Emission inventory and emission factor projections for modelling air pollution

The “Universidad Politécnica de Madrid ” (UPM) is currently studying industrial activities that can produce air pollutants. The CORINAIR methodology1 is being used and the associated nomenclature called SNAP (Selected Nomenclature for Air Pollution) has been selected to complete an inventory. This inventory considers all the pollutant sources declared in CORINAIR’94. The study covers industrial activities collected in the SNAP nomenclature (SNAP-1, SNAP-2, SNAP-3, SNAP-4, SNAP-5, SNAP-6, SNAP-9 and SNAP-10) for the CAM (Autonomous region in the centre of Spain that includes the city of Madrid). Several future scenarios are proposed for each activity and future years in order to compare their associated emissions. The inventory is being time and spatially disintegrated. The aim of the study is to obtain detailed information about air pollutant activities and their current and future emissions in order to identify the incidence of each activity in air quality, to give useful information for regulatory decisions and to support decisions in the cases of great air quality disturbances. The reference methodology developed in this project is very close to those used in the European Union and the Geneva Agreement and could be a guidance for other Spanish regions. The time perio