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Environmental Management

Air Emissions Inventory and Dispersion Modelling

A quantified emissions inventory and AERMOD and CALPUFF dispersion analysis for your facility

Programme overview

Air Emissions Inventory
and Dispersion Modelling

Our team develops a comprehensive air emissions inventory for your facility covering the criteria pollutants, the hazardous air pollutants, the greenhouse gases and odour. We then run atmospheric dispersion modelling with AERMOD and CALPUFF to predict the ground level concentrations, compare them against the ambient air quality standards and support your permit applications. The result tells you which sources actually drive your impact and gives you the modelling evidence a regulator expects.

Air Emissions Inventory and Dispersion Modelling Overview
How we deliver it

Our implementation model

We fix the standards that apply to your site before we open at source inventory & emission factor compilation, and we do not close at reduction programme & bat alignment until they are met.

Source Inventory & Emission Factor Compilation

Compile point source inventory (stacks, vents, fugitives) and area source inventory (storage, fugitives, road dust), apply emission factors per EPA AP 42 / EEA EMEP EEA / IPCC, align with EU IED / US Clean Air Act.

Mass Balance & Activity Data

Build mass balance per source, fuel consumption, raw material throughput, product yield, waste generation, apply emission calculation methods (mass balance > emission factor > engineering estimate per EPA hierarchy).

Stack Testing & CEMS Validation

Conduct stack testing per EPA Method 1 to 30 / CEN EN 13284 / ISO 9096, validate Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) per EPA Part 60 / EU IED Annex V, specify QA/QC per CEMS Performance Specifications.

Dispersion Modelling for Permitting

Conduct dispersion modelling per EPA AERMOD / EU AERMOD derived, compare predicted concentrations against NAAQS (US) / WHO AQG (international), align with permit application threshold per EPA NSR / EU IED BAT.

Permit Limit & Compliance Tracking

Compare emissions to permit limits per Clean Air Act Title V / EU IED / national permit, design compliance tracking with monthly / quarterly / annual reporting per EPA AERR / EU EPRTR, align with corporate carbon / ESG reporting.

Reduction Programme & BAT Alignment

Identify emission reduction opportunities, process modification (ISD), end of pipe (scrubber, baghouse, RTO / RCO / TO, SCR / SNCR), align with EU IED BAT Reference Documents (BREFs) and US EPA MACT standards.

What the programme covers

Air Emissions Inventory in full scope

A source inventory covering stack, fugitive, area and mobile emissions
Selection of emission factors with their uncertainty
Integration of your continuous emission monitoring data
Dispersion modelling and receptor identification
Verification against the national ambient standards, the WHO guidelines and any site specific limit
An odour and hazardous air pollutant assessment
Evaluation of emission reduction options
Air Emissions Inventory and Dispersion Modelling Coverage
Business value

Value of Air Emissions Inventory and Dispersion Modelling

Air Pollutant Source and Receptor Protection
  • We protect your workers and the surrounding community from acute exposure
  • We identify the high impact emission sources that warrant control
  • We support emergency planning for release scenarios
  • We strengthen your fenceline air quality programme
EPA 40 CFR and EU IED Air Emissions Defence
  • You satisfy the CPCB, US EPA and EU IED stack standards
  • You hold modelling evidence for your permit applications
  • You document compliance with the national ambient standards and the WHO guidelines
  • You support cap and trade and emissions trading scheme reporting
Emissions Monitoring and Reporting Quality
  • We identify leaking and fugitive sources through leak detection and repair
  • We optimise your stack height and dispersion design
  • We target emission control retrofits at the highest impact sources
  • We strengthen the quality assurance on your continuous monitoring data
Air Permit and Non Compliance Cost Reduction
  • We target emission control capital to maximise your compliance return
  • You avoid fines and consent order penalties
  • You reduce the cost of fenceline community complaints
  • You support green and ESG linked finance pricing
Standards & references

Codes & standards we work to

US EPA AP 42CPCB Emission StandardsAERMOD and CALPUFFWHO Ambient Air Quality GuidelinesEnvironment Protection Act 1986 IndiaWater Prevention and Control of Pollution Act 1974Air Prevention and Control of Pollution Act 1981Hazardous and Other Wastes Rules 2016 IndiaMoEFCC EIA Notification 2006CPCB Guidelines India
When to engage

Triggers that signal the need

A new facility air permit applicationAn air permit modification for an expansionA stack height reviewA community complaint investigationA fenceline monitoring programmeAn audit of your continuous monitoring data
Industries served

Where Air Emissions Inventory and Dispersion Modelling applies

Chemical Manufacturing
ChemicalProcess
Oil & Gas
Oil & GasOffshore
Pharma & Life Sciences
PharmaGMP
Mining & Metals
MiningDust
Power & Energy
PowerUtilities
FMCG & Consumer Goods
FMCGCompliance
What we deliver

Tangible deliverables

  • An air emissions inventory report
  • AERMOD and CALPUFF dispersion model files and plots
  • A stack design and height recommendation
  • A hazardous air pollutant and odour assessment
  • A review of your continuous monitoring data quality
  • An emission reduction action plan
Get Started

Send us the scope

We will scope Air Emissions Inventory and Dispersion Modelling against your site and come back with what it would take. Tell us the site, the consents it holds and what it is measured against.