Urban Air Quality Monitoring in Decarbonization Context; Case Study—Traditional Coal Mining Area, Petroșani, Romania

Evelina Rezmerița, Sorin Mihai Radu, Angelica-Nicoleta Călămar, Csaba Lorinț, Adrian Florea and Aurelian Nicola
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Evelina Rezmerița: Mining Research, Technological Engineering and Design Institute—CEPROMIN, 330166 Deva, Romania
Sorin Mihai Radu: Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Faculty, University of Petroșani, 332006 Petroșani, Romania
Angelica-Nicoleta Călămar: Environmental Protection Laboratory, National Institute for Research and Development in Mine Safety and Protection to Explosion—INSEMEX, 332047 Petroșani, Romania
Csaba Lorinț: Mining Faculty, University of Petroșani, 332006 Petroșani, Romania
Adrian Florea: Mining Faculty, University of Petroșani, 332006 Petroșani, Romania
Aurelian Nicola: Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Faculty, University of Petroșani, 332006 Petroșani, Romania

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 13, 1-18

Abstract: Humanity is a fossil-fueled civilization with a large influence on the environment. The World Health Organization (WHO) has pointed out that air pollution is now the single biggest environmental threat to human health. The air quality in Petroșani, a traditional mining region from the Jiu Valley bituminous coal basin, Romania, is rarely debated; however, it is not often investigated. In this paper, the main air pollution sources of Petroșani are identified and the performed measurements emphasize the air quality in the area of its transit road. The monitoring program set out the objectives, parameters, and points of the monitoring system, as well as the frequency and duration of the program and other monitoring parameters. The equipment used was provided by the National Institute for Research and Development in Mine Safety and Protection to Explosion from Petroșani, within an institutional partnership with the University of Petroșani. The monitoring of the air quality parameters was conducted from March to July 2020, at six points located on the road that crosses the city. It was thus possible to capture a variety of concentrations of the monitored parameters in different weather conditions to determine the air quality in this area. Based on the variation of the measured values in one of the most important historical Romanian bituminous coal mining basins, the preliminary results suggest a worsening of local air quality parameters in relation to the decarbonization process.

Keywords: decarbonization; bituminous coal; air quality; pollution source; monitoring; road traffic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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