BSTRACT
In this thesis the Gaussian plume model is proposed as a method for solving problems
related to the transportation of pollutants due to advection by wind and turbulent dif-
fusion. The idea of advection and diusion is fundamental to this thesis as well as its
mathematical derivations from the initial principles to the explanation of the governing
partial dierential equation. Dimensional analysis technique has been employed as well
as Fick's rst and second law of diusion. The concentration distribution of a pollutant
freed into the atmosphere may be dened by the advection-diusion equation which is a
second-order partial dierential equation of parabolic form.
Assumptions underlying the model in this thesis have been explained, their origin
from advection diusion equation and the important properties of the plume solution
in the atmosphere. The results are then applied to solving problem in which emission
rates are strongminded in a given power plant. We demonstrated our outcomes with an
application for ongoing research of emission from diesel power plant (Anixas Power Plant,
Walvis Bay).
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