title: Modeling of fugitive dust emission for construction sand and gravel processing plant.
abstract: Due to rapid economic development in Taiwan, a large quantity of construction sand and gravel is needed to support domestic civil construction projects. However, a construction sand and gravel processing plant is often a major source of air pollution, due to its associated fugitive dust emission. To predict the amount of fugitive dust emitted from this kind of processing plant, a semiempirical model was developed in this study. This model was developed on the basis of the actual dust emission data (i.e., total suspended particulate, TSP) and four on-site operating parameters (i.e., wind speed (u), soil moisture (M), soil silt content (s), and number (N) of trucks) measured at a construction sand and gravel processing plant. On the basis of the on-site measured data and an SAS nonlinear regression program, the expression of this model is E = 0.011.u2.653.M-1.875.s0.060.N0.896, where E is the amount (kg/ton) of dust emitted during the production of each ton of gravel and sand. This model can serve as a facile tool for predicting the fugitive dust emission from a construction sand and gravel processing plant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Da-Yeh University, 112, Shan-Jiau Road, Da-Tsuen, Chang-Hwa, Taiwan, R.O.C. chl@mail.dyu.edu.tw
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000032:analysis*; D004391:Dust; D005544:Forecasting; D007221:Industry; D008420:Manufactured Materials; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012822:Silicon Dioxide
chemical_list: D004391:Dust; D012822:Silicon Dioxide