Using Geographical Information System (GIS) to Study The Impact of Chemical Pollutants Emerging From Industries

• Main Author: Wan Ahmad Fayhsal bin Wan Ahmad Kamal, Wan Ahmad Fayhsal
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2009
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/952/1/wan_ahmad_fayhsal.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/952/

The purpose of this project is to analyze the impact of air pollution concentration unto the surrounding area of the industrial site. The analysis will be focused on the subject of air pollution modelling, simulation and computational methods using Geographical Information System (GIS) software. By using GIS, analysis of the impact in the scale of a digital map could be done in a much precise manner. Using the raw data input of the industrial site that being processed into air pollution modelling software called Point Source Dispersion (PSD), the output from PSD analysis could be used further as input for analysis in GIS. The results of GIS analysis will be appeared in multiple ring buffers that being characterized by the concentration of air pollution in proportional to the affected areas around the industrial site. By having these results, a risk and safety assessment of the industrial site could be done efficiently and in cost-saving manner.