Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association
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Assessment of ambient air quality in the port of Naples Maria Vittoria Prati, Maria Antonietta Costagliola, Franco Quaranta & Fabio Murena To cite this article: Maria Vittoria Prati, Maria Antonietta Costagliola, Franco Quaranta & Fabio Murena (2015) Assessment of ambient air quality in the port of Naples, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 65:8, 970-979, DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2015.1050129 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2015.1050129
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Assessment of ambient air quality in the port of Naples Maria Vittoria Prati,1 Maria Antonietta Costagliola,1 Franco Quaranta,2 and Fabio Murena3,⁄ 1
Istituto Motori–National Council of Research, Naples, Italy Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy 3 Department of Chemical, Materials and Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy ⁄ Please address correspondence to: Fabio Murena, Department of Chemical, Materials and Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Piazzale Tecchio, 80125 Napoli, Italy; e-mail: [email protected]
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Two experimental monitoring campaigns were carried out in 2012 to investigate the air quality in the port of Naples, the most important in southern Italy for traffic of passengers and one of the most important for goods. Therefore, it represents an important air pollution source located close to the city of Naples. The concentrations of sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes) in the air were measured at 15 points inside the Naples port area through the use of passive samplers. In addition, a mobile laboratory was positioned in a fixed point inside the port area to measure continuous concentration of pollutants together with particulate matter, ambient parameters, and wind direction and intensity. The pollution levels monitored were compared with those observed in the urban area of Naples and in other Mediterranean ports. Even though the observation time was limited, measured concentrations were also compared with limit values established by European legislation. All the measured pollutants were below the limits with the exception of nitrogen dioxide: its average concentration during the exposition time exceeded the yearly limit value. A spatial analysis of data, according to the measured wind direction and intensity, provided information about the effects that ship emissions have on ambient air quality in the port area. The main evidence indicates that ship emissions influence sulfur dioxide concentration more than any other pollutants analyzed. Implications: Two monitoring campaigns were carried out to measure BTEX, SO2, NO2, and PM10 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter
ISSN: 1096-2247 (Print) 2162-2906 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/uawm20
Assessment of ambient air quality in the port of Naples Maria Vittoria Prati, Maria Antonietta Costagliola, Franco Quaranta & Fabio Murena To cite this article: Maria Vittoria Prati, Maria Antonietta Costagliola, Franco Quaranta & Fabio Murena (2015) Assessment of ambient air quality in the port of Naples, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 65:8, 970-979, DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2015.1050129 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2015.1050129
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Assessment of ambient air quality in the port of Naples Maria Vittoria Prati,1 Maria Antonietta Costagliola,1 Franco Quaranta,2 and Fabio Murena3,⁄ 1
Istituto Motori–National Council of Research, Naples, Italy Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy 3 Department of Chemical, Materials and Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy ⁄ Please address correspondence to: Fabio Murena, Department of Chemical, Materials and Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Piazzale Tecchio, 80125 Napoli, Italy; e-mail: [email protected]
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Two experimental monitoring campaigns were carried out in 2012 to investigate the air quality in the port of Naples, the most important in southern Italy for traffic of passengers and one of the most important for goods. Therefore, it represents an important air pollution source located close to the city of Naples. The concentrations of sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes) in the air were measured at 15 points inside the Naples port area through the use of passive samplers. In addition, a mobile laboratory was positioned in a fixed point inside the port area to measure continuous concentration of pollutants together with particulate matter, ambient parameters, and wind direction and intensity. The pollution levels monitored were compared with those observed in the urban area of Naples and in other Mediterranean ports. Even though the observation time was limited, measured concentrations were also compared with limit values established by European legislation. All the measured pollutants were below the limits with the exception of nitrogen dioxide: its average concentration during the exposition time exceeded the yearly limit value. A spatial analysis of data, according to the measured wind direction and intensity, provided information about the effects that ship emissions have on ambient air quality in the port area. The main evidence indicates that ship emissions influence sulfur dioxide concentration more than any other pollutants analyzed. Implications: Two monitoring campaigns were carried out to measure BTEX, SO2, NO2, and PM10 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter
