Improvement of indoor air quality using local fabricated activated carbon from date stones

Indoor air quality assessment in residential areas of Al-Hofuf city/Eastern region of Saudi Arabia is investigated through a multi-week multiple sites sampling survey. Critical air pollution indicators, including nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2...

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Main Authors:	Radaideh, J.A., Alazba, A.A., Amin, M.N., Shatnawi, Z.N., Amin, M.T.
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Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9570/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9570/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9570/1/08_J.A._Radaideh.pdf

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spelling	ukm-95702016-12-14T06:50:20Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9570/ Improvement of indoor air quality using local fabricated activated carbon from date stones Radaideh, J.A. Alazba, A.A. Amin, M.N. Shatnawi, Z.N. Amin, M.T. Indoor air quality assessment in residential areas of Al-Hofuf city/Eastern region of Saudi Arabia is investigated through a multi-week multiple sites sampling survey. Critical air pollution indicators, including nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2) and total volatile organic compounds (TVOC) as well as temperatures were measured and analyzed during the study period from January to May 2014. Three site-types - roadside, urban and rural - were selected and within each site type, six locations were selected to study the varying indoor/outdoor air quality. The results indicated that NO2 and CO concentrations increased at the starting hours of the day. SO2 concentrations were relatively low and constant. In addition, a strong association between outdoor and indoor air quality was found. Measurements showed that indoor/outdoor ratio for TVOC ranged from 0.8 to 0.99. For CO2, NO2 and SO2, this was 0.92-1.15, 0.5-0.7 and 0.52-0.9, respectively. Finally, the effects of activated carbon (AC) were investigated to assess the extent of the improvement in the indoor air quality. The analysis of data obtained indicated that using locally prepared AC from date stones was an effective way to reduce the indoor air pollution with an overall efficiency of 85.5, while the use of industrial granular AC reduced the air pollutants with an efficiency of less than 0.6. In addition, AC was exposed to an exhaust gas flow to evaluate its elimination potential for high concentrated pollutants. The obtained results demonstrated that AC was also functioning as an efficient absorbent with an overall removal efficiency of 77.8%, even when it was exposed to high concentrations. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9570/1/08_J.A._Radaideh.pdf Radaideh, J.A. and Alazba, A.A. and Amin, M.N. and Shatnawi, Z.N. and Amin, M.T. (2016) Improvement of indoor air quality using local fabricated activated carbon from date stones. Sains Malaysiana, 45 (1). pp. 59-69. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid45bil1_2016/KandunganJilid45Bil1_2016.htm
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description	Indoor air quality assessment in residential areas of Al-Hofuf city/Eastern region of Saudi Arabia is investigated through a multi-week multiple sites sampling survey. Critical air pollution indicators, including nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2) and total volatile organic compounds (TVOC) as well as temperatures were measured and analyzed during the study period from January to May 2014. Three site-types - roadside, urban and rural - were selected and within each site type, six locations were selected to study the varying indoor/outdoor air quality. The results indicated that NO2 and CO concentrations increased at the starting hours of the day. SO2 concentrations were relatively low and constant. In addition, a strong association between outdoor and indoor air quality was found. Measurements showed that indoor/outdoor ratio for TVOC ranged from 0.8 to 0.99. For CO2, NO2 and SO2, this was 0.92-1.15, 0.5-0.7 and 0.52-0.9, respectively. Finally, the effects of activated carbon (AC) were investigated to assess the extent of the improvement in the indoor air quality. The analysis of data obtained indicated that using locally prepared AC from date stones was an effective way to reduce the indoor air pollution with an overall efficiency of 85.5, while the use of industrial granular AC reduced the air pollutants with an efficiency of less than 0.6. In addition, AC was exposed to an exhaust gas flow to evaluate its elimination potential for high concentrated pollutants. The obtained results demonstrated that AC was also functioning as an efficient absorbent with an overall removal efficiency of 77.8%, even when it was exposed to high concentrations.
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author	Radaideh, J.A. Alazba, A.A. Amin, M.N. Shatnawi, Z.N. Amin, M.T.
spellingShingle	Radaideh, J.A. Alazba, A.A. Amin, M.N. Shatnawi, Z.N. Amin, M.T. Improvement of indoor air quality using local fabricated activated carbon from date stones
author_facet	Radaideh, J.A. Alazba, A.A. Amin, M.N. Shatnawi, Z.N. Amin, M.T.
author_sort	Radaideh, J.A.
title	Improvement of indoor air quality using local fabricated activated carbon from date stones
title_short	Improvement of indoor air quality using local fabricated activated carbon from date stones
title_full	Improvement of indoor air quality using local fabricated activated carbon from date stones
title_fullStr	Improvement of indoor air quality using local fabricated activated carbon from date stones
title_full_unstemmed	Improvement of indoor air quality using local fabricated activated carbon from date stones
title_sort	improvement of indoor air quality using local fabricated activated carbon from date stones
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2016
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9570/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9570/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9570/1/08_J.A._Radaideh.pdf
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