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    • openAccess   Air quality comparison between two European ceramic tile clusters 

      Minguillón Bengochea, María Cruz; Monfort, Eliseo; Escrig, Alberto; Celades López, Irina; Guerra, L.; Busani, G.; Sterni, A.; Querol, Xavier Elsevier (2013-08)
      The European ceramic tile industry is mostly concentrated in two clusters, one in Castelló (Spain) and another one in Modena (Italy). Industrial clusters may have problems to accomplish the EU air quality regulations because ...

    • openAccess   Channeled PM10, PM2.5 and PM1 Emission Factors Associated with the Ceramic Process and Abatement Technologies 

      Monfort, Eliseo; Celades López, Irina; Sanfélix Forner, Vicenta; López Lilao, Ana; Gomar Peiró, Salvador; Escrig, Alberto; Querol, Xavier MDPI (2022-08-05)
      A sampling methodology and a mathematical data treatment were developed that enable to determine not only total suspended particulates (TSP) emitted at channeled sources but also the PM10, PM2.5, and PM1 mass fractions ...

    • openAccess   Determinants of workplace exposure and release of ultrafine particles during atmospheric plasma spraying in the ceramic industry 

      Viana, Marcelo; Fonseca, A.S.; Querol, Xavier; López Lilao, Ana; Carpio Cobo, Pablo; Salmatonidis, Apostolos; Monfort, Eliseo Elsevier (2017)
      Atmospheric plasma spraying (APS) is a frequently used technique to produce enhanced-property coatings for different materials in the ceramic industry. This work aimed to characterise and quantify the impact of APS on ...

    • closedAccess   Effect of ceramic industrial particulate emission control on key components of ambient PM10 

      Minguillón Bengochea, María Cruz; Monfort, Eliseo; Querol, Xavier; Alastuey, Andres; Celades López, Irina; Miró, José Vicente Elsevier (2009)
      The relationship between specific particulate emission control and ambient levels of some PM10 components (Zn, As, Pb, Cs, Tl) was evaluated. To this end, the industrial area of Castellón (Eastern Spain) was selected, where ...

    • openAccess   Effects of water and CMA in mitigating industrial road dust resuspension 

      Amato, F.; Escrig, Alberto; Sanfélix Forner, Vicenta; Celades López, Irina; Reche, Cristina; Monfort, Eliseo; Querol, Xavier Elsevier (2016-04)
      Water spraying and/or chemical suppressants such as salts and polymers have been suggested to reduce road dust resuspension due to their capability to increase adhesion, and therefore the effective size and weight of ...

    • closedAccess   Environmental characterization of burnt coal gangue banks at Yangquan, Shanxi Province, China 

      Querol, Xavier; Izquierdo Arcusa, María Ángeles; Monfort, Eliseo; Álvarez, Esther; Font, Oriol; Moreno, T.; Alastuey, Andres; Zhuang, Xinguo; Lü, WeiWei; Wang, Yang Elsevier (2008)
      The environmental characteristics of coal gangue dumps in Yangquan (Shanxi Province, China) were investigated. The amounts of coal gangue are very high in this coal region given the large coal production. As a result, ...

    • closedAccess   Impact of fugitive emissions in ambient PM levels and composition. A case study in Southeast Spain 

      Santacatalina, Milagros; Reche, Cristina; Minguillón Bengochea, María Cruz; Escrig, Alberto; Sanfélix Forner, Vicenta; Carratalá, Adoración; Nicolás, José.F; Yubero, Eduardo; Crespo, Javier; Alastuey, Andres; Monfort, Eliseo; Miró, José Vicente; Querol, Xavier Elsevier (2010)
      The results of this study show the high impact that anthropogenic fugitive emissions of mineral dust have on air quality (levels of PM<sub>10</sub>, PM<sub>2.5</sub> and some metals) in a region in SE Spain named L'Alacantí. ...

    • closedAccess   Inter-comparison of receptor models for PM source apportionment: Case study in an industrial area 

      Viana, Marcelo; Pandolfi, Monica; Minguillón Bengochea, María Cruz; Querol, Xavier; Alastuey, Andres; Monfort, Eliseo; Celades López, Irina Elsevier (2008)
      Receptor modelling techniques are used to identify and quantify the contributions from emission sources to the levels and major and trace components of ambient particulate matter (PM). A wide variety of receptor models ...

    • openAccess   Lessons from the COVID-19 air pollution decrease in Spain: Now what? 

      Querol, Xavier; Massagué, Jordi; Alastuey, Andres; Moreno, Teresa; Gangoiti, Gotzon; Mantilla, Enrique; Duéguez, José Jaime; Escudero Tellechea, Miguel; Monfort, Eliseo; Pérez García-Pando, Carlos; Petetin, Hervé; Jorba, Oriol; Manzanares-Vázquez, Víctor; de la Rosa, Jesús D; Campos, Alberto; Muñóz, Marta; Monge, Silvia; Hervás, María; Javato, Rebeca; Cornide, María J. (2021)
      We offer an overview of the COVID-19 -driven air quality changes across 11 metropolises in Spain with the focuson lessons learned on how continuing abating pollution. Trafficflow decreased by up to 80% during the lockdownand ...

    • closedAccess   Quantifying road dust resuspension in urban environment by Multilinear Engine: A comparison with PMF2 

      Amato, F.; Pandolfi, Monica; Escrig, Alberto; Querol, Xavier; Alastuey, Andres; Pey, J.; Pérez, N.; Hopke, P. K. Elsevier (2009)
      Atmospheric PM pollution from traffic comprises not only direct emissions but also non-exhaust emissions because resuspension of road dust that can produce high human exposure to heavy metals, metalloids, and mineral matter. ...

    • closedAccess   Receptor models application to multi-year ambient PM10 measurements in an industrialized ceramic area: comparison of source apportionment results 

      Pandolfi, Monica; Viana, Marcelo; Minguillón Bengochea, María Cruz; Querol, Xavier; Alastuey, Andres; Amato, F.; Celades López, Irina; Escrig, Alberto; Monfort, Eliseo Elsevier (2008-12)
      Ambient PM10 data collected in one of the largest industrialized ceramic areas of Europe were used to study similarities and differences in the source apportionment results from three widespread receptor models: chemical ...

    • closedAccess   Simple estimates of vehicle-induced resuspension rates 

      Escrig Barberá, José; Amato, F.; Pandolfi, Monica; Monfort, Eliseo; Querol, Xavier; Celades López, Irina; Sanfélix Forner, Vicenta; Alastuey, Andres; Orzac, J. A. G. Elsevier (2011-10)
      Road dust emissions are considered to be a major source of airborne particulate matter (PM). This is particularly true for industrial environments, where there are high resuspensionrates of deposited dust. The calculation ...

    • openAccess   Spatial and temporal variations in airborne particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) across Spain 1999–2005 

      Querol, Xavier; Alastuey, Andres; Moreno, T.; Viana, Marcelo; Castillo, S.; Pey, J.; Rodríguez, S.; Artiñano, B.; Salvador, P.; Sánchez, M. M.; García Dos Santos, S.; Herce Garraleta, M. D.; Fernández Patier, R.; Moreno Grau, S.; Negral, L.; Minguillón Bengochea, María Cruz; Monfort, Eliseo; Sanz, M. J.; Palomo Martín, R.; Pinilla Gil, E.; Cuevas, E.; De la Rosa, J.; Sánchez de la Campa, Ana María (2008-06)
      Average ranges of particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) concentrations and chemical composition in Spain show significant variations across the country, with current PM10 levels at several industrial and traffic hotspots ...

    • closedAccess   Variations in vanadium, nickel and lanthanoid element concentrations in urban air 

      Moreno, T.; Querol, Xavier; Alastuey, Andres; De la Rosa, J.; Sánchez de la Campa, Ana María; Minguillón Bengochea, María Cruz; Pandolfi, Monica; González Castanedo, Yolanda; Monfort, Eliseo; Gibbons, Wes Elsevier (2010)
      The emission of trace metal pollutants by industry and transport takes place on a scale large enough to alter atmospheric chemistry and results in measurable differences between the urban background of inhalable particulate ...