title: Assessment of air quality in and around a steel industry with direct reduction iron route.
abstract: The coal based Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) route for secondary steel production is now a preferred choice in India. Steel making is invariably associated with emission of air pollutants into the environment. Air quality monitoring was carried out in Winter, Summer and Rainy seasons of 2008 in eight monitoring stations in the work zone and five stations in the residential zone of an Integrated Steel Industry located in Orissa state, India. Four air quality parameters i.e. SPM, RSPM, SO2 and NO2 were monitored. Mean SPM and RSPM values were found to be significantly high (p < 0.01) at stations nearer to source in both work zone and residential zone .The highest average SPM and RSPM values in the work zone recorded were 4869 microg/m3 and 1420 microg/m3 and in the residential zone 294 microg/m3 and 198 microg/m3 respectively. No significant difference in the SO2 and NO2 levels was observed between the work and residential zones. In general, the values of air pollutants were highest in Winter followed by Summer and Rainy season. SPM and RSPM values exceeded the National Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) in both the residential and work zones.
authors.affiliation: College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar--751 003, India.
authors.forename: Pradip K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Jena
authors.forename: Dillip K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Behera
authors.forename: C S K
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: Saswat K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mohanty
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000032:analysis* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007194:India; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D008669:Metallurgy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000032:analysis*; D013232:Steel / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D052638:Particulate Matter; D013232:Steel; D007501:Iron