Investigation into the effect of meteorological parameters on the airborne dust concentration at Ovacık open pit gold mine

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In this thesis, it is aimed to investigate and analyze the effect of meteorological conditions on airborne dust measured at Ovacik Open Pit Gold Mine. Meteorological data must be sound and reliable which are used mainly to design an air model to predict the effect of industrial sites on air quality during production. Wind speed, wind direction, airtemperature, air pressure, relative humidity, rainfall, evaporation and sunshine. are the parameters investigated in this study. In the thesis, the meteorological data observed are analyzed and discussed together with the airborne dust measured by MP101M Suspended Particulate Beta Gauge Monitor at Ovacik Gold Mine. In this study, the most significant meteorological parameter affecting airborne dust concentration is determined as air temperature. In this study, it is also determined through airborne dust measurements that neither the short-term limit nor the long-term limit has been exceeded. Therefore, the airborne dust concentrations at Ovacik Gold Mine comply with the Turkish Air Quality Control Regulation.

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Practical Mining Operations.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/14129

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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E. Esenkaya, “Investigation into the effect of meteorological parameters on the airborne dust concentration at Ovacık open pit gold mine,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2004.