Infrared optical properties of a coal-fired power plant plume

L. P. Stearns; R. F. Pueschel

doi:10.1364/AO.22.001856

Applied Optics
Vol. 22,
Issue 12,
pp. 1856-1860
(1983)
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Infrared optical properties of a coal-fired power plant plume

L. P. Stearns and R. F. Pueschel

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Abstract

Infrared measurements in the 8–14-μm spectral region were made of two coal-fired power plant plumes and area haze in the Four Corners region of New Mexico from 1 to 7 Nov. 1980. The layer transmittance, optical depth, and volume extinction coefficient derived from measurements on four nonconsecutive days show the effects of the plumes on the IR optical properties of the atmosphere. The average contribution of the plume alone to the IR extinction coefficient was 74% at the Four Corners plant; the background haze contributed 7–11%. More efficient particulate emission control at the San Juan power plant reduced the average contribution of its plume to 57% of the extinction coefficient. The haze contributed an average of 16%. The results show an increase with time of the haze bulk extinction coefficient during a persistent anticyclonic synoptic situation. Extinction coefficients of the haze showed a linearity with particulate loading, which led to estimates of IR volume extinctions of the free troposphere from aerosol measurements.

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Location/date		Transmittance	Optical depth	Extinction coeff. (km⁻¹)	Percent
San Juan Power plant 1/11/80	Haze + plume	0.91	0.09	0.20	71
	Haze	0.98	0.02	0.04	15
	Plume	0.93	0.07	0.16	56
	H₂O + CO₂	0.96	0.04	0.08	29
	Total	0.88	0.13	0.28	100
Four Corners power plant 4/11/80	Haze + plume	0.79	0.24	0.40	81
	Haze	0.98	0.02	0.04	7
	Plume	0.81	0.22	0.36	74
	H₂O + CO₂	0.94	0.05	0.09	19
	Total	0.75	0.29	0.50	100
Four Corners power plant 6/11/80	Haze + plume	0.83	0.19	0.52	85
	Haze	0.98	0.02	0.07	11
	Plume	0.85	0.17	0.45	74
	H₂O + CO₂	0.97	0.04	0.10	15
	Total	0.80	0.23	0.62	100
San Juan power plant 7/11/80	Haze + plume	0.90	0.10	0.26	75
	Haze	0.98	0.02	0.06	17
	Plume	0.92	0.08	0.20	58
	H₂O + CO₂	0.97	0.04	0.09	25
	Total	0.87	0.14	0.34	100

Mode	Parameter	Case A	Case B
Small particle	Concentration (cm⁻³)	8.29 E + 5	4.14 E + 3
	Modal radius (μm)	1.51 E − 1	1.16 E − 1
	Skewness parametera	1.32	9.74 E − 1
	Standard deviation (μm)	1.53 E − 1	5.72 E − 2
	Mass loadingb (μg m⁻³)	5.17	2.52
Large particle	Concentration (cm⁻³)	1.90 (E + 1)	3.48
	Modal radius (μm)	5.34	4.00
	Skewness parametera	9.38 E − 1	1.29
	Standard deviation (μm)	2.31	2.99
	Mass loading (μg m⁻³)b	4.41 E + 3	4.08 E + 2

	Particulate mass loading (μg m⁻³)	Infrared extinction (km⁻¹)
Four Corners	35,311.3 ± 1882.7	0.4099 ± 0.0593
San Juan generating station plume	4410.2	0.1776 ± 0.0286
Haze	283.6 ± 142.3	0.0511 ± 0.014

Altitude (m) MSL	Particulate loading (μg m⁻³)	Infrared (8–14 μm) extinction (km⁻¹)
2135	91.0 ± 186.4	0.0164
2440	16.4 ± 8.8	0.00295
2745	14.9 ± 13.6	0.0027
3050	20.1 ± 17.8	0.0036
3350	5.1	0.00092
3660	4.4	0.00079

Location/date		Transmittance	Optical depth	Extinction coeff. (km⁻¹)	Percent
San Juan Power plant 1/11/80	Haze + plume	0.91	0.09	0.20	71
	Haze	0.98	0.02	0.04	15
	Plume	0.93	0.07	0.16	56
	H₂O + CO₂	0.96	0.04	0.08	29
	Total	0.88	0.13	0.28	100
Four Corners power plant 4/11/80	Haze + plume	0.79	0.24	0.40	81
	Haze	0.98	0.02	0.04	7
	Plume	0.81	0.22	0.36	74
	H₂O + CO₂	0.94	0.05	0.09	19
	Total	0.75	0.29	0.50	100
Four Corners power plant 6/11/80	Haze + plume	0.83	0.19	0.52	85
	Haze	0.98	0.02	0.07	11
	Plume	0.85	0.17	0.45	74
	H₂O + CO₂	0.97	0.04	0.10	15
	Total	0.80	0.23	0.62	100
San Juan power plant 7/11/80	Haze + plume	0.90	0.10	0.26	75
	Haze	0.98	0.02	0.06	17
	Plume	0.92	0.08	0.20	58
	H₂O + CO₂	0.97	0.04	0.09	25
	Total	0.87	0.14	0.34	100

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