Assessment of Gaseous and Particulate Pollutants in the Ambient Air in Al Mirfa City, United Arab Emirates英文文献资料.docVIP

Journal of Environmental Protection, 2012, 3, 640-647 /10.4236/jep.2012.37077 Published Online July 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jep) Assessment of Gaseous and Particulate Pollutants in the Ambient Air in Al Mirfa City, United Arab Emirates Entisar Al Katheeri, Fadi Al Jallad, Muthanna Al Omar National Energy and Water Research Centre, Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Email: eakatheeri@adwea.ae Received March 16 , 2012; revised April 17 , 2012; accepted May 20 , 2012 th th th ABSTRACT From 2007-2009, National Energy and Water Research Center (NEWRC) on behalf of Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) conducted a long term baseline study of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO2), ozone (O3) and particulate matter 10 μm in diameter (PM10) using ambient air quality station located in the vicinity of Al Mirfa power plant in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The objective of this study was to es- tablish baseline levels and study the behavior of airborne pollutants from natural as well as anthropogenic origins with temporal variations. The study reveals that the average hourly values for NO2, SO2, and 8 hour average of CO were within the acceptable levels of 400, 300 and 30,000 μg/m respectively, whereas the levels of O3 as 8 hour average 3 (200 μg/Nm ) and PM10 (150 μg/Nm ) occasionally exceeded the FEA permissible limits during the study period. 3 3 Seasonal variation based on three years data reveals that the highest concentration of NO2 and SO2 were during winter and for CO and O3 during summer months. Results indicate that the levels of SO2 and CO were significantly controlled and improved while the fuel combustion of Al Mirfa power plant had increased from 2007 to 2009. Dust has signifi- cantly impact on the air quality by