Fugitive lead emissions study for the Trail smelting operation

Teck Metals Ltd. operates one of the world’s largest integrated lead-zinc smelting operations based in Trail, British Columbia. An important part of Teck’s normal day-to-day operations is to carefully track and report on any pollutants generated on site that are released into the environment. The purpose of this internship is to assist their Company in estimating atmospheric emissions of lead particulates from a variety of sources. Our work is based on extending an existing inverse Gaussian plume emissions model where the input to the algorithm is a collection of measurements of particulate material deposited on the ground in the area around the Trail smelter.

Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. John Stockie

Student:

Bamdad Hosseini

Partner:

Teck Metals Ltd.

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Mining and quarrying

University:

Simon Fraser University