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Aerosols concentration in the Candiota area applying different gravimetric methods of sampling and numeric modelling

2002; Royal Society of Chemistry; Volume: 4; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1039/b204816g

1464-0333

Cláudia Flores Braga, R. C. M. Alves, Elba Calesso Teixeira, Marçal Pires,

Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting

The main purpose of the present work is to study the concentration of atmospheric particles in the Candiota region, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, where the Presidente Médici coal power plant is located. Aerosol samples were collected at the studied locations between December 2000 and December 2001 during 24 h periods at 15 day intervals using HV PM10 and dichotomous samplers. Then, the values obtained with the ISCST (Industrial Source Complex Term) model, with the HV PM10 sampler at all studied stations, and with the dichotomous sampler at the 8 de Agosto station were compared with each other. The results show that the values for the model had been underestimated in relation to the HV PM10 data for the studied stations, but agreed with the values obtained with the dichotomous sampler.