Levels of benzene concentrations emitted from motor vehicles in various sites in Nibong Tebal, Malaysia |
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Authors: | Wesam Ahmed Al Madhoun Nor Azam Ramli Ahmad Shukri Yahaya Noor Faizah Fitri Md Yusuf Nurul Adyani Ghazali Nurulilyana Sansuddin |
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Affiliation: | (1) Clean Air Research Group, School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia; |
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Abstract: | Benzene is classified as carcinogenic compound which is emitted mainly from cars. In this study, benzene was measured at various sites in Nibong Tebal (urban, suburban, town, and rural) of different traffic volume, and traffic counts were performed simultaneously. Monitoring was carried out during the morning and afternoon traffic peaks. The aim of this study is to monitor benzene concentration at several development sites with different traffic flow. The monitoring was done by using indoor air quality meter. The results obtained from monitoring show that the mean concentrations of benzene ranged from 54.7 ppb in the suburban area to 115.1 ppb in the town area. Multiple linear regression analysis correlated the benzene concentrations with traffic volume, temperature, humidity, and time of monitoring as predictors. The results show that R 2 of the model was 0.97 in Taman Cowin site, and it was 0.47 in Taman Nibong Tebal Jaya site. Negative correlation was found between benzene concentration and temperature while there was positive correlation with humidity being found through the study. Pearson’s correlation indicates that gasoline vehicular exhaust could be the major source of benzene. The UK Air Quality Standards stipulated that the annual mean of ambient benzene should not exceed 5 ppb or 16.25 μg/m3. The results show that the current concentrations of benzene exceeded the permissible limits set by the UK standards. |
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