Title: SAGA: a decision support system for air pollution management around a coal-fired power plant

Authors: Jose A. Souto, Marcos Hermida, Juan J. Casares, Jose L. Bermudez

Addresses: Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. ' Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. ' Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. ' Section of Environment, As Pontes Power Plant, Endesa Generacion, S.A., As Pontes de García Rodriguez, Spain

Abstract: Air quality models are currently feasible approaches to prevent air pollution episodes. From one of the first source-oriented modelling approaches for air pollution forecasting (Souto et al., 1994, 1996, 1998), a new decision support system for air quality management, SAGA, was developed to provide support to As Pontes Power Plant (APPP) staff. SAGA can provide air pollution forecasts and manage meteorological and air quality measurements. Power plant decisions are supported by the results of a non-hydrostatic meteorological model (ARPS, Xue et al., 2001) to produce Meteorological Forecasts (MFs), and to be coupled to different Lagrangian dispersion models.

Keywords: decision support software; air quality; meteorological forecasting; power plants; industrial plant operation; decision support systems; DSS; air pollution; modelling; quality management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2009.027275

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2009 Vol.38 No.4, pp.444 - 461

Published online: 19 Jul 2009 *

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