Environmental impact assessment of scrap tire combustion in Jordan

Other Title(s)

تقييم الأثر البيئي لحرق إطارات النفاية في الأردن

Dissertant

al-Suud, Imad

Thesis advisor

Ziyadat, Unf Hanna

University

Mutah University

Faculty

Faculty of Engineering

Department

Civil Engineering Department

University Country

Jordan

Degree

Master

Degree Date

2009

English Abstract

In this research, a number of field tests are held in Tafila city which is located 200 km south of Amman, programs have been conducted to identify and quantify polluted air emissions from scrap tire burning.

This research is considered to be one of few the researches in this field, if it is not the first one in the country to deal with air pollutants emitted from scrap tire burning.

The results of the field test shows that, the mean concentrations of PM10 for 24 hours is 280(μg / m3), the mean concentrations of smoke in outdoor atmosphere 138.2 (μg / m3), the heavy metals mean concentrations (Pb, Cd, Zn, Ni, Cu, Mn Cr, Fe, As, Co), are (2.06, 0.06, 3.0, 0.29, 2.0, 0.2, 0.3, 1.5, 0.3, 0.44 μg / m3) respectively, the mean concentration of NH3, H2S,and SO2 is (149,116, and 72.71) (μg / m3) respectively, The total PAHs mean concentration is 2918 (ng / m³), also the mean concentration of VOCs (BTEX) Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl benzene, m, p, o-Xylene is (9.65, 9.33, 3.0, 31.1 μg / m3) respectively , and Carbon monoxide CO is 35 ppm[40 mg / m³].

Therefore, the available data are fully representative for the potential health risks from exposure to open scrap tire fire emissions.

Integrated scrap tires management, a hierarchy for managing scrap tires, includes scrap tires reduction, reuse, recycling, energy recovery, and disposal should be taken into consideration.

Main Subjects

Earth Sciences, Water and Environment

Topics

• Jordan
• Environmental aspects

No. of Pages

47

Table of Contents

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Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-304604