2015/05/17 by Alessandro Avveduto, Avveduto, Alessandro, Cesare Dari Salisburgo +15
Engineering · Environmental Science · #Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting #Air Quality and Health Impacts #FOS: Physical sciences #Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph) #Vehicle emissions and performance
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1505.05085
openalex publication_date 2015/05/17 · openalex created_date 2022/08/30 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Industrial activities carried out in confined spaces are characterized by a\nvery specific type of air pollution. The extended exposure to this kind of\npollution is often highly harmful, resulting in dramatic effects both on health\nand safety aspects. The indoor industrial abatement systems, adopted to purify\nthe air, are typically applied to the emission points. The processed air is\nsubsequently emitted outside. In this study we present the experimental results\nof three-stage wet scrubber systems installed in the industrial workplace of a\n(i) fiberglass processing plant, where the highest exposure levels to volatile\ncompounds are nowadays today monitored,and of a (ii) waste-to-energy plant,\ncharacterized by a very high particulate matter level. The adopted technology,\nto be used as complementing strategy,does not require special disposal\nprocedures and the processed air is re-emitted in the same work environment for\nthe benefit of the work operators. The operation of the scrubbers network\nduring the working activities, in both the examined environments, has a)\nreduced the level of volatile compounds by about 40% and b) maintained the\nparticulate matter concentration PM > 1 to a very low level. Industrial plants\nare disseminated in mega-cities and represent dangerous diffuse pollution\nemission sources. Remediation of highly polluted industrial plants inside our\ntowns, especially for the conventionally untreated emissions, is of extreme\nbenefit for the cities air quality.\n