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

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus adapted to identify one or more sources of an airborne pollutant in a geographical area and to mitigate release of the airborne pollutant, comprising:
a processor;
a communication interface to one or more networks;
a non-transitory computer-readable memory operatively connected to the processor and having stored thereon machine-readable instructions to:
receive, via the 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;
receive, 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;
apply 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;
identify one or more principal sources of the airborne pollutant based on the processed emission data, vehicle location data, and ambient air quality data; and
transmit, 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.