SST201e Report: Strategies for Reduction of Industrial Air Pollution

This report addresses the critical issue of industrial air pollution, highlighting its significant contribution to premature deaths and environmental degradation. It examines the increase in air pollution due to industrial activities and urbanization, emphasizing the need for focused reduction efforts. The report explores various technologies and strategies to mitigate air pollution, including the adoption of electric cars, wind turbines, solar energy, pollution control systems in factories, and the use of eco-friendly building materials. These solutions aim to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and minimize toxic emissions, contributing to a healthier environment and sustainable future. The report references sources and examples to support its findings and recommendations.

Report
Reduction of Industrial Air Pollution

Cont.
• Air pollution has been linked to 6.5
million deaths in 2015 and has
been termed as the largest
contributor to premature deaths.
• Smoke from the factories pose a
huge threat to human health as
well as the environment.
• the smoke from the factories
contain toxic emissions such as
chemical compound that depletes
the ozone layer.
Scutti, S., 2017. Pollution linked to 9 million deaths worldwide in 2015, study says. [Online]Available at:
https://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/19/health/pollution-1-in-6-deaths-study/index.html
[Accessed 15 April 2018]

Example.
• The graph on the left shows an increase in
air pollution of the atmosphere in Paris.
• The increase has been attributed to a
corresponding increase in industrial
activities, rural-urban migration that
brings with it smoke emissions from cars.
• This kind of pollution is detrimental to the
health and environment of human being.
• Special attention should focus on
reduction of air pollution to meet the
future environmental needs.

Technologies to reduce air pollution.
Electric car
• Cars running on petrol and diesel
account for a very high
percentage of the total
emissions pumped into the
atmosphere.
• The electric car will help curb
this situation since it does not
emit any smoke into the air,
because the car does not burn
fossil fuel.

Wind Turbines & Solar Energy
Wind turbines provide renewable, pollution-free
energy that can be used in factories to reduce
dependence on fossil fuels and coal
The sun provides free renewable energy that can be harnessed and
converted to electricity. The electricity can be used for various
purposes, including industrial and household.
Perfect Pollucon Services, 2016. How to Reduce Air Pollution from Industries. [Online]Available at:
http://www.ppsthane.com/blog/reduce-air-pollution-industries
[Accessed 16 April 2018].

Pollution Control Systems
• Countries have started to put
regulation in regard to smoke
emissions from factories.
• Factories are required to fit their
processing systems with a
pollution control system that act
as a filter to extract toxic
compounds from the emissions
released into the atmosphere.

Eco-friendly Building Material.
• Construction companies are moving
from the conventional air pollutant
materials to eco-friendly materials.
• For example, a new way of making
building bricks by compressing and
sun drying instead of the traditional
process of baking and firing.
• Baking and firing process emits so
much toxic substance from the
burning of the brick elements and
from coal.
SunPower, 2017. What is green building? Explaining eco-friendly construction. [Online]
Available at: http://businessfeed.sunpower.com/articles/explaining-what-is-green-building
[Accessed 16 April 2018].