SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.27 número2Inference of surface concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in Colombia from tropospheric columns of the ozone measurement instrument (OMI) índice de autoresíndice de materiabúsqueda de artículos
Home Pagelista alfabética de revistas  

Servicios Personalizados

Revista

Articulo

Indicadores

Links relacionados

  • No hay artículos similaresSimilares en SciELO

Compartir


Atmósfera

versión impresa ISSN 0187-6236

Resumen

GARCIA-ESCALANTE, JENNIFER SANDRA; GARCIA-REYNOSO, JOSÉ AGUSTÍN; JAZCILEVICH-DIAMANT, ARÓN  y  RUIZ-SUAREZ, LUIS GERARDO. The influence of the Tula, Hidalgo complex on the air quality of the Mexico City Metropolitan Area. Atmósfera [online]. 2014, vol.27, n.2, pp.215-225. ISSN 0187-6236.

Using an air quality model, this study shows how emissions from the "Miguel Hidalgo" refinery of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and the thermoelectric plant "Francisco Pérez Ríos" of the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE, Federal Electricity Commission) in Tula, Hidalgo influence the atmosphere of the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA). The model couples meteorology and chemistry. The weather scenario encompasses the period from October 20-28, 2005. Two scenarios are compared: the first assumes a 40% reduction in emissions of NOx, SO2 and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the Tula complex (reduction scenario), and the second considers the scenario without reduction (baseline scenario). The model is compared with measurements of the Red Automática de Monitoreo Atmosférico (Automatic Environmental Monitoring Network). We observe that under certain weather conditions, the energy sector of Tula, Hidalgo affects the air quality in the MCMA. The reduction scenario is effective in reducing SO2 concentrations; however, despite a 40% decrease in the emissions of ozone precursors, their concentrations in the MCMA did not decrease.

Palabras llave : Air quality modeling; Mexico City; Mexico's energy sector.

        · resumen en Español     · texto en Inglés     · Inglés ( pdf )

 

Creative Commons License Todo el contenido de esta revista, excepto dónde está identificado, está bajo una Licencia Creative Commons