Assessment of Air Quality in an Urban Area of Belgrade, Serbia

Tasić, M.; Rajšić, S.; Tomašević, Milica; Mijić, Zoran; Aničić, M.; Novakovic, Velibor; Marković, Dragan; Marković, Dragan; Lazić, Lazar; Radenković, Mirjana; Joksić, Jasminka D.

doi:10.5772/5307

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“…According to the data present in Table 3, annual Based on comparisons of these results with the data of sulfuric acid and the copper cathodes production shown in Table 4, we made a conclusion that [14], or even lower [15,16]. The changes in SO 2 and PM 10 concentrations at measuring point 1 (Park) were simultaneous during the almost whole periods of SO 2 pollution episodes when the Copper Smelter Bor was in operation (as shown in Figure 4).…”

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Analysis of air pollution caused by particle matter emission from the copper smelter complex Bor (Serbia)

Tasić

Milošević

Kovačević

et al. 2010

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The main aim of this paper is to present the analyses of temporal variations of particulate matter in Bor (Serbia) influenced by the copper production at the Copper Smelter Complex Bor. Particulate emissions are of concern because the presence of fine particles (PM 2.5 -particles with diametar less than 2.5 μm) and ultrafine particles (PM 0.1 -particles with diametar less than 0.1 μm) assume higher risk for human health. Such particles can penetrate deeper into respiratory organs and, at the same time, a probability for such penetration and deposition in the respiratory system is greater. The analysis is based on the comparison of SO 2 and PM measurements at several locations in the area of Bor town in the close vicinity of Copper Smelter. PM concentrations were highly correlated with sulfur dioxide and inversely correlated with local wind speed during pollution episodes. The results presented indicate that the dominant source of coarse and fine particles in Bor town is the Copper Smelting Complex Bor. The most significant factors for particulate matter distribution are meteorological parameters of the wind speed and direction. It was found that the daily limit values exceed of concentrations of PM 10 (50 μg/m 3 ) usually occurs due to very high concentrations in a period of several hours during the day.

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Analysis of air pollution caused by particle matter emission from the copper smelter complex Bor (Serbia)

Tasić

Milošević

Kovačević

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“…Municipality of Pančevo conducts monitoring of air pollution with automatic monitoring at three sites, including one site for PM 10 . Municipality of Pančevo conducts monitoring of air pollution with automatic monitoring at three sites, including one site for PM 10 .…”

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Current state of particulate matter research and management in Serbia

Jovašević-Stojanović¹,

Bartoňová²

2010

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Particulate matter is the air pollutant that currently receives most attention from the atmospheric research community, the legislative authorities and the general public. Limiting particulate matter in the atmosphere which will result in significant benefits for human health, with associated positive economic consequences. Successful management of particulate matter requires scientific knowledge about particulate matter "from cradle to grave", covering sources of particles, processes that govern their formation, composition, dispersion and fate in the atmosphere, as well as knowledge about human exposure and associated health and well being. Such knowledge allows to design and perform effective and efficient abatement measures and monitoring. This paper provides an introduction to the research and monitoring regarding particulate matter in Serbia. The contributions were first partly presented at the 2nd international workshop of the WeBIOPATR "Outdoor concentration, size distribution and composition of respirable particles in WB urban area" project in September 2009. This information provides context to the contributions in this number, and was part of the rationale of the project WeBIOPATR.

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“…For calibration, standard solutions containing all metals of interest were prepared using Merck certified atomic absorption stock standard solutions containing 1000 mg l -1 metal in 0.5 N HNO3 and Milli-Q quality deionised water, with no matrix modifier addition. Details on sampling procedures and PM analysis are given in detail elsewhere [50][51][52][53][54][55].…”

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