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Suad Al-Adwani
M.A.Sc. Candidate
Department of Chemical Engineering
Office: DWE
2531
Phone: 519-888-4567 ext. 35675
Email: saladwan@uwaterloo.ca
Degrees: B.Eng. (University of Kuwait) |
Supervisor(s): Ali Elkamel, Tom Duever
Research Interests
Optimal Design of Air Quality Monitoring Networks
The research project targets to design an optimal air quality monitoring network (AQMN). The objective of the optimization is to provide maximum information about the presence and level of atmospheric contaminants in a given area and with a limited budget. A criteria for assessing the allocation of monitoring stations is developed by applying a utility function that can describe the spatial coverage of the network and its ability to detect violations of standards for multiple pollutants. A mathematical model based on the Multiple Cell Approach (MCA) is used to create monthly spatial distributions for the concentrations of the pollutants emitted from different emission sources. The proposed model will be applied to a network of existing refinery stacks.
