An ESRU Consultancy Case Study
ESRU Consultancy
was commissioned to investigate the risk of air pollution due to the discharge
of pollutants from the flue stacks at the new Cancer Research Facility at the
University of Glasgow. The client, Hulley and Kirkwood Consulting Engineers,
requested ESRU to evaluate the overall risks of contamination emitted from two
rooftop stacks under different wind directions and speeds. The following figures
show the proposed development site.
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The following figures present some of the simulation results at various cut-planes (upper left - distribution of wind speed; upper right - distribution of pollutant, bottom - section view of pollutant distribution).
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The following figures show the predicted flume dispersal under typical wind conditions (upper left - wind speed distribution; lower left - wind speed and contaminant distribution; upper right - contaminant dipersal; lower right - streamlines of flue discharge with colour indicating concentration).
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The results quantified the overall impact of air pollution from the flue stacks subject to different wind directions and speeds. In addition the potential impact on an adjacernt residential area was highlighted.
