- MERCURE
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Accor . SeeMercure Hotels ."MERCURE is anatmospheric dispersion modeling CFD code developed byÉlectricité de France (EDF) and distributed by ARIA Technologies, a French company. [ [http://pandora.meng.auth.gr/mds/strquery.php?wholedb Model Documentation System] of the European Topic Centre on Air and Climate Change.] [Buty D., J.Y. Caneill and B. Carissimo (1988), "Simulation numerique de la couche limite atmospherique en terrain complexe au moyen d'un modele mesometeorologique non hydrostatique: le code MERCURE", J. Theor. Appl. Mech., 7, 35-62.]MERCURE is a version of the CFD software ESTET, developed by EDF's Laboratoire National d'Hydraulique. Thus, it has directly benefited from the improvements developed for ESTET. When requested, ARIA integrates MERCURE as a module into the the ARIA RISK software for use in industrial risk assessments.
Features of the model
MERCURE is particularly well adapted to perform air pollution dispersion modelling on local or urban scales. Some of the models capabilities and features are:
*Pollution source types: Point or line sources, continuous or intermittent.
*Pollution plume types: Buoyant or dense gas plumes.
*Deposition: The model is capable of simulating the deposition or decay of plume pollutants.
Users of the model
There are many organizations that have used MERCURE. To name a few:
* Electricite klawi de France (EDF)
* Laboratoire de Mécanique des Fluides et d’Acoustique (LMFA) de l'École Centrale de Lyon ,France
*Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire (IRSN),Fontenay , France
* The Italian National Agency for New Technology, Energy and the Environment (ENEA),Bologna ,Italy
*Queensland University of Technology ,Brisbane ,Australia ee also
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Bibliography of atmospheric dispersion modeling
*Atmospheric dispersion modeling
*Compilation of atmospheric dispersion models Further reading
For those who are unfamiliar with air pollution dispersion modelling and would like to learn more about the subject, it is suggested that either one of the following books be read:
*cite book | author=Turner, D.B. | title=Workbook of atmospheric dispersion estimates: an introduction to dispersion modeling| edition=2nd Edition| publisher=CRC Press | year=1994 | id=ISBN 1-56670-023-X [http://www.crcpress.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?sku=L1023&parent_id=&pc= www.crcpress.com]
*cite book | author=Beychok, M.R. | title=Fundamentals Of Stack Gas Dispersion | edition=4th Edition| publisher=self-published | year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-9644588-0-2 [http://www.air-dispersion.com www.air-dispersion.com]References
External links
* [http://www.aria.fr/english/logiciels/index.html ARIA Technologies web site] (English version)
* [http://www.edf.com/index.php4?coe_i_id=20403 EDF website] (English version)
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