Publication detail

Spatiotemporal Patterns of Air Pollution in an Industrialised City-A Case Study of Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan

Assanov, Daulet Radelyuk, Ivan Perederiy, Olessya Galkin, Stanislav Maratova, Gulira Zapasnyi, Valeriy Klemes, Jiri Jaromir

Original Title

Spatiotemporal Patterns of Air Pollution in an Industrialised City-A Case Study of Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Air quality issues still affect the quality of life for people in industrialised cities around the world. The investigations should include the identification of the sources of the pollution and its distribution in space and time. This work is the first attempt to perform identification of the sources of pollution in Ust-Kamenogorsk city in Kazakhstan. Analysis of retrospective data (including ten variables (TSP, SO2, CO, NO2, phenol, HF, HCl, H2SO4, formaldehyde, H2S) from five monitoring stations for the period 2017-2021) using multivariate statistical methods and hierarchical cluster analysis has been performed to assess spatiotemporal patterns of air quality of the city. The results indicate that the contamination patterns can be grouped into two categories: cold and warm seasons. The study revealed the dangerous concentrations of NO2 and SO2 exceeded the limits by 2-3 and 1.5-2 times, independently of the seasonality. Averaged concentrations of TSP slightly exceeded the established limits for the most industrialised part of the city. Concentrations of HF and formaldehyde significantly rose during the cold seasons compared to the warm seasons. Other chemical parameters significantly depend on the seasonality and locations of the sampling points. The major reason for air pollution is twofold-the use of a burnt-coal throughout the year for electricity and heat generation (especially during the cold seasons) and the high density of the heavy metallurgy industry in the city. The principal component analysis confirms a high loading of industrial sources of air pollution on both spatial and seasonal dimensions.

Keywords

air pollution; air quality; cluster analysis; industrial emissions; principal component analysis; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; QUALITY; IDENTIFICATION; HEALTH; CITIES; CHINA; AREA

Authors

Assanov, Daulet; Radelyuk, Ivan; Perederiy, Olessya; Galkin, Stanislav; Maratova, Gulira; Zapasnyi, Valeriy; Klemes, Jiri Jaromir

Released

31. 12. 2022

Publisher

MDPI

Location

ST ALBAN-ANLAGE 66, CH-4052 BASEL, SWITZERLAND

ISBN

2073-4433

Periodical

Atmosphere

Year of study

12

Number

13

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages count

20

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/13/12/1956

BibTex

@article{BUT182689,
  author="Assanov, Daulet and Radelyuk, Ivan and Perederiy, Olessya and Galkin, Stanislav and Maratova, Gulira and Zapasnyi, Valeriy and Klemes, Jiri Jaromir",
  title="Spatiotemporal Patterns of Air Pollution in an Industrialised City-A Case Study of Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan",
  journal="Atmosphere",
  year="2022",
  volume="12",
  number="13",
  pages="20",
  doi="10.3390/atmos13121956",
  issn="2073-4433",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/13/12/1956"
}