Environmental Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Concentrations in Air at Thermal South Power Station of Baghdad

Authors

  • Adnan H. Afaj Ministry of Science and Technology, Baghdad, Iraq
  • Muthna Shanshal Department of Chemistry, College of Science , University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
  • Israa M. H. Almousawi Department of Chemistry, College of Science , University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
  • Safauldeen Adnan A. Ministry of Science and Technology, Baghdad, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31699/IJCPE.2014.3.3

Keywords:

PAHs in air, toxic PAHs, analysis PAH by GC-MS.

Abstract

Sixteen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) concentrations were measured in aerosol samples collected for the period from April 2012 to February 2013 at thermal south power station of Baghdad. Fourty one aerosol sample were extracted with (1:1) dichloromethane and methanol using soxhlet for seventeen hour. The extraction solution was analyzed applying GC/MS. The PAH concentrations outside thermal south power station were higher than those inside it, and higher in summer season than in winter. Naphthalene, pyrene, Anthracene, Indeno [1, 2, 3-cd] pyrene and Phenanthrene were the most abundant PAHs detected in all points at the site sampling. The total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (TPAH) and total suspended particles (TSP) concentrations were measured during the measurement period. For individual PAH compounds, the results showed a strong correlation with each other (0.998 - 0.77) at both sites.

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Published

2014-09-30

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 3 (2014): Iraqi Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

Section

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How to Cite

H. Afaj, A., Shanshal, M., M. H. Almousawi, I., & Adnan A., S. (2014). Environmental Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Concentrations in Air at Thermal South Power Station of Baghdad. Iraqi Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, 15(3), 19-26. https://doi.org/10.31699/IJCPE.2014.3.3

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