A monitoring strategy to assess the fugitive emission from a steel plant

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 79, Issue , 2013, Pages 455-461

  Amodio, M ^a   Andriani, E ^a   Dambruoso, P R ^a   de Gennaro, G ^a   Di Gilio, A ^a   Intini, M ^a   Palmisani, J ^a   Tutino, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fugitive emissions; Heavy metals; Micro pollutants; PAHs; Southern Italy; Steel plant

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR CONCENTRATION; FUGITIVE EMISSIONS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; MICROPOLLUTANTS; MONITORING APPROACH; MONITORING STRATEGY; PAHS; SOUTHERN ITALY;

AIR QUALITY; COKE OVENS; HEAVY METALS; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STEEL; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; VANADIUM;

STEELMAKING;

CALCIUM; IRON; MANGANESE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SILICON; SODIUM ION; TITANIUM; ZINC;

AIR MASS; AMBIENT AIR; CARBON EMISSION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STEEL;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; EXHAUST GAS; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84881224328     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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