Retrieving CH4-emission rates from coal mine ventilation shafts using UAV-based AirCore observations and the genetic algorithm–interior point penalty function (GA-IPPF) model
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Published:2022-10-28
Issue:20
Volume:22
Page:13881-13896
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ISSN:1680-7324
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Container-title:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Atmos. Chem. Phys.
Author:
Shi Tianqi, Han Zeyu, Han Ge, Ma Xin, Chen HuilinORCID, Andersen Truls, Mao Huiqin, Chen Cuihong, Zhang Haowei, Gong Wei
Abstract
Abstract. There are plenty of monitoring methods to quantify gas emission rates based on gas concentration measurements around the strong sources. However,
there is a lack of quantitative models to evaluate methane emission rates from coal mines with less prior information. In this study, we develop a
genetic algorithm–interior point penalty function (GA-IPPF) model to
calculate the emission rates of large point sources of CH4 based on concentration samples. This model can provide optimized dispersion parameters and self-calibration, thus lowering the requirements for auxiliary data accuracy. During the Carbon Dioxide and Methane Mission (CoMet) pre-campaign, we retrieve CH4-emission rates from a ventilation shaft in Pniówek coal mine (Silesia coal mining region, Poland) based on the data collected by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based AirCore system and a GA-IPPF model. The concerned CH4-emission rates are variable even on a single day, ranging from 621.3 ± 19.8 to 1452.4 ± 60.5 kg h−1 on 18 August 2017 and from
348.4 ± 12.1 to 1478.4 ± 50.3 kg h−1 on 21 August 2017. Results
show that CH4 concentration data reconstructed by the retrieved parameters are highly consistent with the measured ones. Meanwhile, we
demonstrate the application of GA-IPPF in three gas control release experiments, and the accuracies of retrieved gas emission rates are better
than 95.0 %. This study indicates that the GA-IPPF model can quantify the CH4-emission rates from strong point sources with high accuracy.
Funder
National Key Research and Development Program of China National Natural Science Foundation of China
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
Subject
Atmospheric Science
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