefore, a “bi-point” source configuration was adopted for the kiln. The “reverse-modelling” technique and “bi-point” source configuration produced SO2 emission rates differing from -9 % to +22 % from mass balance results, indicating that the “reverse-modelling” calculations provide reliable emission estimates for SO2. An NO2 emission factor could not be obtained from the “reverse-modelling” technique due to experimental errors and the significant effect of NO2 emissions from other onsite air emission sources such as internal combustion engines. The NO2 emission factor was obtained from previous comprehensive study on a similar clamp kiln site. The emission factors obtained from this study were utilized in developing an “emission inventory tool” which is utilized by clay brick manufacturers in quantifying air emissions from their sites. Emissions quantification is a requirement for brick manufacturers to obtain an AEL which is regulated under South African environmental laws. It is suggested that the technique used here for SO2 emission confirmation could be used to estimate emissions from a volume or area source where combustion occurs and where knowledge of the source parameters is limited. gm2014 Chemical Engineering unrestricted 2014-07-17T12:16:12Z 2014-07-17T12:16:12Z 2014-04-08 2013 Dissertation Akinshipe, OB 2013, The development of an ‘emission inventory tool’ for brickmaking clamp kilns, MSc dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40846> E14/4/284/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40846 en © 2013 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Clamp kiln Atmospheric dispersion modelling Emission inventory Emission factor Reverse modelling Bi-point source PM10 SO2 NO2 UCTD The development of an ‘emission inventory tool’ for brickmaking clamp kilns |
| title | The development of an ‘emission inventory tool’ for brickmaking clamp kilns |
| title_full | The development of an ‘emission inventory tool’ for brickmaking clamp kilns |
| title_fullStr | The development of an ‘emission inventory tool’ for brickmaking clamp kilns |
| title_full_unstemmed | The development of an ‘emission inventory tool’ for brickmaking clamp kilns |
| title_short | The development of an ‘emission inventory tool’ for brickmaking clamp kilns |
| title_sort | development of an emission inventory tool for brickmaking clamp kilns |
| topic | Clamp kiln Atmospheric dispersion modelling Emission inventory Emission factor Reverse modelling Bi-point source PM10 SO2 NO2 UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40846 |