Understanding the Effect of Surface Terrain on Pollution Transport around Gebeng Industrial Area

Objectives: Air pollution dispersion is greatly affected by the wind speed and direction. Most often the pollution dispersion from industrial area is not fully understood. In the present work, the effect of surface topology on the wind speed and atmospheric turbulent around the Gebeng industrial are...

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Main Authors: Norliyana, Erain, Law, Woon Phui, Noram Irwan, Ramli, Siew, Choo Chin, Jolius, Gimbun
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/16898/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/16898/1/Norliyana%20110373-247154-2-PB.pdf
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author Norliyana, Erain
Law, Woon Phui
Noram Irwan, Ramli
Siew, Choo Chin
Jolius, Gimbun
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Law, Woon Phui
Noram Irwan, Ramli
Siew, Choo Chin
Jolius, Gimbun
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description Objectives: Air pollution dispersion is greatly affected by the wind speed and direction. Most often the pollution dispersion from industrial area is not fully understood. In the present work, the effect of surface topology on the wind speed and atmospheric turbulent around the Gebeng industrial area in Pahang was studied using a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method. Methods/Statistical Analysis: The typical southeastern wind with a speed of about 1.3003 m/s corresponding to the actual speed of approximately 5 km/h was considered for validation. The turbulent flow was modelled using k-ε model. The model was compared with the Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV) measurement onthe scale-down rig. Findings: The CFD prediction showed good agreement within 10% deviation with the experimental measurement via LDV. It was found that the plume of noxious gas driven by the eastern wind can affect the nearby residential area R2, whereas the western wind is affecting the residential area R1. In the presence of hill obstacle, the gas plume moves southward into the flat terrain. Application/Improvements: Results from this work may be useful to understand the risk of air pollutant dispersion round Gebeng industrial area.
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spelling ump-168982019-10-03T08:08:00Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/16898/ Understanding the Effect of Surface Terrain on Pollution Transport around Gebeng Industrial Area Norliyana, Erain Law, Woon Phui Noram Irwan, Ramli Siew, Choo Chin Jolius, Gimbun TP Chemical technology Objectives: Air pollution dispersion is greatly affected by the wind speed and direction. Most often the pollution dispersion from industrial area is not fully understood. In the present work, the effect of surface topology on the wind speed and atmospheric turbulent around the Gebeng industrial area in Pahang was studied using a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method. Methods/Statistical Analysis: The typical southeastern wind with a speed of about 1.3003 m/s corresponding to the actual speed of approximately 5 km/h was considered for validation. The turbulent flow was modelled using k-ε model. The model was compared with the Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV) measurement onthe scale-down rig. Findings: The CFD prediction showed good agreement within 10% deviation with the experimental measurement via LDV. It was found that the plume of noxious gas driven by the eastern wind can affect the nearby residential area R2, whereas the western wind is affecting the residential area R1. In the presence of hill obstacle, the gas plume moves southward into the flat terrain. Application/Improvements: Results from this work may be useful to understand the risk of air pollutant dispersion round Gebeng industrial area. Informatics Publishing Limited 2017-01-31 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/16898/1/Norliyana%20110373-247154-2-PB.pdf Norliyana, Erain and Law, Woon Phui and Noram Irwan, Ramli and Siew, Choo Chin and Jolius, Gimbun (2017) Understanding the Effect of Surface Terrain on Pollution Transport around Gebeng Industrial Area. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 10 (2). pp. 1-5. ISSN 0974-6846 (Print); 0974-5645 (Online). (Published) http://www.indjst.org/index.php/indjst/article/view/110373/77757 doi: 10.17485/ijst/2017/v10i1/110373
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Norliyana, Erain
Law, Woon Phui
Noram Irwan, Ramli
Siew, Choo Chin
Jolius, Gimbun
Understanding the Effect of Surface Terrain on Pollution Transport around Gebeng Industrial Area
title Understanding the Effect of Surface Terrain on Pollution Transport around Gebeng Industrial Area
title_full Understanding the Effect of Surface Terrain on Pollution Transport around Gebeng Industrial Area
title_fullStr Understanding the Effect of Surface Terrain on Pollution Transport around Gebeng Industrial Area
title_full_unstemmed Understanding the Effect of Surface Terrain on Pollution Transport around Gebeng Industrial Area
title_short Understanding the Effect of Surface Terrain on Pollution Transport around Gebeng Industrial Area
title_sort understanding the effect of surface terrain on pollution transport around gebeng industrial area
topic TP Chemical technology
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