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Evaluating Some Factors which Influence Air Pollutant Concentration around the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC) of Nigeria

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Air pollution

Abstract

The study assesses potential variables which influence the concentration of air pollution around a point source. Seven categories of air pollutants were monitored around the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC), which comprised carbon monoxide (CO), volatile organic compounds (VOC), Hydrogen sulphide (H2S), Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), Sulphur dioxide (SO2) and Particulate Matter (PM2.5 and PM10). Sampling points were located in the range of 1.5 km to 16 km. Air quality was sampled intermittently on a weekly basis for a duration of one year. Regression analysis was also used to assess the influence of selected predictors on pollutants concentration around WRPC. With the exception of H2S, the prediction models for CO, VOC, SO2, NO2, PM2.5 and PM10 were statistically significant with R2 values of 0.014, 0.215, 0.022, 0.582, 0.17 and 0.45 respectively. The results revealed that the concentration of pollutants were influenced by the combination of the factors (distance from WRPC, orientation from WRPC, seasonality and climatic variables such as atmospheric temperature, relative humidity and wind speed), which served as the predictors in the model. The study recommends that arrangements of industrial and residential land uses by urban planning authorities be patterned, taking into consideration factors such as distance and orientation from pollution point-sources.

DOI

10.21608/aujes.2021.104766.1046

Keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS, Point-source, predictors, seasonality, orientation

Authors

First Name

Verere

Last Name

Balogun

MiddleName

Sido

Affiliation

Department of Geography and Regional Planning, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Benin, Nigeria

Email

verere.sido@uniben.edu

City

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Orcid

0000-0002-7716-7912

First Name

Peter

Last Name

Odjugo

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Geography and Regional Planning, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.

Email

paoodjugo@yahoo.com

City

Benin

Orcid

0000-0002-0020-2425

Volume

3

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

32357

Issue Date

2022-03-01

Receive Date

2021-11-07

Publish Date

2022-03-01

Page Start

22

Page End

40

Print ISSN

2735-4229

Online ISSN

2735-4237

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https://aujes.journals.ekb.eg/article_211719.html

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https://aujes.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=211719

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3

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Original Research

Type Code

1,615

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Aswan University Journal of Environmental Studies

Publication Link

https://aujes.journals.ekb.eg/

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Evaluating Some Factors which Influence Air Pollutant Concentration around the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC) of Nigeria

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Article

Created At

23 Jan 2023