APPLICATION OF SUPER STACK MODEL TO ESTIMATE CEMENT, UREA AND AMMONIUM-SULFATE PARTICULATE CONCENTRATIONS

The dispersion and the concentration of cement, urea and ammonium sulf ate particulates in Shuaiba industrial area in Kuwait were estimated u sing the ''super stack'' model. The model, which was described elsewhe re (5,8), has been modified to compute solid pollutant concentrations emitted from multiple sources of different heights and emission rates in a simple terrain. The results of the model were compared to data ex perimentally obtained from different monitoring stations located at di stance of 100 to 200 m from the source. Close correspondence existed b etween the data predicted from the model and the experimentally measur ed values. This model served as a convenient tool to predict the solid pollutant concentration in a more efficient and accurate way. The con centration contour lines of these solids were established. The FB and NMSE values for the model prediction were in the range -0.37 to 0.788 and 0.394 to 1.431 respectively.