Air Quality Modelling Consultants
Air Quality Modelling is conducted by air dispersion and pollutant modelling from a pollutant source by air quality modelling consultants. Air quality impacts are able to be predicted and reported with accuracy to obtain meaningful information about a facility’s air quality impacts to surrounding receivers, be it residential or commercial receivers. This assists owner operators in the development application stage, by predicting if impacts are within the Impact Assessment Criteria. If impacts are not within the Impact Assessment Criteria, then effective management can be implemented at the site to manage these potential impacts by the preparation of a site-specific Air Quality Management Plan. Air Quality modelling consultants use this as an important tool in minimising and managing environmental risk from operators to receivers, such as residents.
What is Air Quality Modelling
Air quality modelling is a mathematical simulation of how air pollutants disperse and react in the atmosphere to affect ambient air quality.
Inputs for air quality modelling include meteorological data and source information such as emission rates.
Impact Assessment pollutants for air quality modelling
Air quality consultant can undertake air quality modelling of the following parameters, and have set impact assessment criteria:
- Sulfur dioxide (SO2)
- Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
- Photochemical oxidants (as ozone)
- Lead
- PM2.5
- PM10
- Total suspended particulates (TSP)
- Deposited dust
- Carbon monoxide (CO)
- Hydrogen fluoride
Principal Individual toxic air pollutants
Individual toxic air pollutants that are carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic, highly toxic or highly persistent in the environment:
- Acrolein
- Acrylonitrile
- Alpha chlorinated toluenes and benzoyl chloride
- Arsenic and compounds
- Asbestos
- Benzene
- Beryllium and beryllium compounds
- 1,3-butadiene
- Cadmium and cadmium compounds
- Chromium VI compounds
- 1,2-dichloroethane (ethylene dichloride)
- Dioxins and furans
- Epichlorohydrin
- Ethylene oxide
- Formaldehyde
- Hydrogen cyanide
- MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate)
- Nickel and nickel compounds
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (as benzo[a]pyrene)
- Pentachlorophenol
- Phosgene
- Propylene oxide
- TDI (toluene-2,4-diisocyanate; toluene-2,6-diisocyanate)
- Trichloroethylene
- Vinyl chloride
Other individual toxic air pollutants
Other individual toxic air pollutants include:
- Acetone
- Acrylic acid
- Ammonia
- Aniline
- Antimony and compounds
- Asphalt (petroleum) fumes
- Barium (soluble compound)
- Biphenyl
- Bromochloromethane
- Bromoform (tribromomethane)
- Bromotrifluoromethane
- Carbon black
- Carbon tetrachloride
(tetrachloromethane) - Chlorine
- Chlorine dioxide
- Chloroform (trichloromethane)
- Chloromethane (methyl chloride)
- Chromium (III) compounds
- Copper fumes
- Copper dusts and mists
- Cotton dust (raw)
- Crotonaldehyde
- Cyanide (as CN)
- Cyclohexane
- Cyclohexanol
- o-dichlorobenzene
- 1,2-dichloroethylene
- Dichlorvos
- Dinitrobenzene (all isomers)
- Dinitrotoluene
- Ethanolamine
- Ethylbenzene
- Ethyl butyl ketone
- Ethyl chloride (chloroethane)
- Ethylene glycol (vapour)
- n-hexane
- 2-hexanone
- Hydrogen chloride
- Iron oxide fumes
- Magnesium oxide fumes
- Maleic anhydride
- Manganese and compounds
- Mercury organic
- Mercury inorganic
- Methyl acrylate
- Methyl bromide (bromomethane)
- Methylene chloride (dichloromethane)
- Nitric acid
- n-pentane
- 2-pentanone
- Phthalic anhydride
- Propylene glycol monomethyl ether
- Silver metal
- Silver, soluble compounds (as Ag)
- Sulfuric acid
- 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform)
- 1,1,2-trichloroethane
- Trichlorofluoromethane
- Trimethylbenzene (mixed isomers)
- Vinyl toluene
- Welding fumes (total particulate)
- Wood dust hardwoods
- Wood dust softwoods
- Zinc chloride fumes
- Zinc oxide fumes
For assistance with your air quality impact assessment, call Enviro Corp on 1300 980 612 for an obligation free quote or use our contact form.