Heavy metals in the SPM of air in the environment surrounding a ferro-alloy industrial plant in India.

Abstract:

:Prices for ferro-alloys have hardened due to the closure of plants in developed countries on account of increasingly stringent pollution control legislation, resulting in a higher cost of production. A ferro-alloy industry with a capacity of 80000 MT per annum was selected to study the nature of pollution. Because of the objectionable nature of polluting air in and around the plant it was located in a rural area where there was no other industry. The area was agriculturally active and there was no effective control system for this plant.The quality of ambient air around the plant site is discussed in this paper along with the meteorological conditions. The maximum concentration of suspended particulate matter (SPM) was 768 µg/NM(3) downwind of the plant, minimum 184 µg/NM(3), and the average was more than 446 µg/NM(3). The presence of heavy metals, viz. Fe, Mn, Cr and Pb, was also assessed. The concentration of Fe was 50 µg/NM(3) downwind and 10 µg/NM(3) upwind. The concentration of other metals followed a similar trend.

journal_name

Environ Monit Assess

authors

Reddy MK,Venkat Rao D,Rama Rao KG,Rama Mohan Rao I,Vittal Rao M

doi

10.1007/BF00549132

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-04-01 00:00:00

pages

109-18

issue

2

eissn

0167-6369

issn

1573-2959

journal_volume

25

pub_type

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