MERCURE
Atmospheric dispersion modeling CFD
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MERCURE is an atmospheric dispersion modeling CFD code developed by Électricité de France (EDF) and distributed by ARIA Technologies, a French company.[1][2]
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 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:
- Électricité 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
See also
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:
- Turner, D.B. (1994). Workbook of atmospheric dispersion estimates: an introduction to dispersion modeling (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 1-56670-023-X. www.crcpress.com
- Beychok, M.R. (2005). Fundamentals Of Stack Gas Dispersion (4th ed.). self-published. ISBN 0-9644588-0-2. www.air-dispersion.com