Open AccessPreparing Municipal Solid Waste Emission Inventory and Spatial Distribution of Prayagraj City Using GIS
Author(s) -
Ashish Shankar Singh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal for research in applied science and engineering technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2321-9653
DOI - 10.22214/ijraset.2021.37935
Subject(s) - pollutant , hotspot (geology) , nox , emission inventory , environmental science , air pollutants , metropolitan area , air quality index , spatial distribution , municipal solid waste , air pollution , environmental chemistry , environmental engineering , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , waste management , remote sensing , chemistry , geography , geology , combustion , engineering , organic chemistry , archaeology , geophysics
Pollutants in the air are emitted from a variety of sources in metropolitan areas, causing poor air quality. Using a Geographic Information System (GIS), this project attempts to assess municipal solid waste (MSW) burning emissions and prepare a spatial distribution grid for Prayagraj city. PM10, PM2.5, NOx, SO2, and CO emissions were computed using activity data and emission factors using a bottom-up approach. The result from this study shows that emissions for all 5 pollutants PM10, PM2.5, NOx, SO2, CO are 718, 488, 269, and 3771kg/day respectively, where CO is the highest emitted pollutant. The Prayagraj municipal area was divided into grids of 3 km2 area. The spatial distribution plotted for Prayagraj city shows the hotspot grid areas for all 5 air pollutants emission. The hotspot grids for PM10 are P9, P10, P17, P29 and for PM2.5, NOx, SO2, are P9, P10, P17 and for CO are P9, P10, P14, P17, P29. Keywords: PM10, PM2.5, NOX, SO2, CO, Emission Inventory, Spatial distribution, Hotspot grids