Measurement of particulate concentrations produced during bulk material handling at the Tarragona harbor

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 30, 2007, Pages 6344-6355

  Artinano B ^a   Gomez Moreno F J ^a   Pujadas, M ^a   Moreno, N ^b   Alastuey, A ^b   Querol, X ^b   Martin F ^a   Guerra, A ^c   Luaces, J A ^d   Basora, J ^d  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c Ente Público Puertos del Estado ^*  (Spain)

^d Tarragona Port Authority   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Bulk material; Diffuse emission sources; Loading unloading activities; PM10

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MATERIALS HANDLING; SILICA;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BULK MATERIALS; DIFFUSE EMISSION SOURCES; EMISSION FACTOR ESTIMATIONS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

COAL; MANGANESE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATABASE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAIN SIZE; HARBOR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; MATERIALS HANDLING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TAPIOCA;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 34548656631     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.12.020     Document Type: Article

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