ASSESSMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION IN A CEMENT FACTORY AREA SITUATED IN THE EASTERN PART OF ROMANIA

As part of the integrated monitoring system, monitoring of the air quality is essential in areas where operating a cement factory, the atmosphere being the most common way of spreading pollutants derived from such industrial activity. To highlight the impact on air of the activities developed by the cement plant situated in the eastern part of Romania, between 2010 and 2013, through the continuous monitoring system of the emission existing in the factory, specific key pollutants were monitored, as follows: nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides, hydrochloric acid, carbon monoxide, hydrofluoric acid, total organic carbon and particulate matter by momentary and continue monitoring. The used method was differential optical absorption spectrometry (DOAS). By the comparison of the monthly average concentrations of these pollutants with emission limit values laid down by the integrated environmental authorisation a classification of all these indicators has resulted within acceptable limits for the whole monitored period.