Air Particle Measurement

This digital document is an article from Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, published by Air and Waste Management Association on August 1, 2009. The length of the article is 5815 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitle: Particulate matter emission factors for almond harvest as a function of harvester speed.(TECHNICAL PAPER)(Technical report)Author: William B. FaulknerPublication: Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (Magazine/Journal)Date: August 1, 2009Publisher: Air and Waste Management AssociationVolume: 59 Issue: 8 Page: 943(7)Article Type: Technical reportDistributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning

Published on: 2009-08-01 Released on: 2009-09-03 Format: HTML Binding: Digital 20 pages

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. ABSTRACT Almond harvest accounts for substantial particulate matter less than 10 [micro]m in aerodynamic diameter ([PM.sub.10]) emissions in California each harvest season. This paper addresses the reduction of harvester ground speed from a standard 8 km/hr (5 mph) to 4 km/hr (2.5 mph) as a possible mitigation measure for reducing [PM.sub.10] emissions. Ambient total suspended particulate (TSP) and [PM.sub.10] sampling was conducted during harvest with alternating control (8 km/hr [5 mph]) and experimental (4 km/hr [2.5 mph]) treatments. On-site meteorological data were used in conjunction with both Industrial Source Complex-Short Term version 3 (ISCST3) and the American Meteorological Society/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regulatory Model...