ASSESSMENT OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN AN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY

M.Arunkumar, K.Visagavel, H.AbdulZubar

Abstract: This paper investigates the concentration of pollutants like Total Aerosol Mass, Respirable Aerosol Mass, Sulphur dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and Carbon Monoxide (CO) generated from various workplaces in the industry. The rate of emissions were collected over a successive periods of about 8 hour at each workplace by using High Volume Sampler and the concentration of these gases in the indoor air is measured. The results will show the concentration of emissions of dust and fumes in the above workplace and suspended solid pollutants will be compared with the permissible limits as per the standards given by OSHA for an industrial area. The main aim of this paper is to identify the contaminated indoor air in the workplace which reflects advisedly towards Environment, Health & Safety related issues to the workers who were deployed to work in that area through Inhalation, Absorption and Ingestion

Keywords: Indoor air quality, Particulate matter, High volume sampler, OSHA standard limits

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0323056