Author(s)

Nancy Esther Quaranta

Abstract

The present study is developed into a bilateral project between the power company, Central Termica San Nicolas (CTSN), and our work group, Environmental Studies Group which developes research activities in the San Nicolas Regional Faculty of the National Technological University. The objective of this work is the evaluation of the city air quality in relation to one of the characteristic air contaminants of this kind of factory: the paniculate matter (PM). Another purpose of this study is to correlate the results (PM concentration, morphology, and chemical composition) with the kind of the used fuel. During the studied period the power company used different kinds of fuel like national and South African coal, fuel oil and natural gas

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