TY  - JOUR
T1  - Monitoring of Air Quality in the Cement Industry Sharrcem in
Hani I Elezit, Kosova
AU - Buza, Kastriot AU - Berisha,, Sylejman AU - Bunjaku, Florent AU - Berisha, Elon 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 12
SP  - 4362
EP  - 4368
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2018.4362.4368
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.4362.4368
KW  - Permitted values
KW  -air pollution
KW  -technological process
KW  -EU standards
KW  -parameters
KW  -cement crushing
AB  - 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.
ER  -