Patent ID: 11859991
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 9:
10. A method for identifying one or more sources of an airborne pollutant in a geographical area and for mitigating release of the airborne pollutant, comprising:
receiving, by a processing apparatus via a communication interface from a plurality of emission data collection assemblies, emission data and vehicle location data associated with a plurality of corresponding vehicles in the geographical area;
receiving, by the processing apparatus via the communication interface from a plurality of ambient air quality collection assemblies at respective locations in the geographical area, ambient air quality data for the respective locations in the geographical area;
applying, by the processing apparatus, a vehicle emission plume air dispersion model to process the received emission data, the received vehicle location data, and the received ambient air quality data;
identifying, by the processing apparatus, one or more principal sources of the airborne pollutant based on the processed emission data, vehicle location data, and ambient air quality data; and
transmitting, by the processing apparatus via the communication interface, an instruction related to one or more vehicles associated with the one or more identified principal sources of the airborne pollutant.