Assessment of Emissions from Cement Plants Using AERMOD Modeling
Coal combustion generates many gases and emissions which are harmful to public health and the environment. So, it is necessary to assess the health risks for the people living in the nearby cement plants that use coal as a fuel. In this article, a health risk assessment HRA was carried out concerni...
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| author | Atef I. Abdel-Gawad Mahmoud NourEldeen Hamada Mahmaoud Asmaa S. Hamouda |
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Coal combustion generates many gases and emissions which are harmful to public health and the environment. So, it is necessary to assess the health risks for the people living in the nearby cement plants that use coal as a fuel. In this article, a health risk assessment HRA was carried out concerning the air emissions from a cement plant in the heavy industry area located at Beni Suef governorate - Egypt. The article handles the assessment of the health risks for pollutants classified as non-carcinogenic i.e. sulfur dioxide - mercury and the health risks for pollutants classified as carcinogenic i.e. arsenic – chromium VI. An Air dispersion modeling program AERMOD is used to measure and evaluate long and short terms health impacts to expect the concentration of pollutants at the ground level within 30 km radius of the studied cement plant. The emissions measurements findings are used as input to the model in addition to some factors such as meteorology and surrounding terrain. Consequently, the program can implement simulations for the emissions concentration level of the mentioned pollutants and their effects on the population at Jazirat Abu Salih village, which is 10 km far from the studied cement plant. The results for mentioned pollutants concentrations levels matched with acceptance and safe levels of ambient air quality standards. In addition, the increment lifetime cancer risk ILCR by inhalation was calculated for arsenic and chromium and all results conformed with the safe and accepted limits.
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| spelling | doaj.art-8352e00d3ddb4fdd9cb4bc9bfa4502e72022-12-22T04:01:10ZengEnvironmental Research Institute, Chulalongkorn UniversityApplied Environmental Research2287-07412287-075X2022-01-01441Assessment of Emissions from Cement Plants Using AERMOD ModelingAtef I. Abdel-Gawad0Mahmoud NourEldeen1Hamada Mahmaoud2Asmaa S. Hamouda3Faculty of the Postgraduate Studies for Advanced Sciences (PSAS), Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, EgyptCentral Laboratory, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, EgyptFaculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, EgyptFaculty of the Postgraduate Studies for Advanced Sciences (PSAS), Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt Coal combustion generates many gases and emissions which are harmful to public health and the environment. So, it is necessary to assess the health risks for the people living in the nearby cement plants that use coal as a fuel. In this article, a health risk assessment HRA was carried out concerning the air emissions from a cement plant in the heavy industry area located at Beni Suef governorate - Egypt. The article handles the assessment of the health risks for pollutants classified as non-carcinogenic i.e. sulfur dioxide - mercury and the health risks for pollutants classified as carcinogenic i.e. arsenic – chromium VI. An Air dispersion modeling program AERMOD is used to measure and evaluate long and short terms health impacts to expect the concentration of pollutants at the ground level within 30 km radius of the studied cement plant. The emissions measurements findings are used as input to the model in addition to some factors such as meteorology and surrounding terrain. Consequently, the program can implement simulations for the emissions concentration level of the mentioned pollutants and their effects on the population at Jazirat Abu Salih village, which is 10 km far from the studied cement plant. The results for mentioned pollutants concentrations levels matched with acceptance and safe levels of ambient air quality standards. In addition, the increment lifetime cancer risk ILCR by inhalation was calculated for arsenic and chromium and all results conformed with the safe and accepted limits. https://ph01-ohno.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/aer/article/view/247420AERMODCement plantHealth risksCoal |
| spellingShingle | Atef I. Abdel-Gawad Mahmoud NourEldeen Hamada Mahmaoud Asmaa S. Hamouda Assessment of Emissions from Cement Plants Using AERMOD Modeling Applied Environmental Research AERMOD Cement plant Health risks Coal |
| title | Assessment of Emissions from Cement Plants Using AERMOD Modeling |
| title_full | Assessment of Emissions from Cement Plants Using AERMOD Modeling |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of Emissions from Cement Plants Using AERMOD Modeling |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of Emissions from Cement Plants Using AERMOD Modeling |
| title_short | Assessment of Emissions from Cement Plants Using AERMOD Modeling |
| title_sort | assessment of emissions from cement plants using aermod modeling |
| topic | AERMOD Cement plant Health risks Coal |
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