8.5.3. GSREF: Speciation cross-reference file

8.5.3.1. Area- and mobile-source speciation cross-reference file entries
8.5.3.2. Point-source speciation cross-reference file entries

The speciation cross-reference file is used to match the emission sources with the speciation profiles in the GSPRO file. The GSREF file uses a header to define the point-source unique characteristics. The same file can be used for all source categories; the SMOKE programs use only the applicable entries in the file. The way that the file is applied in SMOKE ensures that the most-specific matches override the less-specific ones. A description of how the speciation cross-reference is applied to the inventory is provided in Section 6.15, “Spcmat”.

8.5.3.1. Area- and mobile-source speciation cross-reference file entries

When emission type are used (as with mobile source processing using the Emisfac program), column C must contain the emission types instead of the pollutants. For example, if the MEPROC file contained processes EXR (exhaust running), EVR (evaporative running), and RFL (refueling), then in order to use pollutant-specific entries in the GSREF file for mobile sources, records would need to be added to the file that use the emission types EXR__TOG, EVR__TOG, and RFL__TOG in column C. Note that the separator within these process-pollutant combinations must be a double underscore. The format of the GSREF file for area and mobile sources is shown in Table 8.63, “Format for area- and mobile-source GSREF”.

Table 8.63. Format for area- and mobile-source GSREF

Line Position Description
1+ A
Area: 10-digit SCC, or 7-digit SCC with zeros filling the remaining digits (Character)
Mobile: 10-digit SCC code (Character)
Set to zero if cross-reference entry is not SCC-specific
  B Speciation profile code (Character) (required; must match codes in the GSPRO file)
  C Pollutant name or emission type (Character) (required; must match pollutants for profile code in GSPRO file; put zero id not pollutant-dependent)
  D

Country/state/county code (6-digit Integer in format YSSCCC) (optional):

  • leave blank if not country/state-dependent
  • set to YSS000 for country/state-dependent
  • set to YSSCCC for county-dependent
  E Maximum Achievable Technology Code (6-character String) (optional; use 0 if not needed)
  F Standard Industrial Code (4-character String) (optional; use 0 if not needed)

8.5.3.2. Point-source speciation cross-reference file entries

The format of the GSREF file for point sources is shown in Table 8.64, “Format for point-source GSREF”.

Table 8.64. Format for point-source GSREF

Line Position Description
1 A /POINT DEFN/
  B Number of point source characteristics in addition to plant ID in point source definition (for IDA and ORL, this will always be 4)
  C

Number of point source characteristic in addition to plant ID (if SCC is a part of the source definition); zero otherwise.

  • IDA and ORL inventories: 4
  • EMS-95 inventories: 0
2+ A 8- or 10-digit SCC (Character) (optional; set to zero if cross-reference entry is not SCC-specific)
  B Speciation profile code (Character) (required; must match codes in the GSPRO file)
  C Pollutant name or emission type (Character) (required; must match pollutants for profile code in GSPRO file; put zero if not pollutant-dependent)
  D

Country/state/county code (6-digit Integer in format YSSCCC) (optional):

  • leave blank if not country/state-dependent
  • set to YSS000 for country/state-dependent
  • set to YSSCCC for county-dependent
  E Maximum Achievable Technology Code (6-character String) (optional; use 0 if not needed)
  F Standard Industrial Code (4-character String) (optional; use 0 if not needed)
  G Plant ID for point sources (Character) (optional; leave blank if entry is not plant-specific)
  H Characteristic 1 (for IDA, this is point ID; for EMS-95, this is stack ID) (Character) (optional)
  I Characteristic 2 (for IDA, this is stack ID; for EMS-95, this is device ID) (Character) (optional)
  J Characteristic 3 (for IDA, this is segment ID; for EMS-95, this is process ID) (Character) (optional)
  K Characteristic 4 (for IDA, this is 10-digit SCC, or 5-digit with zeroes) (Character) (optional)
  L Characteristic 5 (blank for IDA) (Character) (optional)