Fugitive Dust Emission Source Profiles and Assessment of Selected Control Strategies for Particulate Matter at Gravel Processing Sites in Taiwan

Particles emitted from gravel processing sites are one contributor to worsening air quality in Taiwan. Major pollution sources at gravel processing sites include gravel and sand piles, unpaved roads, material crushers, and bare ground. This study analyzed fugitive dust emission characteristics at ea...

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Published inJournal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995) Vol. 60; no. 10; pp. 1262 - 1268
Main Authors Chang, Chang-Tang, Chang, Yu-Min, Lin, Wen-Yinn, Wu, Ming-Ching
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pittsburgh, PA Taylor & Francis Group 01.10.2010
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Summary:Particles emitted from gravel processing sites are one contributor to worsening air quality in Taiwan. Major pollution sources at gravel processing sites include gravel and sand piles, unpaved roads, material crushers, and bare ground. This study analyzed fugitive dust emission characteristics at each pollution source using several types of particle samplers, including total suspended particulates (TSP), suspended particulate (PM 10 ), fine suspended particulate (PM 2.5 ), particulate sizer, and dust-fall collectors. Furthermore, silt content and moisture in the gravel were measured to develop particulate emission factors. The results showed that TSP (<100 µm) concentrations at the boundary of gravel sites ranged from 280 to 1290 µg/m 3 , which clearly exceeds the Taiwan hourly air quality standard of 500 µg/m 3 . Moreover, PM 10 concentrations, ranging from 135 to 550 µg/m 3 , were also above the daily air quality standard of 125 µg/m 3 and approximately 1.2 and 1.5 times the PM 2.5 concentrations, ranging from 105 to 470 µg/m 3 . The size distribution analysis reveals that mass mean diameter and geometric standard deviation ranged from 3.2 to 5.7 µm and from 2.82 to 5.51, respectively. In this study, spraying surfactant was the most effective control strategy to abate windblown dust from unpaved roads, having a control efficiency of approximately 93%, which is significantly higher than using paved road strategies with a control efficiency of approximately 45%. For paved roads, wet suppression provided the best dust control efficiencies ranging from 50 to 83%. Re-vegetation of disturbed ground had dust control efficiencies ranging from 48 to 64%.
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ISSN:1096-2247
2162-2906
DOI:10.3155/1047-3289.60.10.1262