Estudio preliminar del material particulado de fuentes estacionarias: Aplicación al sistema de compensación de emisiones en la region metropolitana, Chile

Abstract

A physico-chemical characterization of emissions from different types of stationary sources in Santiago-Chile was carried out with the purpose of determining if the form in which environmental management policies is well applied. The emission compensation system is currently applied on the basis of total mass emissions. The hypothesis of this work is that damage to health from particulate matter exposure also depends strongly on particulate size and chemical elements as is confirm by the results showing notable differences in chemical composition of the emissions from different source types. This indicates that the application of the current emission compensation system is not an environmental tool appropriated for improving the quality of the air in the city.