| WHO USES ADMS
4?
The dispersion model ADMS
4 is currently used in many countries worldwide. Users
of ADMS 4 include:
-
Over 130 individual company licence holders in
the UK
-
Regulatory authorities including the UK
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
-
Environment Agency in England
and Wales
-
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
(SEPA) in Scotland
-
Environment and Heritage Service
in Northern Ireland
-
Government organisations including the Food
Standards Agency (UK)
-
Users in other European countries, Asia, Australia
and the Middle East
 |
Example ADMS 4
output, showing calculated concentration contours over complex
terrain. |
ADMS 4 is
used to model the impact of existing and proposed industrial installations.
Current and future air quality can be assessed with respect to the air
quality standards such as the EU Air Quality Directive,
UK Air Quality Strategy, US National Ambient
Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), Chinese Class I, II and
III and WHO guidelines. Typical applications
include:
-
IPPC authorisations,
-
stack height determination,
-
odour modelling,
-
environmental impact assessments and
-
safety and emergency planning.
ABOUT ADMS 4
ADMS 4 can
be used to assess the effect of emissions from a number of industrial
source types:
Source type: |
Example sources: |
Point |
Emissions from a stack or vent |
Area |
Evaporative emissions from a tank |
Line |
Emissions from a conveyor belt at a quarry |
Volume |
Fugitive emissions |
Jet(directional releases) |
Emissions from a ruptured pipe |
The maximum number of sources that can
be modelled in ADMS 4
is 300. Of these:
up to 300 may be point
or jet sources,
within the limit of 300, up to 30 line sources, 30
area sources and 30 volume sources, may
be modelled simultaneously.
Next
->
|
