Temporal variability of benzene concentration in the ambient air of Delhi: A comparative assessment of pre- and post-CNG periods

CNG (compressed natural gas) was fully implemented in public transport system in Delhi in December 2002. The study assesses the benzene concentration trends at two busy traffic intersections and a background site in Delhi, India. Monitoring was done for two different time periods viz; in the year 20...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of hazardous materials 2008-06, Vol.154 (1), p.1013-1018
Hauptverfasser: Khillare, P.S., Hoque, Raza Rafiqul, Shridhar, Vijay, Agarwal, Tripti, Balachandran, S.
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Zusammenfassung:CNG (compressed natural gas) was fully implemented in public transport system in Delhi in December 2002. The study assesses the benzene concentration trends at two busy traffic intersections and a background site in Delhi, India. Monitoring was done for two different time periods viz; in the year 2001–2002 (pre-CNG) and two winter months (January and February) of the year 2007 (post-CNG) to assess the impact of various policy measures adopted by the government of Delhi to improve the air quality in the city. Annual average benzene concentration for the pre-CNG period was found to be 86.47 ± 53.24 μg m −3. Average benzene concentrations for the winter months (January–February) of pre- and post-CNG periods were 116.32 ± 51.65 μg m −3 and 187.49 ± 22.50 μg m −3, respectively. Enhanced values could be solely attributed to the increase in the vehicular population from 3.5 million in the year 2001–2002 to ∼5.1 millions in the year 2007.
ISSN:0304-3894
1873-3336
DOI:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.11.006