Study Concerning the Carbon Monoxide Emissions

Abstract

The quantification of carbon monoxide emissions resulted from a non authorized waste facility, located in a Jucu village close to Cluj municipality, in middle and late spring, in connection to temperature and humidity, was the aim of our study. The air samples were collected three times a week at horary intervals during 8.00 am and 8.00 p.m. in last sprig middle of 2010, 2011 and 2012. The air samples were collected and quantified with SafeLog100 gaze analyzer, and statistical data were processed using STATISTICA programme v. 8.0. The horary average of CO emissions had a similar distribution within the interval 34.62 - 41.67 ppm, with biggest horary average emission of 1193.01 ppm recorded in 2012, and the smallest of 1068.24 ppm in 2011. The biggest difference between the values of the CO emissions expressed as hourly averages, - 124.75 ppm, was obtained between 2012 and 2011, and it is statistically assured at significance threshold of 0.1%. The humidity has negative influence, while temperature positively influences the regression CO emissions, as shown by the regression lines. The emissions and influence factors (temperature and humidity) are moderately to high correlated (R = 0.600 - 0.758) within experimental interval.