AIR DISPERSION MODELLING FOR SO2 EMISSION FROM A STEEL PLANT IN ZENICA VALLEY, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
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posted on 2016-04-30, 15:06 authored by Rajat NagFossil fuel burning due to industrialization has been the major source of sulphur dioxide (SO2)
emission other than the active volcanoes. In order to determine the emissions from an
individual point source, the steel plant owned by Arcelor Mittal in Zenica valley, Bosnia and
Herzegovina has been monitored. Standard Gaussian model has been used in the form of Screen
View software. The wind analysis was carried out with a software called Windographer which
accessed the GIS data from the website of NASA. The valley profile and superimposition of
the final pollution measurement in the form of stress contours have been created by Google
earth. The modelling was a very important study to estimate the possible concentration of SO2
after air dispersion. According to the report published by the Cantonal Institute for Public
Health there was a significant increase of cancer patient by 20% during 2002 to 2011 in Zenica
valley. A series of graphs are presented to lead us to the final model and finally the result was
compared with the actual measurements done at site.
