Authors : Sylejman Berisha,, Kastriot Buza, Florent Bunjaku and Elon Berisha
Abstract: Every enterprise operating in the territory of Kosovo is obliged to respect the local and EU laws on environmental protection, especially the air. They are obliged to enforce legal acts, over the permitted discharge limits for air contaminants. In all cement factories, dust, SOx and NOx are considered as the main pollutants of air. The cement factory-Sharrcem in Hani i Elezit besides the important investments in the technological process of production has installed equipments for dust reduction during production and equipment for controlling the emission of pollutants into the air, like: electrostatic capacitor (ESP-KES) and mechanical sack filters which are installed in locations with pollution potential, during the cement production process. The installation of these devices is done in order to improve the quality of air in the factory and to protect the health of Sharrcem employees. The analysis and control of the quality of polluted air is done in wards as: in the mill for the preparation of the raw material in the clinker preparation area and in the cement crushing and transport line. From the results of air monitoring for 2016 and 2017 and their comparison with emission limit values, it can be noted that the dust value is below permitted emission limit values. The Sulfur Oxide (SOx) and Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) concentration values after the installation of the equipment are also several times below the permissible emission values of air pollutants. So, referring to the EU and national standards for emission limit values, the results from the monitoring of pollutant air parameters in the factory show that, the polluted air emerging from various cement processing equipment is lower than the permitted emission limit values. Based on the published results, Sharrcem factory is a positive example of meeting the criteria for air pollution in Kosovo and beyond.
Sylejman Berisha,, Kastriot Buza, Florent Bunjaku and Elon Berisha, 2018. Monitoring of Air Quality in the Cement Industry Sharrcem in Hani I Elezit, Kosova. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 13: 4362-4368.