Measurement, analysis and remediation of environmental pollutants. (©2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tarun Gupta, Swatanta Pratap Singh, Prashant Rajput, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, editors.
• Other Names: Gupta, Tarun; Singh, Swatantra Pratap; Rajput, Prashant; Agarwal, Avinash K (Avinash Kumar); International Conference on "Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges"
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; Editors and Contributors; 1 Introduction of Measurement, Analysis and Remediation of Environmental Pollutants; 1.1 Introduction; 2 Quantification of Airborne Particulate and Associated Toxic Heavy Metals in Urban Indoor Environment and Allied Health Effects; 2.1 Introduction-Indoor Air Quality and Its Importance; 2.1.1 Monitoring of Indoor Air Pollution; 2.2 Criteria Pollutants and Their Effects; 2.2.1 Particulate Contamination-A Death Trap; 2.2.2 Generation of Particulate Matter; 2.2.3 Indoor Particulate Concentration and Health Impact 2.2.4 Fine and Ultrafine Particles2.2.5 Mechanism of Formation of Ultrafine Particles; 2.2.6 Health Effects of Ultrafine Particulates; 2.2.7 Indoor Particulate Sources; 2.3 Particulate Matter and Associated Heavy Metals; 2.3.1 Hazardous Effects of Heavy Metal Borne Particulates; 2.3.2 Mechanism of Action of Heavy Metals; 2.4 Estimation and Analysis of Heavy Metals Associated with Particulate Matter-Parameters Employed; 2.4.1 Source Apportionment; 2.4.2 Enrichment Factor Analysis; 2.4.3 Chemical Mass Balance Modeling; 2.4.4 Principal Component Analysis (PCA) 2.4.5 Instrumentation and Principle of Analysis of Heavy Metals in Particulate Matter2.5 Assessment of Heavy Metals Associated with Particulate Matter in Urban Environment-A Case Study in Lucknow Region; 2.5.1 Weather and Meteorological Factors; 2.5.2 Air Pollution Status of Lucknow; 2.5.3 Objectives of the Study; 2.5.4 Sampling and Analytical Method; 2.6 Results and Discussion; 2.6.1 Analysis of Heavy Metal Concentration in Particulate Samples; 2.6.2 Correlation Among Heavy Metals 2.6.3 Principal Component Analysis for Heavy Metals Associated with PM10 and PM2.5 and Identification of Their Sources2.6.4 Enrichment of Heavy Metals from Indoor Sources; 2.7 Recommendations; 2.7.1 Modeling of Indoor Air Pollution; 2.8 Conclusion; References; 3 In-situ Measurements of Aerosols from the High-Altitude Location in the Central Himalayas; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 Atmospheric Aerosols; 3.1.2 Aerosol Sources and Production; 3.1.3 Aerosol Transport, Transformation and Removal; 3.1.4 Brief Background and the Study Region; 3.2 Measurement Sites, Observations and Database 3.3 Aerosols Climatology and Trends from a High-Altitude Site3.4 Aerosol Variation at the Adjacent Foothills Location; 3.5 Role of Mixing Layer Depth and BC-CO Relation; 3.6 Association of BC with Large-Scale Wind Patterns: Source Distributions; 3.7 Simulations of BC Using WRF-Chem; 3.8 Vertical Distribution of Aerosols Over the Region; 3.9 Conclusions; References; 4 Analysis of Atmospheric Pollutants During Fireworks Festival 'Diwali' at a Residential Site Delhi in India; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Methodology; 4.2.1 Monitoring Sites and Data Sources; 4.2.2 Description of Study Site
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (479 pages)
• Subjects: 628.1/61; Pollution -- Measurement -- Congresses; Pollution prevention -- Congresses; Pollution -- Measurement; Pollution prevention; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811505409; 9811505403
• Related ISBNs: 9789811505393
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