Environmental

impact assessment
College of Environment, Hohai University
Association Prof. :Deqiang Chen
Email:hjycdq@hhu.edu.cn
Cell phone:13584018783

Atmosphere environmental impact

assessment
. Assessment class and area
(1) Classification of Assessment
classification

criterion
Piratio of the maximum ground concentration of i type pollutant to
that of air quality standard;
D10% the maximum distance where the ground-level concentration of i
type pollutant reach the 10% of air quality standard.

Ci
Pi
100%
C oi
Cithe maximum ground-level concentration of i type pollutant, mg/m3;
Ci0concentration standard of i type pollutant(1h average concentration
or 3 times day average concentration of class air quality standard),
mg/m3.

Classification of Assessment
Assessment class

criterion

Pmax80% and D10% 5 km

Conditions beyond the and

Pmax 80% or D10% the

shortest distance of pollution
to factory boundary

. Assessment class and area

(2) Assessment area
A circle of radius D10% or rectangle of side length 2D10% ;
Usually

the radius or side length not less than 5km;

The maximum radius not more than 25km and the
maximum side length not more than 50km in case of the
estimated maximum distance affected by the pollution
exceed 25km.
200m on each side of linear pollution source (e g. road).

. Investigation of atmospheric environmental status

(1) Pollution source investigation
1)Industrial source

Name;
Location;
height of chimney;
outlet inside diameter of chimney flue;;
outlet velocity of smoke;
outlet temperature of smoke;
emission quantity of smoke;
main pollutants;
emission quantity of each pollutant in normal operating condition;
emission quantity of toxic pollutant in accidental condition.

(1) Pollution source investigation

2)traffic pollution source

traffic flow and average velocity of automobile;

main pollutants and emission rate of automobile exhaust;
width of road.

(2) Pollution source evaluation

1)Equal-standard pollution load method

Gi
Pi
C oi
Pithe equivalent pollution load of i type pollutant (m3/a109);
Githe annual discharge quantity of i type pollutant, t/a;
C0iconcentration standard of i type pollutant(1h average concentration
or 3 times day average concentration of class air quality standard),
mg/m3.

(2) Pollution source evaluation

2)Atmospheric pollution characteristic index

Qi
Pi
2
C oi H
Pithe atmospheric pollution characteristic index of i type pollutant ;
Qithe discharge quantity of i type pollutant, mg/s;
C0iconcentration standard of i type pollutant(1h average concentration
or 3 times day average concentration of class air quality standard),
mg/m3;
Hheight of chimney, m.

(3) Meteorological conditions survey

wind direction and speed;
cloud form and cover;
air temperature: dry/wet bulb temperature and point temperature;
mixing height and corresponding atmospheric stability;
relative humidity;
rainfall;
sea-level pressure and ground pressure of observation station;
height of a cloud base;
horizontal visibility;
above data should collect for recent 3 years( for class assessment)
or 1 year ( for & class assessment) ;
above data can direct collect from the meteorological station located
in the evaluation area or should be used after comparative analysis
of geographical condition.

(4) Air environment quality survey

atmospheric monitoring point

Assessment
class
monitoring point

10

point placement polar coordinates

methods
method

2~4

polar
coordinates
method

polar
coordinates
method

on the direction of on the direction of on the direction of

0, 180(at least)
location of point 0,45,90,135,180 0, 90, 180,
,225,270,
270(at least) and
and enforce
315and enforce enforce densities
densities
densities downwind
downwind
downwind

requirement of
point

Should be representative and the monitoring results can

reflect the air quality of evaluated area.

(5) Air environment quality evaluation

single standard index method:

Ci
Pi
C oi

C i C oi
B
C oi

Pithe standard index of water quality;

Cjthe concentration of i type pollutants, mg/m3;
C0ithe concentration limits i type pollutants of air quality standards,
mg/m3;
Bexceed multiple of i pollutants.

. Prediction of atmospheric environmental impact

(1) Prediction steps

Determine the predictive factors;

Determine the predictive area;
Determine the location of predictive point;
Determine the predictive pollution source;
Determine the predictive meteorological condition;
Determine the predictive topographic data;
Determine the predictive content;
Choose the predictive mode;
Determine the relative parameters of mode;
Make predictions.

. Prediction of atmospheric environmental impact

(2) Prediction contents
The

maximum ground hourly concentration of air environmental

protection goal, predictive points and predictive area in annual hourly
or sub-hourly meteorological condition;
The maximum ground hourly concentration of air environmental
protection goal, predictive points and predictive area in annual daily
meteorological condition;
The maximum ground hourly concentration of air environmental
protection goal, predictive points and predictive area in long term
meteorological condition;
The maximum ground hourly concentration of air environmental
protection goal, predictive points and predictive area in annual hourly
or sub-hourly meteorological condition for accidental emission;
The air quality during construction period which was more than 1 year.

. Prediction of atmospheric environmental impact

(3) Prediction mode
1)Gaussian diffusion model

q
y2
z2
c( x, y , z )
exp[ ( 2
)]
2
2 y 2 z
2 u y z
Cpollutants concentration, mg/m 3;
average wind speed m/ s
qpollution quantity g/ s
ylateral diffusion parameter m
zvertical diffusion parameter m
x,y,zdistance from predictive point to bottom center of stack.

Schematic diagram of Gaussian diffusion model