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Monitoring requirements for Indian cement
plants
Read part four of the article here.
Ambient air quality
The revised National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) 2009 were released by the MoEF.
As per these norms, both residential and industrial areas will have the same standards. The new
standards include limits for benzene, ozone, benzo(a) pyrene, arsenic, nickel and ammonia, which
were not covered in earlier standards notified in 1994.
These rules are a little more stringent than the earlier standards; however the cement industry has
made it possible to achieve these limits. Though there are limits for 12 pollutants, four criteria
pollutants namely particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide are
required to be monitored regularly.
Monitoring requirements for cement plants
The cement plants in India are required to monitor ambient air quality and stack emissions on their
premises. The exact location of ambient air quality monitoring stations and the sampling ports in
the stacks shall be decided by the concerned cement plants in consultation with the respective
SPCB. Cement plants shall have sampling ports built into the stack. A permanent sampling
platform and approach shall also be provided to the stack sampling station. The State Board may
prescribe more rigorous monitoring requirements depending on the location of the industry,
especially if it is in a protected area.
The environmental parameters to be regularly monitored at cement plants are particulate matter
(PM10/PM2.5), sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide in ambient air and particulate matter, SO and
NO emissions in the kiln stack.
Fugitive emissions
There are two types of fugitive dust: one is process related, such as material handling, size
reduction operations, etc. The other is non-process related, such as vehicular traffic inside the
plant. Fugitive emissions also occur from limestone excavations in quarries. CPCB has developed
guidelines for the prevention and control of fugitive dust emissions in cement plants. However,
cement plants are taking various measures to reduce fugitive emissions comparable to the best
practice elsewhere in the world.
GHG reduction
Emissions of greenhouse gases like CO , generated from decomposition of the carbonate raw
material (calcination of limestone), burning of fossil or alternate fuel (coal, lignite, etc.) and use of
grid or captive power is a major environmental issue for the cement industry. There is no limit for
CO emissions from cement plants in India. However, the industry has been working on the issue
of its GHG emissions and has brought the CO emission level down from 1.05 t of CO /t of cement
in 1994 to 0.719 t of CO /t of cement in 2010. The approximate contributions of each of the three
main sources of CO emissions are calcinations 50 to 55%; fuel combustion 35 to 45%; electricity
up to 10%.
Conclusion
The various environmental acts/rules/regulations discussed above, enacted in India and
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Point source
emission standards
in the Indian
cement industry
The National Council
for Cement and
Building Materials
article continues, this
time looking at
standards for point
source and ambient
air quality emissions.
Utilisation of
alternative fuels in
the Indian cement
industry
In part three of the
article from the
National Council for
Cement and Building
Materials, India, the
utilisation of
alternative fuels is
discussed.
Environmental Acts
affecting the Indian
cement industry
In the second part of
this article by the
National Council of
Cement and Building
Materials, the Acts
affecting the Indian
cement industry are
described.
Environmental
Regulations in the
Indian Cement
Industry
Part one of this
overview by the
National Council for
Cement Building
Materials introduces
the Environmental
Acts/Regulations
governing the Indian
cement industry.
implemented by regulatory agencies such as the MoEF/CPCB/SPCBs applicable to the Indian
cement industry, cover different aspects of environment protection. The Indian cement industry is
proactive and is taking voluntary steps, such as the utilisation of alternate fuel, modernisation of
APCE, reduction of water consumption and rainwater harvesting in used quarries, and the use of
treated waste water for dust suppression and green belt development. Some of the cement plants
have incorporated waste heat recovery plants to generate energy.
Especially over the last decade, the importance of environmental impact has been well recognised
by the cement industry and it has been clearly understood that the improvement of the
environment is everybodys business. The Indian cement industry has come a long way in
achieving technological upgradation, enhanced production, higher energy efficiency and improved
environmental condition, conforming to policies and regulation of statutory/ regulatory bodies
under government administration.
This article is abridged from the original, which was included as Keynote: Environmental
Regulations in India in the October 2013 issue. The issue is available for subscribers to download
by signing in here.
Published on 09/10/2013
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