Assessment of air quality around the thermal power plant area, Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India
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Jan 16, 2024
Vivek Surendra Manik
Swapnil Kisanrao Gudadhe
https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2072-5503
Swapnil Kisanrao Gudadhe
Abstract
Air is the critical main constituent of life on the earth due to respiration phenomenon. Chandrapur city is well known for mining activity and industrial area. Thermal power plant, mining activities, factories and so many industries are established in Chandrapur district. Present study examines the ambient air quality around the thermal power plant for compliance parameters viz; Particulate Matter less than 10 microns and 2.5 microns size (i.e., PM10 and PM2.5), as well as gaseous pollutants like Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX), Ozone (O3), Ammonia (NH3), specific contaminant pollutants involving Hydrocarbons (HCs) and Carbon Monoxide (CO), and heavy metals such as Nickel (Ni), Lead (Pb), Arsenic (As), and Benzo [a] pyrene (BaP) at different areas around Thermal Power Plant, Chandrapur, Maharashtra (India). The National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) 2009 was compared to the resultant situations. The results showed that although the levels of toxins and other pollutants near the thermal power plant were designed to be below permissible limits, they are nonetheless at alarmingly high levels from a health perspective.
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Manik, V. S., & Gudadhe, S. K. (2024). Assessment of air quality around the thermal power plant area, Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India. Environment Conservation Journal. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.26772653
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Air quality, Particulate Matter, Gaseous Pollutants, Trace Elements, Specific Pollutants
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Thoma, M., Bachmeier, F., Gottwald, F. L., Simon, M., & Vogel, A. L. (2022). Mass spectrometrybased Aerosolomics: a new approach to resolve sources, composition, and partitioning of secondary organic aerosol. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 15(23), 7137– 7154.
Tsai, C. J., Shih, T. S., & Sheu, R. N. (1997). Characteristics of Lead Aerosols in Different Work Environments. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 58(9), 650–656.
Vadic, V., Fungas, M., 1997. Assessment of air quality in Croatia. Environmental Research Forum (Air quality management) 7–8, 593–598.
Valavanidis, A., Fiotakis, K., Vlahogianni, T., Bakeas, E. B., Triantafillaki, S., Paraskevopoulou, V., & Dassenakis, M. (2006). Characterization of atmospheric particulates, particle-bound transition metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of urban air in the center of Athens (Greece). Chemosphere, 65(5), 760–768.
Wang, M., Shao, M., Chen, W., Lu, S., Liu, Y., Yuan, B., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Q., Chang, C. C., Wang, B., Zeng, L., Hu, M., Yang, Y., & Li, Y. (2015, February 11). Trends of nonmethane hydrocarbons (NMHC) emissions in Beijing during 2002–2013. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15(3), 1489–1502.
Yennawar, P. (1970). Short Term Air Quality Surveys in Four Major Cities of India. Environmental Health, 12, 355–383.
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