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Emission rates of pollutants from Ready Mix Concrete plants in Cairo, Egypt

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Environmental chemistry

Abstract

Ready Mixed Concrete (RMC) plants mix cement, sand, aggregates and water to produce a ready-to-use material. In the present study, pollutants emitted from RMC plants as particulate matter (TSP, PM10 and PM2.5), and gaseous pollutants (CO, NO2, SO2, H2S and VOC) were monitored at working areas from five RMC Plants in Cairo, Egypt, during 2019. The mean concentrations of TSP, PM10 and PM2.5 during different processes in RMC plants were 0.28-3.23 mg/m3, 0.11-1.45 mg/m3 and 0.07-0.64 mg/m3, respectively. The total emissions rate of TSP, PM10 and PM2.5 from RMC plants were 0.78-1.42 g/s, 0.24-0.43 g/s and 0.03-0.06 g/s, respectively. Higher emission rates of gases were recorded at plants with higher working hours, higher generator consumption of diesel and higher equipment consumption of diesel. Finally, result shows that the main sources of PM and gaseous pollutants in RMC plants are mixer process, truck movement on unpaved roads and using generators. Recommendation for RMC plant are: it should be cover storage areas; use water sprayer system for loading sand and aggregates; use control system at mixer area; and roads inside RMC plant should be paved and washed every day.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2021.47757.2976

Keywords

Ready Mix Concrete (RMC), Particulate matter, PM10, PM2.5 Gaseous pollutants, Emissions rate

Authors

First Name

Inas

Last Name

Saleh

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Affiliation

Air Pollution Research Department, Environmental Research Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Email

inas_alisaleh@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0003-0791-1475

First Name

Atef

Last Name

Mohammed

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-

Affiliation

Air Pollution Research Department, Environmental Research Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Email

ateffathy2006@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

0000-0002-2930-0168

Volume

64

Article Issue

4

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22914

Issue Date

2021-04-01

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2020-10-26

Publish Date

2021-04-01

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2,003

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2,012

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0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_135504.html

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Original Article

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Emission rates of pollutants from Ready Mix Concrete plants in Cairo, Egypt

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Created At

22 Jan 2023