TY  - CONF
AU  - Ćirović, Željko
AU  - Ćujić, Mirjana
AU  - Radenković, Mirjana
AU  - Onjia, Antonije
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://TechnoRep.tmf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/7094
AB  - A significant proportion of homes and apartments in Serbia are still reliant on central heating systems during
winter months, with about fifty heating plants in operation. Common fuels used in these plants primarily
include fossil fuels such as coal, fuel oil, and natural gas. Some of these fuels have a high sulfur content, leading
to an increased concentration of sulfur dioxide and particulate matter in the atmosphere (Todorović et al, 2020;
Todorović et al, 2021). This study compares and evaluates the environmental impact of the two heating boilers
at the Valjevo city (Serbia) heating plant. The AERMOD air dispersion model was used for estimating the
concentrations of the various pollutants (Kakosimos et al, 2011; Mokhtar et al, 2014; Shaikh et al, 2020). Onsite
emission data were gathered separately for the two heating boilers at the facility fuelled by natural gas and fuel
oil, respectively. A combination of topographical and historical meteorological data were used to set up a
receptor grid that was exposed to the gas emission in a radius of 10 km. The environmental impact from the
fuel oil boiler was shown to be significantly higher than that caused by the natural gas-fuelled boiler. The
resulting distribution of pollutant gases and particles showed that the concentration gradient is less inclined
towards the city centre and instead spreads eastwards into the surrounding villages. The data were used to
evaluate carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risks. It was found that the health risk was acceptable for
different averaging periods. However, further study is still required in order to properly assess the cumulative
health risk generated by other surrounding industries.
PB  - Belgrade : Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences
C3  - Abstracts of keynote invited lectures and contributed papers / The Eighth International WEBIOPATR Workshop & Conference Particulate Matter: Research and Management, WeBIOPATR 2021, 29th November to 1st December 2021 Vinča, Belgrade, Serbia
T1  - Health Risk Assessment of Particulate Matter Emissions from Natural Gas and Fuel Oil Heating Plants Using Dispersion Modelling
SP  - 30
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_technorep_7094
ER  - 

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author = "Ćirović, Željko and Ćujić, Mirjana and Radenković, Mirjana and Onjia, Antonije",
year = "2021",
abstract = "A significant proportion of homes and apartments in Serbia are still reliant on central heating systems during
winter months, with about fifty heating plants in operation. Common fuels used in these plants primarily
include fossil fuels such as coal, fuel oil, and natural gas. Some of these fuels have a high sulfur content, leading
to an increased concentration of sulfur dioxide and particulate matter in the atmosphere (Todorović et al, 2020;
Todorović et al, 2021). This study compares and evaluates the environmental impact of the two heating boilers
at the Valjevo city (Serbia) heating plant. The AERMOD air dispersion model was used for estimating the
concentrations of the various pollutants (Kakosimos et al, 2011; Mokhtar et al, 2014; Shaikh et al, 2020). Onsite
emission data were gathered separately for the two heating boilers at the facility fuelled by natural gas and fuel
oil, respectively. A combination of topographical and historical meteorological data were used to set up a
receptor grid that was exposed to the gas emission in a radius of 10 km. The environmental impact from the
fuel oil boiler was shown to be significantly higher than that caused by the natural gas-fuelled boiler. The
resulting distribution of pollutant gases and particles showed that the concentration gradient is less inclined
towards the city centre and instead spreads eastwards into the surrounding villages. The data were used to
evaluate carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risks. It was found that the health risk was acceptable for
different averaging periods. However, further study is still required in order to properly assess the cumulative
health risk generated by other surrounding industries.",
publisher = "Belgrade : Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences",
journal = "Abstracts of keynote invited lectures and contributed papers / The Eighth International WEBIOPATR Workshop & Conference Particulate Matter: Research and Management, WeBIOPATR 2021, 29th November to 1st December 2021 Vinča, Belgrade, Serbia",
title = "Health Risk Assessment of Particulate Matter Emissions from Natural Gas and Fuel Oil Heating Plants Using Dispersion Modelling",
pages = "30",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_technorep_7094"
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Ćirović, Ž., Ćujić, M., Radenković, M.,& Onjia, A.. (2021). Health Risk Assessment of Particulate Matter Emissions from Natural Gas and Fuel Oil Heating Plants Using Dispersion Modelling. in Abstracts of keynote invited lectures and contributed papers / The Eighth International WEBIOPATR Workshop & Conference Particulate Matter: Research and Management, WeBIOPATR 2021, 29th November to 1st December 2021 Vinča, Belgrade, Serbia
Belgrade : Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences., 30.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_technorep_7094

Ćirović Ž, Ćujić M, Radenković M, Onjia A. Health Risk Assessment of Particulate Matter Emissions from Natural Gas and Fuel Oil Heating Plants Using Dispersion Modelling. in Abstracts of keynote invited lectures and contributed papers / The Eighth International WEBIOPATR Workshop & Conference Particulate Matter: Research and Management, WeBIOPATR 2021, 29th November to 1st December 2021 Vinča, Belgrade, Serbia. 2021;:30.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_technorep_7094 .

Ćirović, Željko, Ćujić, Mirjana, Radenković, Mirjana, Onjia, Antonije, "Health Risk Assessment of Particulate Matter Emissions from Natural Gas and Fuel Oil Heating Plants Using Dispersion Modelling" in Abstracts of keynote invited lectures and contributed papers / The Eighth International WEBIOPATR Workshop & Conference Particulate Matter: Research and Management, WeBIOPATR 2021, 29th November to 1st December 2021 Vinča, Belgrade, Serbia (2021):30,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_technorep_7094 .