Systems Approach to Air Quality Surveillance of Ambient SO2 Concentration Resulting from Copper Smelter Emissions

Abstract

This paper provides a general survey of the effects of ambient air quality regulations. It evaluates the possible approaches that are available in providing solutions to the general problem of smelter emission control.The paper also discusses the approach that has been used by Kennecott Copper Corporation in the development of air quality monitoring and surveillance systems for its four copper smelters located in Western United States. These systems represent the latest developments in technology.Also, emphasized are the control aspects of these state-of-the-art systems, that are being utilized to assist in the solution of one of the most pressing problems of the civilized world today; namely, “optimum utilization of the airshed capacity for conservation of natural resources by automatic control.”