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Volume 2 Journal of Environmental Research
Page 59
JOINT EVENT
July 26-27, 2018 Rome, Italy
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6th Edition of International Conference on Water Pollution & Sewage Management
4th International Conference on Pollution Control & Sustainable Environment
Influence of coal as the energy source for household heating on PM10 concentrations in three
neighboring cities located on mediterranean coast of turkey
Fusun Yalcin1, Ahmet Mustafa Tepe2, Güray Doğan2 and Nurfer Cizmeci1
1Akdeniz University, Turkey
2Akdeniz University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Environment Sciences, Turkey,
Particulate matter less than 10 µm aerodynamic diameter (PM10) is inhalable and have adverse health effects. PM10 is
associated with respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and
from lung cancer. In this study, the effect of use of coal for household heating to ambient PM10 and SO2 concentrations in
three neighboring cities, namely Antalya, Isparta and Burdur, located on the Mediterranean Coast of Turkey is investigated.
In these three cities, both natural gas and coal can be used as winter season household heating. However, only in Antalya, air
conditioners can be used as an alternative heating source because of higher winter temperatures. Air qualities of these cities are
monitored by Ministry of Environment and Civilization. For this study, hourly and daily PM10 data of the year 2014 obtained
from these monitoring stations are discussed. The annual PM10 concentrations for Antalya, Burdur and Isparta were 54 µg/
m3, 46 µg/m3 and 75 µg/m3, respectively. These values were higher than the annual limit value set by EU directives. The
winter season (October-March) PM10 concentrations were 1.7 to 2.7 times higher than the summer season (April-September)
concentrations. Especially after evening rush hours, winter season PM10 concentrations were 3 to 4 times higher than those
in summer season. Even there is an alternative clean energy source, use of coal as household heating together with radiation
inversion had increased PM10 concentrations in the region.
Biography
PhD degree completed at Akdeniz University. Since 1997 she has taught at universities as a teaching assistant and as a doctoral assistant. More than 20
international symposia have participated.
Fusun Yalcin et al., J Environ Res 2018, Volume: 2