ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Modelling Air Pollution from Steel Plants
and Determining the Safety Distance
for the Surrounding Area in Phu My Town,
Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province, Vietnam
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Institute for Environment and Resources, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, 70000, Vietnam
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Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Ba ria – Vung tau province, 78000, Vietnam
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Faculty of Environment, Saigon University, 273 An Duong Vuong Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City 70000, Vietnam
Submission date: 2024-01-10
Final revision date: 2024-02-28
Acceptance date: 2024-03-25
Online publication date: 2024-06-07
Corresponding author
Ha Manh Bui
Faculty of Environment, Saigon University, 273 An Duong Vuong Street, 70000, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam
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ABSTRACT
In the socio-economic development of Ba ria-Vung tau province, industrial development plays an
important role, including the heavy industry of producing steel and steel billets from scrap. Currently,
in the province, there are 6 steel factories that produce steel from scrap and operate in Phu My town.
During the production process, although factories installed exhaust gas treatment facilities, the treatment
has not been effective, leading to air pollution from steel factories becoming one of the issues that
have received local attention recently. The study calculated air pollution emissions and used the TAPMAERMOD
model system to simulate the dispersion of air pollution from a steel factory to surrounding
areas, of which one factory was selected for a case study (in Phu My town). Simulation results showed
that the highest 1-hour, 24-hour, or 8-hour average concentrations of SO2, NO2, CO, PM10, and PM2.5 all
reached QCVN 05:2023/BTNMT in both seasons (dry and rainy). Meanwhile, the highest 1-hour average
concentration of TSP exceeds 2.3 times (in the dry season) and 2.0 times (in the rainy season) in QCVN
05:2023/BTNMT. The study also simulated in the case of problem with exhaust gas treatment systems.
In addition, the study calculated the environmental safety distance for the surrounding area and
proposed measures to reduce air pollution from steel factories.