International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)
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Volume: 04 Issue: 07 | July -2017
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Effect of Stone Crusher on Ambient Air Quality A. C. Chougule1, P. A. Chougule2, C. K. Kumbhoje3 1,3 Assistant
Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Sharad Institute of Technology, College of Engineering, Yadrav-Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra, India 2Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics, Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli, Maharashtra, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***---------------------------------------------------------------------
Abstract - As increase in demand of construction material
there is highly increment in use of coarse and fine aggregates. The coarse aggregates and artificial fine aggregates are crushed in stone crusher. Stone crusher creates lot of noise and it emits dust particles in environment. Because of more concentration of dust particles in environment (air), it creates pollution. This pollution creates diseases in human and animal’s life like asthma, skin diseases, eye irritation etc. and it effects on vegetation. Measurements of different air quality parameters were carried out at Jaysingpur stone crusher site and analysis was done on the basis of central pollution control board (CPCB). Key Words: Stone Crusher, RSPM, TSPM, SOx, control measures, air quality
1. INTRODUCTION The stone crusher industry in India is basically a labor intensive small scale industry, where most of the operations are performed manually. Above 12000 stone crushers are working now in India (Comprehensive Industry Document Stone Crushers). “The air pollution is defined as the presence in the external atmosphere of one or several substances introduced by man to such extent as to affect health & welfare of human system & life in the atmosphere. These stone crushers (Fig. 1) are important for local economy but have adverse effect on air quality due to emission of dust particles in surrounding area. This results in respiratory diseases, low visibility in nearby area and reduction in growth of vegetation. Even though stone crushers are socio-economically important sectors yet they give rise to the quantity of fine dust emission which create health hazard to the workers as well as surrounding population. The dust also adversely affects visibility, growth of vegetation & aesthetic area. The various parameters on considered for the analysis of ambient air quality like Oxides of Sulphur, Oxides of nitrogen, particulate matter 2.5 & particulate matter 10.
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Fig -1: Stone Crusher. (Photo: Dattatray Bandi, Engineering Student)
2. MATRIALS AND METHDOLOGY The work is done in India as well as in abroad is as per following literature’s R. Sivacoumar et al., (2006)[1], had studied “Particulate matter from stone crusher industry : size distribution & health effects.” The results presence of a high percentage of silica in the dust and the particle size distribution further suggest that the occupational environment of the workers and surrounding areas may be hazardous to human health. The air quality and the health survey conducted at the site that observes the dust may be producing significant damage to respiratory health. The dust was collected on whatman (size 25.4cm 20.32cm) glass fiber filter paper with a pore size of 1m using high volume samplers (Envirotech APM 460 and 430, Envirotech, New Delhi,India), operating at aflow rate of 0.8-1.4. Ambient air quality monitoring (AAQM) was carried out for two seasons; during summer (April-May) and premonsoon (September-October) for 30 days continuously on an 8 hour basis and the concentration were averaged for 24 hour to facilitate comparison with the Indian standards. the dust concentration was calculated from the difference in weight of the filter paper before and after sample collections. Yashoda Saini et al., (2011)[2], had described the effect of marble dust on plants. Trees species growing in and around area were selected and various morphological characteristics were studied such as leaf area dry weight ratio (LADWR), Dust retaining capacity (DRC) and Chlorophyll content. In the study the effects of marble dust on selected tree species was observed. Particulate matter produced during the marble ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal
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