Abstract
Because of its proximity to a residential area and to the municipal airport, the Consolidated Gas Electric Light and Power Company of Baltimore, in the construction of its new Riverside Generating Station, found it necessary to give careful consideration to the flue-gas problem and the height of stacks. The problem resolved itself into three distinct phases: (a) to establish the wind and weather conditions which would produce the most serious smoke annoyance; (b) to determine the effect of adding units to the plant; (c) to investigate all possible means for improving dissipation of flue gases. The model-test procedure followed, in studying these elements, in the wind tunnel of the Allied Aviation Corporation, the results attained in comparison with known data from the Westport Plant of the company, and the decisions reached in designing and arranging stacks at Riverside are thoroughly discussed.
