Assessment of air pollutants emissions from a cement plant : a case study in Jordan
Joint Authors
al-Smadi, Bashshar M.
al-Zbun, Kamil Khulayf
Shatanawi, Khaldun M.
Source
Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering
Issue
Vol. 3, Issue 3 (30 Sep. 2009), pp.265-282, 18 p.
Publisher
Jordan University of Science and Technology Deanship of Research
Publication Date
2009-09-30
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
18
Main Subjects
Earth Sciences, Water and Environment
Civil Engineering
Topics
Abstract EN
This paper presents predictions of air pollutants (dust, SO2, NOx and CO) emitted from a cement plant that will be constructed in Wade Alabyad area located about 100 km south of Amman, Jordan.
The Gaussian air pollution model is used and the predicted concentrations of the air pollutants are compared with the Jordanian air quality standards (JS 1140 / 2006).
It is found that the month of September represents the worst-case scenario where the atmospheric stability condition is classified as A and the average wind speed is 1.7 m / s.
The predicted SO2 hourly and the 24-hour concentrations-when using fuel oil-reached 0.8 ppm and 0.42 ppm, consequently, at a distance of 750 m from the plant, which exceed the standard values of 0.3 ppm and 0.14 pmm, consequently.
In case of natural gas as source of energy, the SO2 concentration is predicted to be negligible.
The hourly concentration of NOx is 0.32 ppm at a distance of 750 m from the plant exceeding the standard limit of 0.21 ppm.
It is found that the maximum TSP 24-hour concentration will be expected to reach 359.61 μg / m3 exceeding the standard value of 260 μg / m3.
The TSP, PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations exceeded the values set by the standard near the vicinity of the cement plant at a distance closer than 300 m.
The proposed mitigation measures should limit the ambient air pollutant concentrations to be in compliance with the standard values.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Smadi, Bashshar M.& al-Zbun, Kamil Khulayf& Shatanawi, Khaldun M.. 2009. Assessment of air pollutants emissions from a cement plant : a case study in Jordan. Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering،Vol. 3, no. 3, pp.265-282.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Smadi, Bashshar M.…[et al.]. Assessment of air pollutants emissions from a cement plant : a case study in Jordan. Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering Vol. 3, no. 3 (2009), pp.265-282.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-284653
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Smadi, Bashshar M.& al-Zbun, Kamil Khulayf& Shatanawi, Khaldun M.. Assessment of air pollutants emissions from a cement plant : a case study in Jordan. Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering. 2009. Vol. 3, no. 3, pp.265-282.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-284653
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 282
Record ID
BIM-284653