8.5.5. GSREF: Speciation cross-reference file

8.5.5.1. Area- and mobile-source speciation cross-reference file entries
8.5.5.2. 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.

When the special keyword “COMBO” is placed in the speciation profile code column, all sources matching the cross-reference entry should use a combination speciation profile provided in Section 8.5.4, “GSPRO_COMBO: Combination speciation profiles file ”. Using the profiles listed in the GSPRO_COMBO file, Spcmat can use the fractions and the information from the GSPRO and GSCNV for the profiles provied to create weighted profiles for the matching source.

As of SMOKE version 4.5, the chemical speciation profile split factor column M is added into the Table 8.45, “Format for point-source GSREF for users to apply multiple speciation profiles to a single inventory source. Unlike GSPRO_COMBO approach, this approach can be used to an individual stationary point source level.

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

When emission type are used (as with mobile source processing using the Movesmrg program), column C must contain the emission types instead of the pollutants. For example, if the MEPROC file contained processes EXR (exhaust running), EPM (evaporative permeation), and CXR (crankcase running exhaust), 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, EPM__TOG, and CXR__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 8.44, “Format for area- and mobile-source GSREF.

Table 8.44. Format for area- and mobile-source GSREF

Line Position Description
1+ A
Area: 20-digit SCC, or 10-digit SCC with zeros filling the remaining digits (Character)
Mobile: 20-digit SCC code or 10-digit SCC (Character)
Set to zero if cross-reference entry is not SCC-specific
  B Speciation profile code (10-digit character) (required; must match codes in the GSPRO file)
  C Pollutant name or emission type (16-digit character) (required; must match pollutants for profile code in GSPRO file; put zero id not pollutant-dependent)
  D

Country/state/county code (6-digit character 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-digit character) (optional; use 0 if not needed)
  F Standard Industrial Code (20-digit character) (optional; use 0 if not needed)
  ... ...
  M Chemical Speciation Profile Split factor (real) (optional)

8.5.5.2. Point-source speciation cross-reference file entries

The format of the GSREF file for point sources is shown in Table 8.45, “Format for point-source GSREF.

Table 8.45. 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 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.

  • FF10 and ORL inventories: 4
2+ A 8- or 10- or 20- digit SCC (Character) (optional; set to zero if cross-reference entry is not SCC-specific)
  B Speciation profile code (10-digit character) (required; must match codes in the GSPRO file)
  C Pollutant name or emission type (16-digit character) (required; must match pollutants for profile code in GSPRO file; put zero if not pollutant-dependent)
  D

Country/state/county code (6-digit character 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-digit character) (optional; use 0 if not needed)
  F Standard Industrial Code (20-digit character String) (optional; use 0 if not needed)
  G Facility ID for FF10 Point Sources (Plant ID for ORL), (15-digit character), (optional ; leave blank if entry is not plant-specific)
  H Characteristic 1 (for FF10, this is Unit ID; for ORL, this is Point ID), optional (15-digit character)
  I Characteristic 2 (for FF10, this is Release Point ID, (for ORL, this is stack ID); optional (15-digit character)
  J Characteristic 3 (for FF10, this is Process ID, (for ORL, this is segment ID); optional (15-digit character)
  K Characteristic 4 (for FF10 or ORL, this is 10-digit SCC, or 20-digit maximum SCC) (20-digit character) (optional)
  L Characteristic 5 (blank for FF10 or ORL) (15-digit character) (optional)
  M Chemical Speciation Profile Split factor (real) (optional)