Air assessment of open burning at Radford Army Ammunition Plant

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dc.contributor.authorPhipps, James F.en
dc.contributor.departmentEnvironmental Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:43:51Zen
dc.date.adate2008-08-25en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:43:51Zen
dc.date.issued1997en
dc.date.rdate2008-08-25en
dc.date.sdate2008-08-25en
dc.description.abstractThis project evaluates the characteristics of the open burning of NOSIH AA-2 sheet waste propellant at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant. The project considers the plume and burn characteristics, the removal of nitroglycerin from the waste, the emission of metals into the air, and the modeling of pollutant emissions from open burning. The plumes generated from open burning fall well below the mixing heights. By burning at 2:30 PM and under Army regulations, the risk of inversions is essentially eliminated. The meteorological conditions influence the duration of the burns, and a dimensionless parameter is developed in this study to correlate the conditions to the burn duration. Over 99 percent of the lead and copper in the propellant waste emits to the atmosphere. The removal efficiency of nitroglycerin in the propellant by open burning exceeds 99.9999 percent. A worst-case analysis is conducted using the Trinity INPUFF™ model. Based on this conservative estimate, the concentrations of lead, copper, and NO<sub>x</sub> compounds do not exceed the Short-Term Exposure Limits. However, the analysis exposes limitations in the model in the plume height calculations and the sampling time method.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentxi, 108 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-08252008-162740en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08252008-162740/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/44443en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1997.P457.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 36788953en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectairen
dc.subjectopen burningen
dc.subjectRadforden
dc.subjectarmyen
dc.subjectwasteen
dc.subjectpropellanten
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1997.P457en
dc.titleAir assessment of open burning at Radford Army Ammunition Planten
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineEnvironmental Planningen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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