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APPLIED ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH


Volume 44, No. 01, Month JANUARY, Year 2022, Pages 10 - 27


Assessment of emissions from cement plants using aermod modeling

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 classifiedas 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 ofpollutants 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.ETC...


Keywords

AERMOD; Cement plant; Health risks; Coal



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