TY - CHAP AU - Ratnesh Trivedi AU - M. K. Chakraborty AU - B. K. Tewary ED - Andrzej G. Chmielewski Y1 - 2011-08-23 PY - 2011 T1 - Generation and Dispersion of Total Suspended Particulate Matter Due to Mining Activities in an Indian Opencast Coal Project N2 - The book addresses the subjects related to the selected aspects of pollutants emission, monitoring and their effects. The most of recent publications concentrated on the review of the pollutants emissions from industry, especially power sector. In this one emissions from opencast mining and transport are addressed as well. Beside of SOx and NOx emissions, small particles and other pollutants (e.g. VOC, ammonia) have adverse effect on environment and human being. The natural emissions (e.g. from volcanoes) has contribution to the pollutants concentration and atmospheric chemistry governs speciation of pollutants, as in the case of secondary acidification. The methods of ambient air pollution monitoring based on modern instrumentation allow the verification of dispersion models and balancing of mass emissions. The comfort of everyday human's activity is influenced by indoor and public transport vehicles interior air contamination, which is effected even by the professional appliances operation. The outdoor pollution leads to cultural heritage objects deterioration, the mechanism are studied and the methods of rehabilitation developed. However to prevent emissions the new technologies are being developed, the new class of these technologies are plasma processes, which are briefly reviewed at the final part of the book. BT - Monitoring, Control and Effects of Air Pollution SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/20828 DO - 10.5772/20828 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -