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Dust Emission Monitoring in Cement Plant Mills: A Case Study in Romania

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  • Cristian Ciobanu

    (Department of Biotechnical System, Faculty of Biotechnical Systems Engineering, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 313, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
    Ceprocim Sa, Strada Preciziei 6, 062203 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Irina Aura Istrate

    (Department of Biotechnical System, Faculty of Biotechnical Systems Engineering, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 313, 060042 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Paula Tudor

    (Department of Management, Faculty of Entrepreneurship Business Engineering and Management, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 313, 060042 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Gheorghe Voicu

    (Department of Biotechnical System, Faculty of Biotechnical Systems Engineering, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 313, 060042 Bucharest, Romania)

Abstract

This paper presents aspects of monitoring material dust emissions from stationary emission sources (monthly dust measurements performed on cement mill stacks—mill outlet and separator outlet). Additionally, the Portland cement mill technological process (its component parts), as well as the solutions regarding the reduction of the air emissions level, following the emission limit values (VLE), established in the integrated environmental authorization (AIM) from a cement factory in Romania, were analyzed. The paper focused on analyzing the data obtained in three different years for PM10 and dust concentrations (2018–2020). For each year, the measurements have been done in 3 months, each in a different season. The average values for each year for working conditions were: 30.22 mg/m 3 (2018), 27.38 mg/m 3 (2019), and 27.51 mg/m 3 (2020) for working conditions and for normal conditions: 34.22 mg/m 3 (2018), 30.49 mg/m 3 (2019), and 30.16 mg/m 3 (2020). For all 3 years, the values measured in spring were higher than the other two, both for work and normal conditions.

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  • Cristian Ciobanu & Irina Aura Istrate & Paula Tudor & Gheorghe Voicu, 2021. "Dust Emission Monitoring in Cement Plant Mills: A Case Study in Romania," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(17), pages 1-16, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:17:p:9096-:d:624273
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