• Efficacy of Starch and PVA (polyvinyl alcohol) for the Suppression of Soil Dust Emissions from Large-scale Construction Sites in Urban Areas
  • Jong-Soo Choi1·Dong-Su Kim1·Yu-Lim Choi1·Jung-Eun KimJae-Kyu Yang1·Yoon-Young Chang1*

  • 1Department of Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897, Korea
    2Dodam Holdings CO.,
    LTD., Seoul 02118, Korea

  • 도심 대형사업장의 토양 입자 비산 억제를 위한 Starch와 PVA(polyvinyl alcohol)의 효율성 평가
  • 최종수1·김동수1·최유림1·김정은2·양재규1·장윤영1*

  • 1광운대학교 환경공학과
    2주식회사 도담홀딩스

Abstract

Soil dust emitted from large scale construction sites in urban areas has posed a significant health threats to local residents by exacerbating air quality. Water-spraying (moistening) is commonly practiced to lower the dust emission in construction sites, but its long term effectiveness is highly questionable. In this study, the utility of starch and PVA (polyvinyl alcohol) was investigated in suppression of the soil dust emissions in construction sites in Seoul areas. The efficiency of the two suppressants was tested with test soil sample in a lab-scale wind tunnel box under different concentrations of suppressants and soil textures. Starch and PVA showed the superior ability to suppress soil dust emission as compared to moistening, resulting in PM10 and PM2.5 lower than the daily limit values of 30 and 15 μg/m3, respectively. PVA showed higher suppression capability than starch for all conditions. The test soils mixed with suppressants also showed dramatically enhanced aggregate stability compared to the non-treated soil.


Keywords: Soil dust, Suppressant, Starch, PVA (polyvinyl alcohol), Construction, PM10 and PM2.5

This Article

  • 2019; 24(6): 9-15

    Published on Dec 31, 2019

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2019.24.6.009
  • Received on Dec 2, 2019
  • Revised on Dec 3, 2019
  • Accepted on Dec 13, 2019

Correspondence to

  • Yoon-Young Chang
  • Department of Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897, Korea

  • E-mail: yychang@kw.ac.kr