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This course is provided for reference purposes only. CEU credit or certificates of completion are not availble for this course. If you would like to receive a printed copy of this course, send an e-mail to letke.michael@epa.gov. Please include a complete mailing address, and allow 4 weeks for delivery.

SI:406 Effective Stack Height/Plume Rise

CLN 871

10 hours
1 CEUs

Course Description
This course is designed for air pollution control agency personnel responsible for making or reviewing plume rise estimates for elevated air pollutant sources. The package consists of three exercises. Exercise 1 is consists of a script and an APTI article both entitled "Effective Stack Height." Exercise 2 consists of the text "Plume Rise" and accompanying lecture notes. Exercise 3 contains a summary of the latest analyses and current EPA calculation procedures.

Major topics

  • Effective stack height by mathematical calculation
  • Observations of plume rise through empirical means
  • Formulas for mathematically estimating plume rise
  • Comparisons of calculated and observed plume behavior
  • Plume rise observations
  • Estimation of plume rise

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