Geography and Regional Planning

Geography and Regional Planning

Investigation of health, environmental and economic effects of air pollution from Shiraz Petrochemical Complex (Case study: Marvdasht city and historical site of Persepolis)

Authors
Abozar Ahmadi 1
Fazel Amiri 2
Tayebeh Tabatabaie 3
1 Ph.D. Student of Environment, Environmental pollution, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, IRAN.
2 Associate Professor, Department of Environment, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, IRAN.
3 Associate Professor, Department of Environment, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran.
10.22034/jgeoq.2024.462896.4118
Abstract
Petrochemical industries are among the basic-heavy industries which produce variety of important products. They have significant potential to affect air, soil and water quality. This paper studied a number of air pollutants in Shiraz Petrochemical Complex in order to determine their potential adverse health, environmental and costs effects. Dispersion of air pollutants from Shiraz Petrochemical Complex has been studied in area of 50×50km. Inhalation risk and environmental impact assessment have been evaluated with AIRQ and SIMAPRO software. Economic costs related to air pollution also investigated with BENMAP software. The results show that Shiraz Petrochemical Complex could contributes to a wide variety of long and short term adverse health effects. It also has a significant contribution (about 39%) to PM2.5 concentration in MARVDASHT city. The healthcare costs related to air pollution could be rise to 750 thousand dollars per year.  Emission of gaseous pollutants in Shiraz Petrochemical Complex are low, however it needs more control over particulate matter PM2.5 specially in Ammonia and Urea units. Even if air pollution will disperse throughout the Persepolis area, but characteristics of their adverse effects needs wider discussion.
Keywords
Shiraz Petrochemical Complex
Air pollution
AERMOD
SIMAPRO
AIRQ+
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