Recent trends of the emission characteristics from the road construction industry.
Bitumen is a black, thermoplastic, hydrocarbon material derived from the processing of crude oil. At ambient temperature, bitumen is solid and does not present any health/environmental risks. This is one of the main reasons that bitumen is widely used for road construction all over the world. But during manufacturing/modification according to its application, storage, transportation, and use of bitumen is heated giving off various hydrocarbons emissions. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in investigating the potential of bitumen emissions to cause health effects. This is mainly because of the reason that bitumen has small amount of poly-aromatic hydrocarbons, along with some other volatiles like benzene, toluene, etc., which are known to be carcinogenic in nature. Thus, assessment of the emission characteristics and health hazards of bitumen fumes may have far reaching industrial economic and public health implications. In this review, we will discuss about the emission characteristics from bitumen, asphalts, or road construction, which is mainly contributed by bitumen fumes. Sampling strategies and analytical methods employed are also described briefly.
Chauhan
Sippy K
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Traffic Planning and Environment Division, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, 110020, India. Chauhansippy4@yahoo.co.in
Sharma
Sangita
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Shukla
Anuradha
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Gangopadhyay
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D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000032:analysis; D001554:Benzene / Q000032:analysis; D003252:Construction Materials; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic / Q000032:analysis; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D019570:Inhalation Exposure / Q000032:analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014050:Toluene / Q000032:analysis; D014186:Transportation; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds / Q000032:analysis
D000393:Air Pollutants; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic; D007220:Industrial Waste; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds; D014050:Toluene; C006647:asphalt; D001554:Benzene