IJSER Home >> Journal >> IJSER
International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research
ISSN Online 2229-5518
ISSN Print: 2229-5518 7    
Website: http://www.ijser.org
scirp IJSER >> Volume 2, Issue 7, July 2011 Edition
A Journey Towards Green Revolution- A Case Study of Foundry
Full Text(PDF, 3000)  PP.  
Author(s)
R.Krishnaraj, Dr.M.Sakthivel, Dr.S.R.Devadasan, K. Kanthavel, E.Balaji, J.Arulmani
KEYWORDS
emission, spm, ambient air quality, Wet scrubber, induction furnace, dust collector, fume extraction
ABSTRACT
The objective of this study is to evaluate the stack emission and ambient air quality of a dust collector in a foundry. Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) was analyzed along with SO2, NO2 and CO hence, its level was found to be appropriate with all the locations of sampling stations. The factors affecting dust concentration were also discussed along with the results indicating lowest dust exposure, moderate and highest dust concentration based on the stack height with various levels were varied with respect to port hole, stack diameter and temperature with its metrological indication. Even though our study specifically focuses on a particular plant, the results may be interesting on reducing of dust particles.
References
1. European commission integrated pollution prevention and control-reference document on best available techniques and smitheries and foundry industry, May 2005

2. World Bank Group . Pollution Prevention And Abatement Hand- Book, Foundries 1998.

3. Erro Siltanen, Matti Koponen, dust exposure in finish foundries, scand j. work environ. & health 2 (1976): 1, 19-31.

4. D.P. Mukherjee, Barriers towards cleaner production for optimizing energy use and pollution control for foundry sector on Howrah, India 2010.

5. D. Fatta, M. Marneri, Industrial pollution and control measures for a foundry in cyprus. Journal of cleaner production 12 (2004),29-36.

6. Palanivel, M., T.Elayaraja, D.Ganeshmoorthy, N.Jagadeeswaran, and K.Kalaiselvi “Impact Of Foundry Units On Coimbatore Environment” in Martin J. Bunch, V. Madha Suresh and T. Vasantha Kumaran, eds., Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Environment and Health, Chennai, India, 15-17 December, 2003.

7. C. Vijayanand Assessment of heavy metal Contents in the ambient air of the Coimbatore city, Tamilnadu, India, 22 March 2008.

8. World Bank Group. Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook, Foundries

9. Emission Estimation Technique Manual for Ferrous Foundries, Version 1.2,3 September 2004, Australia

Untitled Page