PM₁₀ emission inventory of industrial and road transport vehicles in Klang Valley, Peninsular Malaysia

Abstract

Rapid development in industrial and road transportation sector in developing countries has contributing the environmental issue. Determining the estimated PM₁₀ emission in Klang Valley, Malaysia is based on the best available resources. Emission of PM₁₀ from both sources was estimated particularly from numbers of industries (industrial area and emission factor) and the usage of motor vehicles (traffic volume, vehicle kilometer travel and emission factor). The PM₁₀  emission from both industrial and road transportation sector were 88.59 tonne PM₁₀/year and 32.36 tonne PM₁₀/year respectively.

Thus, the total estimated PM₁₀ emission was 120.95 tonne PM₁₀/year. Therefore, the PM₁₀ emission from both sources in Klang Valley can be estimated based on the best available resources due to limitation of actual PM₁₀ emission from both sector.

Keywords: PM₁₀ emission; emission factor; vehicle kilometer travel; industrial sector; road transportation sector