Change in the quality of atmospheric air under the influence of chemical enterprises in the Sverdlovsk Region cities

• Published in: IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 72; no. 1; pp. 12012 - 12018
• Main Authors: Ivantsova, Maria N, Selezneva, Irina S, Bezmaternykh, Maxim A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.06.2017
• Subjects: Air pollution; Carbon monoxide; Chemical industry; Emission analysis; Emission measurements; Manufacturing industry; Metallurgy; Nitrogen oxides; Photochemicals; Pollutants; Sulfur; Sulfur dioxide
• ISSN: 1755-1307; 1755-1315
• DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/72/1/012012

In this article, we investigated the gaseous emission dynamics of Sverdlovsk region chemical complex from 2011 to 2015. We have analyzed the dynamics of changes in the atmospheric air state in cities where the big chemical enterprises are located. Our main attention is paid to gases emissions such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide. We also looked at the volume of purified gas emissions in all gaseous emissions from the chemical industry enterprises. The contribution of emissions from chemical industry is relatively low and accounts for approximately 4 % of emissions from all manufacturing industries, including metallurgical complexes. There is a general tendency to reduce emissions of pollutants in connection with the implementation of environmental measures. Reducing the gaseous substances emission can be achieved both by improving the production technology, and by installing new more sophisticated equipment which catches harmful substances emissions.