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Primary pollutants monitoring and modeling using Chemical Mass Balance (CMB) around Fahaheel residential area.
INTRODUCTION
Fahaheel is considered one of five major areas in the state of Kuwait. It is located on the south of the coastal urban development of Kuwait city. The unique location of the area makes it a major point in work commuting and real estate ventures. The overly populated Fahaheel is adjacent to the largest in capacity oil refinery in the state (Mina Al-Ahamdi MAA). All the refineries including MAA refinery are located on the south side of the main Fahaheel shopping area (downtown). Petrochemical Industries, ammonia, urea, polyethylene and polypropylene plants and other private small cottage industries also exist on the south side of the area. Background concentrations are associated with the second largest oil field in the world (The Greater Burgan Field) which on the other hand is located somewhat on the west end of the area (1). Human related activities summarized in restaurants, sporting establishments, shopping malls, car parking commercial complexes and auto mobile activities all contribute in terms of airborne pollutants to the selected receptor point of this study. The objective of the current study is to determine the contribution by weight percent of the major air pollution sources around Fahaheel area using CMB modeling. No prior attempts to our knowledge has been executed in this area in the state of Kuwait or any other country with respect to downstream oil related industry air polluting sources. In many previous studies, CMB model is often used to source encroachment and assessing the contribution of each source to the total pollution load of ambient air. Many researchers in their investigations have used CMB mo...See the full content of this document
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